HCA: Hermit Crab Association

its been awhile since ive been here. law school is merciless and i'm also going through some serious medical problems as well. i didn't have much free time, but i'm now an insomniac, and i've missed being here. i've missed you guys, and i think i'm going to be around here more permanetlly now. Lots has changed in my crab world, and i have a bunch of new crabs (well, ive had some for months but never posted them) that i adore and want to share with you.

Strawberries:

Persimmon



Pomegranite




Blueberries


Tanzanite



Opalite



Amethyst



Agate




Indos:

fig



plum



rosalie




aussies:



Hellios



Iris



Astraea



Artemis




Violas:

Azurite



Citrine



Lapis



Spinel



Topaz



Tourmaline





Caroline

Glad to see you back!!!!! We missed you as well!!! I hope things get easier for you at School, and your health!!!


BTW your crabbies are beautiful.... defiantly steal able....



Welcome back!!!!

Glad to hear from you!!!! And welcome back Your crabs are gorgeous!!!! How are your Marine crabbies as well?????? Sure hope the Medical issues get better!!!! They are a real strain,,, I can relate to that one!!!!!! Look forward to hearing from you more often, you sure helped me out when I had hermie trauma!!!!!


Mrs. G

Hi Caroline. Glad to see you back. Happy to see your crabs too, more happy to see you though! Tanzanite is not quite like any crab I have ever seen before, he is beautiful.

nice to meet you, Is Rosalie a pink Indo! she i lovely, guess you need to go out and buy diamond!

hi wb
don't know if you remember me, but you help me out quite a bit when i first joined

beautiful crabs!
that tanzanite is a very photogenic crab, such a cutie!

Mrs. G wrote:Glad to hear from you!!!! And welcome back Your crabs are gorgeous!!!! How are your Marine crabbies as well?????? Sure hope the Medical issues get better!!!! They are a real strain,,, I can relate to that one!!!!!! Look forward to hearing from you more often, you sure helped me out when I had hermie trauma!!!!!


Mrs. G

the marine hermits are doing well...i've had a few deaths, but none that were not preventable...MHC molt and molt until they eventually grow TOO big and either the akwardness of their legs being twice as long as their pinchers, or they are physically unable to grow anymore for their species.


Caroline

MacandHunter wrote:Hi Caroline. Glad to see you back. Happy to see your crabs too, more happy to see you though! Tanzanite is not quite like any crab I have ever seen before, he is beautiful.

he is really special looking, isn't he? the darkest of all my blueberries (though not the largest) and he is sweet and active just like his species buddies, always out and about

Caroline

suebee wrote:nice to meet you, Is Rosalie a pink Indo! she i lovely, guess you need to go out and buy diamond!

Rosalie is indeed a pink indo...and her name was just one of those that popped out of my head. two minutes into holding her, the name just pops out of my head!

sadly, i'll have to wait for a white sparkly crab for the name diamond...

Caroline

thank all your guess for your well wishes...i love being back here.

Caroline

Isn't ELHC just the absolute best? I wrote some reviews on their site and saw that you had too. I was hoping you'd post pictures here at the HCA so I could see your babies. I love the names you gave them and all the crabs are gorgeous.

sugarselections wrote:Isn't ELHC just the absolute best? I wrote some reviews on their site and saw that you had too. I was hoping you'd post pictures here at the HCA so I could see your babies. I love the names you gave them and all the crabs are gorgeous.

oh yes, I am more that amazed at the level of care and love all the crabs at ELHC get. I have gotten about twenty crabs from them and only one has died, nothing like the death rate i got for crabs i ordered from other sites. have you heard about the substrate used there

Caroline

no what substrate? Oh and maybe the Coenobita variabilis - Silver Streak can by your diamond! I Love talking with Bob he has so much to learn from. Ill be getting crabs from him soon!

suebee wrote:no what substrate? Oh and maybe the Coenobita variabilis - Silver Streak can by your diamond! I Love talking with Bob he has so much to learn from. Ill be getting crabs from him soon!

well, the majority of the substrate is within the normal range here a sand a coco fiber mix. but he also incorporates crushed oyster shells (a source of calcium) that helps the crabs with their color. you can also put a bit spoonful on the tank's ground and the next morning poof! its gone. they love it.

Caroline

I hope that your medical situation will soon resolve itself and that you are healthy once again, if that can be possible. I know some medical situations are for life.

It was nice to see your crabbies old and new and I wish you many more years of happy crabbing.