HCA: Hermit Crab Association

If you have deep enough proper substrate, they should not come accross each other when they are molting and digging. Substrate should be at least 6 inches, or 3 times as deep as your largest crab, whichever is deeper. It should be moist enough to hold it's shape, so that tunnels and caves do not col...

OMG, a Canadian source for hermit crab food??!! I will most definately check it out!

Oh my! Those tiny guys are so cute!
And that's some awesome looking swag!

Aw, they are cute!

Nice! You could also zip-tie the cholla logs together to make them into a tee-pee type set up!

Overmountain has covered the areas that need to be improved pretty well. I would add that crabs do not need to be isolated to molt - that is old school, and not really recommended anymore. If conditions are proper in the tank, they will do just fine in the main tank. HCA recommends 3-5 extra shells ...

Also to add to Xeno's questions.
How large is your tank?
Where are your hygrometer and thermometer, and what are the readings?

Oooo, I love the hairy legs!!

Hahaha, Motor says 'like a tombstone' and I say 'like a surf board'!

Hahaha, I know, eh?? It cracked me up when she told me about it too! Crabs are strange people, LOL!

That's a great example of chirping caught on camera! I have never heard mine make a sound, which I'm not sure if that's good or bad!

That's okay Motor! It's good that more than one of us is giving the same advice. Your dechlorinator and salt are not proper for crabs. Your tank is too small for any more than a couple of very very tiny crabs. If they survive and grow, you will need a larger tank very soon. Sponges will grow bacteri...

Your substrate is NOT safe for hermit crabs. Many products marketed for hermit crabs aren't actually safe for them. The All Living Things sand and soil mix is a mixture of calcium sand and eco earth - calcium sand will cake solid when moistened and will kill crabs. You need to get play sand and mix ...

Don't worry yet! Still very early. Four months is kind of the arbitrary mark to start worrying!

Oh wow! I don't think Sonny and Cher were ever that small! LOL!

RODI....is that reverse osmosis? From what I have read, not everyone is in agreement as to whether RO water is appropriate for crabs or not. Personally, that is what I have always used - for both my fresh water and for mixing the Instant Ocean into to make my salt water. I have had my crabs for almo...