HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Mold goes hand and hand with crabbing to avoid food mites think about isopods (roly polies)! The salt idea mentioned above works well! I heartily second the roly poly recommendation. I used to have similar issues with mold in my crabitat (which is chock-a-block with various wood climbers - cholla, ...

Food mites. No deep clean necessary. They're just a part of crabbing and generally harmless to the crabs. Feeding dried foods and removing them every morning will cut their population. No deep clean necessary. Sent from my LGLS665 using Tapatalk You have saved my sanity. Thank you. With all the hor...

A local woman contacted me seeking to rehome her lone hermie - she'd had him 1 1/2 years and felt she could no longer give him the attention he needed. For various reasons, it was a super rushed adoption. I asked her for photos and details of the Hermie's current setup, all seemed good (minus the fe...

Keep us posted on if they breed in the tank. I am not sure when to put mine in the tat. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk If they're anything like mine, your tank will be overrun (in the best possible way) in no time. The little guys breed like love-starved rabbits. Everytime I lift anything in ...

GATINEAU, QC Hiya! Located in Gatineau, QC (just across the bridge from downtown Ottawa). Currently have 6-8 small to extra large PP dudes living in a 55G ExoTerra +24G topper, all rescues/surrenders taken in over the last 8 or so years. Willing to take in small/medium hermies locally (currently wi...