HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Someone is wanting to re-home their hermit crab from Craigslist this is a picture of it what type is it? And how do I go about adding them into my tank?

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If the buried crab has made a 'window', many of us will tape a piece of paper or something over it so it stays dark for them to molt. Thank you so much I will do that tonight. I also found my other one. I guess he switched shells for the 7th time and was in a different shell lol. https://uploads.ta...

Hey guys so I found my one crab under the substrate at the very bottom of the tank. He has been there for about a week. I just found him I hope I didn't scare him! I didn't move him I just saw him from the outside of the tank. He moved slightly so I figure he is still alive. My other Crab is hiding ...

Also my tank is a 10gallon

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Welcome to crabbing! Do you have a lid for your tank? It will help hold in both heat and humidity. What are you using for a heater? Do you live somewhere that it is very humid? (Just wondering how the humidity is staying in, or maybe that's the surrounding humidity.) HCA recommends 3-5 extra shells...

Hey, So I am kind of new to hermit crabs at least in the sense of feeling like I am doing it right. I do have a hard time keeping the temp up but humidity is fine. Here is my set up it has progressed over the last few days let me know thoughts and concerns. Also they have been given brand new shells...

Hey guys, So I only have two hermit Crabs in a 10gal tank. One is a solid medium and the other is small to medium. The larger of the two Sebastian is super outgoing at night and brave. The little one Herb is more shy and I believe is currently molting (I hope) he is defiantly dog down in the substra...

Hey, I live in Columbus Ohio I could meet you in Cambridge? It's about halfway between here and Pittsburgh. Let me know if your interested. I have a medium sized hermit and small to medium hermit crab. Right now they are both in a ten gallon tank plenty of climbing and substrate to molt in. Let me k...