HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Welcome! Go ahead and remove the painted shells. You don't want them going back into them. Bulbs tend to zap humidity. You really want to cover the entire back of the tank, from top of substrate, with a heater. A good brand is Ultratherm which can also be insulated if you have to. The analog therm/h...

Emlyx wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:45 am

Oh Ok TYSM!

You're welcome!

Naturals only means no added persavitives, colors. But it's not organic. I buy the pouch organic baby food. Whatever is on sale. Different flavors. I also get the crunchy snacks. They look like cheerios. For the pouch I just put a very small bit in their dish. Depends how many crabs you have and how...

How big is the tank they are in and how big are they? Can you fit more crabs?

They like midnight snacks. As long as there are molters you can't search.

You're humidity needs to be higher. Minimum 75%, better 80 and up. What kind of lid do you have? They have modified gills and need humidity to breathe.

Very cool!

Welcome!

Very nice!

So exciting! When I was filling up my colony I adopted 2 crabs off of craigslist. The experience made me really angry because the guy didnt want to sell me the crabs if I wasn't going to buy his aquarium/crummy set up, which sounds like the lady who sold u 2 crabs. I told him he was lucky I was off...

CrabbyLover77 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:21 am

Haha! I see 4!

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Yup!

How many can you spot?

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If you can get moss for the trip and dampen it, it's great for the trip. If you can wrap the cage in plastic that would help too.

CrabbyLover77 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:38 am

I bet the crabbies will love that. They can drag their little butts right on there and chow down! [emoji4]

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Exactly! And I always put the same foods at both ends.

HappyHermit0916 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:57 am

Awww so sweet! I rescued my three crabs from a horrible situation from craigslist!
The first night one of the crabs in a painted shell changed the first night!!

I find they do switch the first day. It's amazing they know the painted shells are no good.