HCA: Hermit Crab Association

It really depends on the crab, I have had tinies who had been down for more than a month or so, and then three months at a time if they pull a back to back molt. Patience. I would start worrying around 6 months.

They have something like 13 inches of eco earth, I haven't figured out the right ratio to use sand and EE together. Last time I used sand it was too much and I had a lot of collapsed tunnels. They have 13 inch deep pools with wood and rock ramps, to climb in and out of. THey also have a second level...

I have 25 crabs right now, split between a 40 gallon and a 110 gallon. All the ones in the 40 gallon are the smalls who will be sent to schools as class pets after we've worked on setting up a proper crabitat. I rehabilitate a lot of them ^^

So I've decided I really love living near the beach, it means I get shell shops near me and access to local fish and some really weird seafood that my crabs just love. Like today for example I went to my local fish market and found WHOLE smelt... fresh and everything 8D . It made me so happy, I boug...

Good luck Staticfurball... I think we all know how scary something like this can be, but sadly there is only so much you can do, hermits when they reach a certain point... have to decide what they want to do themselves. We can only intervene so much .___. But I wish you the best of luck and know you...

This was such an amazing thread to read 8D made me feel so happy that he made it ^^. I just recently had a little E who I think dropped a limb during a molt but it's nothing bad, but it made me worry all the same XD I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that worries <3 Good Job Fasty keep being an am...