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- Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:01 pm
- Forum: New Crabs and New Crab Owners
- Topic: New and Nervous Owner
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2657
Re: New and Nervous Owner
Looking good! I don’t see any spare shells, though, for the crabs to change into. If you’ve not already, you can find a lot of information about the number and types of extra shells recommended in the care sheets
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:03 am
- Forum: New Crabs and New Crab Owners
- Topic: New and Nervous Owner
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2657
Re: New and Nervous Owner
Welcome to HCA!!! It looks like you are doing pretty good so far and I would like to personally thank you for giving your crabs a better environment (not too many people care about the well being of their crabs, or we would have lots more members :lol:.) I just have 1 question for you... is the whi...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:39 pm
- Forum: New Crabs and New Crab Owners
- Topic: New and Nervous Owner
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2657
Re: New and Nervous Owner
Looks like you’re off to a good start! That’s great that you’ve been able to get the heat and humidity up. That said, I would suggest getting digital gauges to replace the analog - the analog gauges are notoriously unreliable (I can tell you horror stories about trying to regulate my late tree frogs...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:22 am
- Forum: New Crabs and New Crab Owners
- Topic: New and Nervous Owner
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2657
Re: New and Nervous Owner
Hello, and welcome! CurlySister beat me to recommending reading through the HCA care sheets, but I think it’s a recommendation that bears repeating :) The majority of the proprietary “Hermit Crab Kits” our there marketed to new LHC caretakers are woefully inadequate, and in many cases actually inclu...
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:14 pm
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Xanthan Gum?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1152
Re: Xanthan Gum?
I can’t personally think of any reason why it would be considered unsafe, based on the method of production, the ingredients from which it’s derived, and the relatively minuscule quantity that’s included in any given recipe (1/8th tsp of this stuff goes a long way.. i’ve had the same small bag of it...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:40 am
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Crabs not eating calcium
- Replies: 9
- Views: 942
Re: Crabs not eating calcium
I have a cuttlebone and a sand dollar available at all times to my two pp's, but I haven't seen them really eating any or going near them. The explored the sand dollar a bit when I first put it in, but they have completely ignored the cuttlebone and don't really go near the sand dollar anymore. I'm...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:32 am
- Forum: Food
- Topic: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing
- Replies: 219
- Views: 189750
Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191031/2d032f0cd794789dceb794d2a23911ea.jpg On today’s menu (pictured): raw shrimp (with exo), raw brussels sprout, cod skins, bloodworms, homemade staple mix, homemade fruit and flower treat mix, pita bread with raw coarse-filtered honey with honeycomb. Not pictu...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:08 am
- Forum: Crabitat Conditions
- Topic: Death Smell... now what?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2023
Re: Death Smell... now what?
Sorry to hear you’re going through another stressful scenario with your crabs. Good luck.
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:12 pm
- Forum: Crabitat Conditions
- Topic: Death Smell... now what?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2023
Re: Death Smell... now what?
I understand the crabs have only been fed dry food for the last few days, but prior to that were they fed any seafood (fresh raw or cooked)? It could be that a piece of hidden seafood from a previous feeding is finally beginning to go seriously “off” in your tank, causing the smell.
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:05 am
- Forum: Crabitat Conditions
- Topic: Hide for a big boy?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 443
Re: Hide for a big boy?
Same as Wodesorel, I have a large cork round for my big guys.
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:01 am
- Forum: Crabitat Conditions
- Topic: Winter heating
- Replies: 4
- Views: 703
Re: Winter heating
How do i insulate?? I had read that you can use cardboard. Different people have different approaches and use different materials (cardboard with aluminum foil, hard foam insulation, reflectix double-sided insulation), and there’s at least one user who has posted step by step instructions for how t...
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:34 pm
- Forum: Crabitat Conditions
- Topic: Winter heating
- Replies: 4
- Views: 703
Re: Winter heating
The Fluker’s heat mats can be insulated. You can also insulate the sides of your tank that don’t have a UTH attached. I insulate my heat mats, and in winter I also insulate one wall of the tank that doesn’t have a heat mat. Just that added insulation increases the temperature by at least 10 degrees.
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:17 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Cuddly crabs!!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1534
Re: Cuddly crabs!!!
She looks about the same size as my Sonny! Where'd you get her shell? I need a few more that size, and he really likes those polished ones. I just wish they weren't so darned expensive! I have a bunch of shells that size (and larger) which I got from Naples, including a couple polished ones: http:/...
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:37 pm
- Forum: Crab Behavior
- Topic: Inactive crabs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1693
Re: Inactive crabs
It’s my understanding that you can safely insulate the Fluker’s Premium Heat Mat.
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:11 pm
- Forum: Crab & Care Questions
- Topic: List of Questions for Hermit Crab Care
- Replies: 3
- Views: 744
Re: List of Questions for Hermit Crab Care
Hi there, welcome to the HCA. Before providing a response, I would appreciate a bit more information and context about the general approach and purpose of your paper, what types of resources you’re accessing for information, and how the opinions of informal interviewees are going to be used, present...