HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Uhm, I just checked on him and he’s already up and moving??? I just found him in his water dish. I’m going to leave him in isolation for a few days just to be safe. I gave him some bee pollen and almonds since those were his favorites.

Should I just leave him im the isolation tank until he starts moving around and eating again?

I messed up. :( I was rearranging my tank and pushed a decoration into the sand and instantly knew I had just pushed into a tunnel. I didn’t think any of my molters were where I was working. I didn’t want to cover up the tunnel because I was afraid of my crab suffocating so I made a 10 gallon isolat...

My substrate has settled and it ended up being about 3 inches lower than I wanted it to be. I think two of my crabs are molting (hopefully!) because I haven’t seen them in a few weeks and I normally see them all out together. Should I wait until my two crabs come up or would it be okay to add more s...

I was afraid of that oh well, it’s mainly on one side and I’ll just put the worst side to the back and cover it with something!

Upgrading my starter 10 gallon tank to a 75 gallon tank! I got a great deal on a used one, the only issue is it needs cleaned badly :( I feel like I’ve tried everything to get the hard water build up off the tank, does anyone have tricks to remove it? Also, I’d definitely appreciate any decorating i...

I’ve got instant ocean I did all of my research on here before getting any crabs.

I’m completely new to this and just received two purple pinchers yesterday evening. I had the tank completely set up beforehand with the temp reading 75-78 and the humidity at 78-84. There’s plenty of hiding spaces, dechlorniated water, salt water, etc. Since I brought my crabs home they’ve both fou...