HCA: Hermit Crab Association

hi to all, the name's Jeremy Neil Moreton from Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands and recently on the move due to work and i'm new to this forum. Living in a South Pacific island, I've been keeping land hermit crabs as well as other crabs since i was a kid. My oldest hermit, Sebastian, which i believe is a C. brevimanus is well over a decade old now (12 or 13 years in my captive care). Claire, my second one, should be 9 or 10 by now)I'm currenty on mobile access so i'll be posting pics soon.Hope to enjoy reading more tips from you guys.Cheers! ^_^_____________________________________________________________________________________________*UPDATE*so here are my two hermits both are bigger than my clenched fists and feed on coconuts, bananas, cabbage leaves, wheat bread, cuttlebone and fishhope you enjoy the both of them.. oh and could you guys give me a better ID on the 2? i'm still kinda confused

Welcome! Cant wait to see pictures of your crabbies!

Welcome to the site! Hope you enjoy reading up in the forums and sharing in on stories. Can't wait for the pics.

thanks guys!! this forum will take some time for me to get used to. the posting controls are kinda funny

updated pics!

hmm? I don't see the pics.... where did you post them?

NVM saw them!! VERY cute!!! Indos am I right?

You have two indos!!! And one of them is a pink indo!!!! Oh me want!lol especially a pink indo!lol XD

haha thanks! many said that the red/pink one is kinda rare for that size (larger than my fist)what specific scientific names are they? i wanna label them correctly.

You had it right your first post. The pink one is just a color variant. It must be a ressesive gene in them. It should be the same as your other one.

Wow they are fantastic! I haven't seen very many Hermit Crabs like that.

quote:Originally posted by dylan644:You had it right your first post. The pink one is just a color variant. It must be a ressesive gene in them. It should be the same as your other one. yours is more bright red/orange/white.. my sebastian is more of pale red/pink/purple flush.. clare (the 2nd hermit and i assumed it's a girl coz i wanted a female), on the other hand, is more of bluish-gray/pale lavender with conspicuous golden brown hairs

quote:Originally posted by Crabby Kitty:Wow they are fantastic! I haven't seen very many Hermit Crabs like that. thanks!! they've been with me for a very long time now

Are you talking about in my picture? That's a different species. That is a Coenobita perlatus also known as a strawberry hermit crab. There are eight different species of hermit crabs in the trade. C. clypeatus [Purple pincher]C. compressus [Ecuadorian]C. rugosus [Ruggie]C. violascens [Viola]C. brevimanus [Indo]C. variablilis [Aussie]C. perlatus [Strawberry]C. purpureus [Blueberry]

i had no idea of what my hermits specie could be. i picked them up in our frontyard when i was still a kid so they technically grew up with me lol..