HCA: Hermit Crab Association

By the way: while they were down, we did mist the surface of the sand quite regularly, and we carefully moved the tank out of my son's room into a common room, so that he didn't have to hear me say "stop jumping! you may collapse their tunnels" twenty times a day... The table we put them on has a gl...

Just to let anyone know, both our crabs had successful molts, and are doing amazing. We were sad that they missed Christmas with us as they were underground, but my son made them a Christmas tree out of Legos so their tank was festive even if they didn't see it... The larger one, who went down Nov 3...

Thank you! That sounds do-able!

Hello. My well-intentioned parents brought 2 hermit crabs home to my son from a vacation to the gulf coast (purchased in a shop). He is only 4, so they have certainly become mine, though he really loves watching them in their tank. We have had them a month now, and moved them right away into a 10 ga...