HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Okay awesome! Thanks so much you've been super helpful! How do you know when bulbs aren't producing UVB anymore? You can't, unless you have an expensive (around $225) meter to check for UVB output. That's why the bulbs need replaced on a set schedule for safety, as testing has shown 6 months to be ...

Yes and yes! I originally bought the zoomed set for my turtles, had problems with the bulbs not producing UVB, and then invested in the Arcadia bulbs during that same store's Black Friday sale.

For the price, Arcadia bulbs work better since they are proven to last a full year. The other brands are supposed to, but most reptile keepers recommend replacing every 6 months. The T5 bulbs are interchangeable when you have the matching fixture. The Arcadia are a little stronger, so a 6% would be ...

I have a screen lid, and covering that is a double layer of cardboard, wrapped in foil, wrapped in a beach pattern fabric so it looks pretty, and then wrapped in thick clear plastic to protect from moisture and my cats. Helps to hold both heat and humidity in the tank, and it's a little puffy so it'...

I've had my tanks hit 95 in the upper areas, and they could burrow for coolness. My PPs always seemed to love the heat though.

I've found cleaning ammonia to work the best on grimey tanks, and it also sterilizes, but it smells horrendous and you have to be careful about gassing yourself. For really stuck on water spots, dirt, and and dry algae, water and a razor blade works magic. If you scrub with a pad it can scratch the ...

As tanks age, all that extra moisture that was there at the start from having freshly mixed substrate, and that caused condensation, has evaporated out of the tank. In order to keep the levels high and the substrate moist enough, more moisture has to be added back in at that point. Pouring, heavy sp...

Do a search for coenobita on scholar.google.com Some are open access, some are behind pay walls but many universities can get access for students. There have been many controlled experiments on rearing eggs in labs, field studies, and of course detailed descriptions of species including reproductive...

Yep, changed hands at some point. Old address was NY.

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The picture for the live strawberry hermit crabs is a plushie toy.....
I'm going to go with this is Scam 2.0. I'm betting someone bought the address when the time ran out on renewing the lease, and is just trying to scam as much money as possible before PayPal catches on.

If the hermit sites aren't working out to find someone local, try one of the reptile forums. RFUK is pretty big, Iand I'm sure there are others on Facebook as well although FB is cracking down on pet trading so it's not really permitted. I honestly can't remember the last time we had someone from th...

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Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:07 pm

Follow up question:

How long can freeze dried meat like this stay in the tank? Overnight? 2 nights?



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Honestly, until it absorbs so much moisture that it melts or rots.

That's good to know in case we ever have that problem. Would that be a situation to dig up molters? We have somewhere around 30 crabs, so there's always crabs down at any given time. It depends how many ants there are. A few is nothing major, so long as the area is cleaned well so they can't lead t...

Remove all decor, scrape the top layer of sand, and see if they are coming from inside or outside the tank. If they are just raiding for food, move the location of the tank for now and clean well. Treat for the ants however you normally would. If they have moved into the tank - if you find the white...

If they are solid crystals it should be fine. If they are on any kind of matrix base, that would be a worry as many of those rocks will leech minerals.