HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thing 1 is back up for molt. Intrestingly they only showed minor intrest in the shells. Now I do cycle through a bag of shells so maybe none in this group intrest them or thet are fine in their current shells. Other than poking at them once or twice they are ignoring them

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Ok well I don’t even know if they’ve looked at the shells or not. they have basically disappeared after two days of having them so maybe they can hang out in their painted. They had their chance lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Lol, they might be molting. Which can take weeks Sent from my LM...

Not under context of the experiment. If you follow it. Ypu get 2 full days with shells and 5 days without is the idea. A Friday night to Sunday Morning. A Thrusday to Saturday. Or whatever two days you choose. Anything else introduces to many variables. We can only focus on one at a time. You howev...

Can I keep the smallest shells in until the 2 teeny ones change from painted? But I dunno where they are anymore. Maybe one is still in the entrance of a tunnel the small one made. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Not under context of the experiment. If you follow it. Ypu get 2 full days with she...

I wish your E would come teach mine how to change shells- they’re killlllking me!!! I still have 3 in their original little ‘buttcap’ while my other 2 have changed! And all 3 of @RiNiKy506’s have swapped too! Ugh. And they definitely have lots of options. So their pickiness makes me even more inter...

My E just changed shells for the 3rd time. Fron a green turbo to a second slightly bigger greeb turbo, to a brown conch type shell back to a green turbo Sent from my LML414DL using Tapatalk Speedy kept the third shell he switched into a slightly larger green turbo, almost identical to the first she...

1. Hermit Sand, if it is the sand often sold by pet stores is calcium sand and is not safe for hermits. It not only molds, but stinks when wet and hardens to cement around the crabs themselves, sticking to them. Children's Playsand (silica based) or cocofiber, or a mix of the two, in a 5:1 mixture ...

My only thing is I currently have only one crab. I'm worried that will mess with results but then again I guess it's a form of control for shell competition idk So I'll do it if you think that'll be okay, it sounds fun! I'm just bad at committing lol I don't know if I'll remember to record it every...

I'm in, interested to see if it will make a difference. My crabs rarely show interest in their shells, so it will be interesting to see if any differences develop. Colony Size - around 6 to 8 crabs. A couple have the same size and shell, so a little hard for me to keep track at times. Species - 1 C...

Lol... Mr Crabs (medium) switched out of the new tapestry (1&1/4in.) back to his old one. My new crabs or one of them (strawberry) still in the hole Crabby made. Hopefully Crabby is down deeper. I should’ve kept the new guys iso w shells n food n water for a while or until Crabby resurfaced. Live n...

There seemed to be more excitement as soon as my E noticed the shells. He booked it over grabbed one felt jt up and down for about 5 minutes or so then switched before digging through the pile to see if another migjt suit his fancy. My E just changed shells for the 3rd time. Fron a green turbo to a...

There seemed to be more excitement as soon as my E noticed the shells. He booked it over grabbed one felt jt up and down for about 5 minutes or so then switched before digging through the pile to see if another migjt suit his fancy.

10g and a 20g Breeder (long) tank.

Just put my shells in. Only one of my guys is up tonight at this moment. More intrested in hanging around on his climbing net than the shells at the moment. No PPs in sight, but that is not unusual they come out a little later.