HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Wow you must be so excited, it would be hard to sleep and not stay up all night watching

I still don't know the habits and preferences of my new guys so I've been leaving things in longer than I normally would. Spongebob prefers things to be pretty fresh I think. we don't keep a ton of fruit in the house so I bought a bag of frozen mixed berries to make sure I'd always have something on...

awesome!

cute! I hope some make it. seems like they're doing better than the first batch for sure

Yes well I know nothing

i didn't mean not to try i just meant not to stress too much about little things that can't be controlled. plus it seems like aussies are much easier than other species

Yeah hard not to get attached. Even to something so teeny
Sounds like whatever you're doing different this time is working for you though. I guess the lesson is not try too hard and just let nature do its thing

So it seems like the new crabs might be as picky as Spongebob. In both tanks I have flukers turtle medley, nobody is touching it! I thought they were supposed to like this stuff lol. Also a dish of fresh fruit and veg (celery, green and orange bell pepper, mushroom, carrot, broccoli leaves.. ok i gu...

ahh with the site issues we lost some updates there. can you recap and update us on the new batch? if i remember correctly Hannibal didn't make it..

wow good luck! keep us updated if you can ^_^

I like your thinking, you might be onto something. Instead of trying to force artificial conditions on them, try to replicate what would happen in nature.
Good luck little critters!! <3

and if even one of them makes it, it's an amazing feat. but yes if nothing else you (and all of us following the updates) have learned a lot

so exciting ^____^

he must be a vegetarian, sheesh. he hasn't touched the shrimp i got at all i don't think. i put one in a clamshell with just a bit of coconut, he's so into coconut right now i thought maybe if the shrimp is next to the coconut and smells like it he might go for it. he kicked the shrimp out of the sh...

you might be able to get some at a pet store that deals with a lot of lizards and such, they might breed their own feeder insects. i mean they'd die quickly in the water but they just have to squirm long enough for the little ones to find them (and hope they don't just float on the surface)