HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Welcome back. Depending on how long you've been "out", you'll find some practices regarding care has changed significantly, but a lot of their care is likely to be the same! Honestly, the best thing of getting crabs is the absolute bragging rights and talking opportunities! Hopefully you're room-mat...

Just have two different water sources in a bowl your largest hermit crab could fit in. And it’s okay to have to have the two sources of water next to each other, the hermit crabs will know what is what. I know someone who had a filter for their water but I do not know about a waterfall. A waterfall...

If the climate is above the minimums both day and night, I don't see much issue in doing trips every now and again. However, my concern is moulters, if they moult and not up when the seasons change, disrupting moulters don't sound ideal.

If you moved a great distance, it's probably different conditions thats causing the issue. If the old home was in a drier area, you had enough water output from the tank to offset the water coming in. Likewise, temperature differences can affect condensation, which also causes changes in the tank re...

They should be fine, and I don't see anything out of the ordinary

Once they're in their new digs, you may find they'll bury. It's pretty normal, and usually it allows them to destress or potentially moult of they put it off for too long. Just give them some time and they'll hopefully come up sooner rather than later!

Moat species are detritivorous. If they aren't on the crabs themselves, then it's pretty much safe to say they are harmless and make a good clean up crew.

Honestly, the larger species of cories do best in a 20g long so there's enough room for a suitable sized group and enough floorspace to move around. Depending on the betta, some may tolerate some pygmy cories (I reccomend C. habrosus, which behave like the 'regular sized' species) and a 10g could ha...

Ah, thats good at least. Providing you're not removing the side panel, I'd just get a piece of glass and silicone it to cover the crack on the inside. It should help minimise the crack from developing further. Some people like to silicone a piece of glass to fit over the entire back, but it won't re...

Honestly looks like Chia seeds.

Are both glass panels cracked, or just the 1?

If you can, adding salt would be beneficial. While some species of hermit crabs arent reliant on the ocean compared to others, they do make semi-infrequent trips back to the ocean where its safe that they would restock with said water. Salt water just helps ensure they still having plenty of access ...

I'd avoid, the artificial colours/flavours is a concern. Similar mixes for humans (or other bird mixes) contain no additives, so would reccomend looking at those (potentially in other stores)

Many zoos do that with their nocturnal animals. I honestly don't think is an issue, as long as they get 12 hours of darkness somehow, they'll be fine. I don't think you have to tape it up, but simply keeping the tank in a dark room/corner would do the job nicely, cutting out most of the light. :) I ...

It's just crabs being crabs. I wouldn't stress. They enjoy remodelling things.