What is Your Crab Story?
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What is Your Crab Story?
I am learning so much from this site. Thank you!
I wanted to share about my crabbies with others who would understand my excitement. I got a couple of crabs from the pet store. They were in a tiny, plastic container with fresh food and a water dish with a sponge and an inch of dust. At first glance it looked like no crabs were in there, but then the salesperson lifted the clear plastic container they were using as a hide and they all came boiling out! Huge ones! A dozen or more, poor things. After they scrambled away I started searching through the dirt. I started peeking inside the medium shells to see if they were empty. Deep inside two shells, where you could barely see them, I found two crabbies. I brought them home and put them in my tank. That night they started exploring. They were so active! It was wonderful to watch.
The next night I got to watch one sit at the salt water dish and drink and drink. It was so awesome! I now know that's moulting behavior. The next day he had disappeared.
The next night I watched the second one start digging. He was all around, just digging little holes. Again, I learned this was moulting behavior. The next morning he was gone, too!
I am both thrilled and anxious. I can't wait for them to come back and try on some new shells. I'm also pleased they found their environment suitable to moult.
Thank you!
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I wanted to share about my crabbies with others who would understand my excitement. I got a couple of crabs from the pet store. They were in a tiny, plastic container with fresh food and a water dish with a sponge and an inch of dust. At first glance it looked like no crabs were in there, but then the salesperson lifted the clear plastic container they were using as a hide and they all came boiling out! Huge ones! A dozen or more, poor things. After they scrambled away I started searching through the dirt. I started peeking inside the medium shells to see if they were empty. Deep inside two shells, where you could barely see them, I found two crabbies. I brought them home and put them in my tank. That night they started exploring. They were so active! It was wonderful to watch.
The next night I got to watch one sit at the salt water dish and drink and drink. It was so awesome! I now know that's moulting behavior. The next day he had disappeared.
The next night I watched the second one start digging. He was all around, just digging little holes. Again, I learned this was moulting behavior. The next morning he was gone, too!
I am both thrilled and anxious. I can't wait for them to come back and try on some new shells. I'm also pleased they found their environment suitable to moult.
Thank you!
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Re: What is Your Crab Story?
Started in 2004 with one PP and by 2007 had gone from a 10G to 20G to 75G. By that point I had nearly 40 crabs of three species. Now, I’ve just recently got back in it and my kids like them so I’ll probably stick with it this time.
9 PPs in a 125 G Terrarium since August 2020: Sebastian (F) - 2 Molts, Midnight (F) - 2 Molts, Red (M) - 2 Molts, Jello (F) - 3 Molts, Ninja (M) - 1 Molt, Shelly (M) - 1 Molt, Tiny (?) - 3 Molts, & Dot (?) - 1 Molt
Formerly had ~40 from 2004 to 2010.
Formerly had ~40 from 2004 to 2010.
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I got mine when my grandkids won them at the county fair in 2016 or thereabouts. I've just added one E to the 2 PP's they brought home. Had them in a 10g, moved to a 20g and I'm hoping to get them in the 75g I have in the barn in the next year or so.
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I can hear my 75g whispering from the barn.
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I recently fell in love with them about four months ago and I knew I had to get them so I went to a pet store and got two PP’s ( I know that going to pet stores to get hermit crab is not good now ). At first they started off with a 10 gallon and now they’re in a 20 and I am currently setting up their new custom 70 gallon.
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I can't wait to see pictures of your new habitat!
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Wow! I would love to have 40 crabs and a giant tank lolHermitofHermitCrabs wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:37 amStarted in 2004 with one PP and by 2007 had gone from a 10G to 20G to 75G. By that point I had nearly 40 crabs of three species. Now, I’ve just recently got back in it and my kids like them so I’ll probably stick with it this time.
One or hopefully two Clypeatus
Goodbye my little E. See you soon.
Bye Fred. You lasted almost 4 years with me. Hope you're with my E now! See you soon Reeba as well. I can't believe I lost you only after a month.
Crabbing for 4 years!
Goodbye my little E. See you soon.
Bye Fred. You lasted almost 4 years with me. Hope you're with my E now! See you soon Reeba as well. I can't believe I lost you only after a month.
Crabbing for 4 years!
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It was fun. I always had 5 or so that were molting at any one time.AwesomeHermit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:19 pmWow! I would love to have 40 crabs and a giant tank lol
9 PPs in a 125 G Terrarium since August 2020: Sebastian (F) - 2 Molts, Midnight (F) - 2 Molts, Red (M) - 2 Molts, Jello (F) - 3 Molts, Ninja (M) - 1 Molt, Shelly (M) - 1 Molt, Tiny (?) - 3 Molts, & Dot (?) - 1 Molt
Formerly had ~40 from 2004 to 2010.
Formerly had ~40 from 2004 to 2010.
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I got mine as a Christmas gift when I was 7. My parent's were like "Oh hermit crabs! A pet that doesn't need a lot of work, they don't live that long. Sure you can have it!" now over 9 years later, I got 6 hermit crabs 4 of which are rescues between a 30 gallon and a 35 with a 15 gallon topper
Crabber for over 11 years
16 hermit crabs
13 Purple Pinchers, 2 Straws and a Brevi
Tanks: 100g, 75g, 29g+ a bunch of smaller ones
16 hermit crabs
13 Purple Pinchers, 2 Straws and a Brevi
Tanks: 100g, 75g, 29g+ a bunch of smaller ones
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Re: What is Your Crab Story?
I got mine two years ago, when i saw them at the local pet store. Before that i had been keeping different spicies of land crabs, snakes, spider, geckos. But hermit crabs became my favourite pets. Unfortunatelly, in Russia we don't have enough information about this animals, so i translated many topics about keeping from HCA and other Web sites. Now i have 11 hermies, i bought the last one from the horrible conditions. Crab was without two walking legs, was very scared. But now, after successful molt, he regrown his legs and become a happy hermit crab.
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I got my first hermit crab 17 years ago when I was 10 my Mom brought it home from a beach trip and he didn’t last long in his plastic critter cage. I also use to be scared of him a Lil lol I knew nothing about hermit crabs at the time. Fast forward to 2010 I seen them at the pet store and it made me want to learn more about them since it was one of my childhood pets. I learn he needed way more than I ever did and I just wanted to do things the right way. I had a 55 gallon tank with 8 hermies and my last one made it with me until 2016. After that I was devastated and took a long 4 year break because I felt like nothing can ever replace the clan I had. Fast forward to 2020 I finally decided I wanted to start crabbing again because they just seem like my spirit animals lol I knew I can try to give them a better life than maybe going in the wrong hands or dying at the pet stores. Now I have a 75 gallon with 5Pps & 5 baby E’s and I couldn’t be happier
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