HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Once I got them I truly enjoyed taking care of them. I was thinking of purchasing another, but since Gary doesn't seem to be doing well, I think ive changed my mind.

Unfortunately he wasn't... I don't know if he was already dead or if I did it. My other crab has been in his tree for 2 days and hasn't eaten anything. Seems like something is wrong with him too. Not sure what im doing wrong here.

Is it true that he will suffocate because I collapsed his tunnel?

Hi! I have 2 crabs. They usually hide under their cave. I was doing some maintenance in the tank yesterday, cleaning etc. I was digging in one area and one had dug to the bottom of the tank. I am new at this and noticed that the sand was not wet at all so I was adding some water (which I just learne...

thanks! I guess im doing that right. I appreciate your help I always overthink everything.

Newbie here. So everyone would recommend adding isopods to their tanks? I have a 10 gallon and 2 crabs.

So cute! Looks like they are holding hands! or claws lol

Can you give me a good starter diet for them? Theres so much out there. I want to give them a well balanced diet so they don't eat each other! for instance Cuttlefish.. do I just throw it in there and leave it? I don't even know what it is! lol

Thanks for all of your responses! The Crabs are fairly small, prob around 2 inches including their shells. I have around 6 inches of substrate. its a mixture of sand and eco earth. I think that Its wet enough, when I run my finger through it, it holds its shape and the walls don't collapse. I have a...

I am that parent who got suckered into buying hermit crabs for the kids while on vacation. The person who sold them to us talked about how easy they were to care for and gave us a pamphlet on how to care for them..... feed them, water them, play with them, 12 hours of light per day. that's it! I eve...