HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I just put my first order in! I’ve tried other shops and occasionally bought a few things here and there. I just got to looking at her shop tonight and definitely went a little overboard ordering things [emoji51][emoji28] Can’t wait until it gets here!


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My crabs hang out at the top of my tank on the net all the time. No one has ever been stuck [emoji846]


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I get my shells from Naples Sea Shell Company. I normally just order the assorted small turbos and the assorted large turbos because I have crabs from tiny to large, so they always fit at least one crab lol. [emoji846]


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Thank you! Hermit crabs are definitely addicting [emoji23] I’m always finding myself wanting to adopt more, but I’m definitely at full capacity between two tanks.


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You’re absolutely fine! You were giving good advice and wanted to steer me in the correct direction, which I appreciate [emoji18]


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I have never used any lights in my tank. The natural daylight cycle from the window in the room is all the light they get in my tank, and I have had Sonny and Cher for almost 8 years now! Be sure to read through the crab care sheets on this site, there's lots of good info there. Is your substrate a...

I adopted 4 crabs today and also received everything from the previous owner’s crabitat. [emoji846] Got them home and all set up: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180825/0725cb89958af5039a7d83540de7595b.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180825/02a59d802b0f9105e2d1100630af45ee.jpg https://uplo...

A few weeks ago I found one of my crabs had died. He presumably went down for a molt and something went wrong. It would have been his first molt since I got him. My tank is set up to standards and I feed a variety of fresh food and mixes. I have dechlorinated fresh water and marine salt water availa...

fandt94 wrote:Love it! Question, where did you get the food dish and the gauge (and what brand?)

The food dish came from earthwaterfirestudio on Etsy! She makes very cute pet friendly food dishes.

The gauge is an AcuRite brand. I got it off Amazon for $7.99 or so.


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I for the life of me can not get the gauge to hang anywhere in the tank. I’ve tried just about everything so I figured for right now sitting on top of the coco hut would work! No ones knocked it over yet. I absolutely love those food dishes. They’re so cute and definitely help figuring out what the ...

Thank you both! [emoji846]


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I rearranged today and think I’m finally done with my crabitat. [emoji846] Id really like any suggestions or critiques anyone has to offer! *My substrate is 6”-7” (a little higher on one side. Whoops!” I know I’ll have to add more when my crabs get bigger but they’re all pretty small right now and t...

I recently put up some net in the back of my tank and was starting to lose hope in my crabs ever using it, but I found Joe hanging out up tonight. [emoji51] *Sorry for the bad picture I was excited [emoji23] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180730/26749b4e8e2aaebf855092eca32569ee.jpg And he didn’t...

How can I tell if he’s hardened up? Sorry, this is my first molter

How long should I leave him in isolation? He seems to be doing great. He’s out and about every night and eating a ton I don’t want to keep him isolated too long, but I also don’t want to rush it and move him to the big tank.