HCA: Hermit Crab Association

before the deep clean:



after the deep clean:



shell pile:



crabs back in the tank and exploring:

Persimmon:



Opalite:



big and beautiful Bast, one of my two largest:



Houdini, who popped up from nowhere:



Lapis:



my favorite, personable Go Go Gadget:



the tiniest of tinys, my little blueberry Agate:




Tourmaline always poses for me:



pale PP Verdi:



Ultra, the best climber:



my beautiful Topaz:



Azurite:



and lastly, my newest, Renfrew Survivor:



Caroline

Your crabitat and hermit crabs look wonderful. Good job, and Happy Crabbing!

I always enjoy your crab pictures. You have such pretty crabs!!

Beautiful crabs! Little Agate is adorable.

Lookin' cool.

I still can't get over how awesome it is that you have a little tank-to-tank pipe (the tube-thingy, I forget what's it called, sorry...) for the crabs to crawl in - like some sort of Space Station walkway from compartment to compartment. So cool

awesome pics.....what type of plant is Tourmaline climbing on???

MudCrabDude wrote:Lookin' cool.

I still can't get over how awesome it is that you have a little tank-to-tank pipe (the tube-thingy, I forget what's it called, sorry...) for the crabs to crawl in - like some sort of Space Station walkway from compartment to compartment. So cool

!! WHAT
i thought it was for humidity but that is sooo much cooler
what a neat idea

tlivs wrote:
!! WHAT
i thought it was for humidity but that is sooo much cooler
what a neat idea

Yup. It's connected to Caroline's other tank; Caroline made a picture thread a long time ago concerning this. There was also a photo of a crab crawling inside it going from one tank to another. Pretty cool stuff!

One tank down, how many to go? lol I know you have multi tanks..
I need to rearrange my viola tank, they like to have parties at night and it looks like a collage dorm house in the am!

funwithcrabs2010 wrote:awesome pics.....what type of plant is Tourmaline climbing on???

i'm not quite sure what kind of plant it is, its from a series that has this really nice firm, wide, ovalish base with moss fuzz on it. it brightens things up though!

Caroline

tlivs wrote: !! WHAT
i thought it was for humidity but that is sooo much cooler
what a neat idea

yes! i snapped some pics for you:

see how they are connected (complete with a viola in transit):



this is a medium sized crab in it:



Caroline

suebee wrote:One tank down, how many to go? lol I know you have multi tanks..
I need to rearrange my viola tank, they like to have parties at night and it looks like a collage dorm house in the am!

oh the violas are so active, aren't they? they are the ones that use the tunnel the most by far, and right now most are in the 40G going to town with another on the way from the 20L.

three more tanks....but i don't think i'll do the others for a bit yet, i was having a bit of a bug problem in the 40G and i wanted to almost double the sand depth because i plan on getting a very large straw sometime in the near future, whenever they become available.

Caroline

how much fun is that!
what a lucky little crew

Hahahaha OMG so cool! I like the little tunnel that runs in between the tanks. Looks terrific and I LOVE your crabs!!! Beautiful crabs, beautiful shells!!


El

I love the tunnel idea!

My 55gal is about as big as I can handle by myself (as in moving the tank itself). I've been wondering if there was a way to connect smaller tanks if I ever decided to expand what I already have.