HCA: Hermit Crab Association

It's been ages since I've posted over here! I can't even remember if I posted any pics of the 3 adoptees I got this summer. I finally named them and can identify them (for now, it's all based on their shells atm, so we'll see how it goes lol) All 4 are huge! I miss having little teeny crabs! But the...

Anyone owned one? I have one that needs a tank upgrade and I have about a million and one questions, and the frog forum isn't helping me out...
I'm desperate for any help to say the least.

Hermit crabs are generally very weird, and this could be his "normal" lol. I can't see an issue unless he stops moving and doesn't eat. Otherwise I agree with SG and if I were you I would focus on getting some more shells and a larger tank

Is Bob eating? Or is has been holding the shell for several days?

Hi there! First off, I'd like to suggest a larger aquarium. A tank that size with 5 crabs is very overcrowded. This can cause aggression and molting difficulties. You should also think about getting some more shells. 6 isn't that many, especially with 5 crabs. What kind of shells are you offering? T...

When I had Es they loved walnuts! I'd find walnuts everywhere.
He's adorable! Thanks for sharing.

After thinking things over following two crab deaths, I've decided to get my tank back to par and hopefully get some new crabs here soon. I considered calling it quits but I've put so much time and money into the crabbies that I don't think I could bring myself to do it :) Plus I'd miss hearing then...

I know it's a pain to wait, but you could wait until they come up and then take a day to transfer everything to the new tank and keep the crabs in a small isolation until you have the sub and decorations in...

Now that I think about it, I guess it's been quite a while longer than I had thought since the last tank clean up. It just slips my mind and I never get around to it. I was planning on doing water changes today. I guess I went a day too late (I'm assuming this was all recent because I haven't smelle...

It's been a bad day for crabbie land over here to say the least :( I've been gathering some things for a tank renovation, and I was about to head out to walmart to get the last few things. Then I peeked in the tank to see what the crabbies were up to. Well, as it turns out, only one was up to anythi...

Good point, I guess it's good I'm not planning on throwing them in the tank.
Haha, Pretty sure the crabbies would not be a fan of Ohio weather...

Only because I'm curious, not because I'm looking into... In light of finding a pseudoscorpion in the bathroom the other day (which I had NO idea were a thing, I didn't even know anything that looked like a scorpion existed in Ohio.), I'm curious if they'd be safe in crab tanks. They eat mites and o...

Sent one for my PPs and another from when I had Es

Congrats!

What kind of lid do you have? Is it mesh?