HCA: Hermit Crab Association

[quote=hermitsinnc post_id=1124502 time=16886733 user_id=42190 For some reason mine could care less about popcorn. Last night they ate a serious amount of tuna and left the popcorn behind! Two nights ago I filled their busy boxes (curiosity cubes from another seller because they where closed at the...

hermitsinnc wrote:For some reason mine could care less about popcorn. Last night they ate a serious amount of tuna and left the popcorn behind!

That's crazy lol! Do you flavor your popcorn with anything?

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jclee wrote:lol
It is so cute when they all convene for a favorite snack.

For sure. It always makes me smile. [emoji846][emoji846]

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This is what happens when I put popcorn on the dinner dish lol. 4/6 crabs appear!

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Hermits is right. Those "D" shaped openings on those whale's eye shells are preferred by Ecuadorian crabs not PPs. [emoji3525]

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Hi there! Just wanted to let you know that purple pinchers prefer shells with round openings. So they will likely only use the green turbos if they are the right opening size. [emoji846]

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Thank you guys for all the help. I am putting the new tank together today but I'm switching her from a 10 gallon to a 55 gallon tank but it's 48" long and 18" tall. Is the best way to heat it still the mat on the back? Do I just get 2 or 3 to cover the whole back all the way up from 6" from the bot...

Check Etsy too. Sometimes shops on there have larger shells available.

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It was autocorrect. I typed molting. I realized knew it was her exoskeleton once I saw her in her shell and we brought back most of it and put it back in her tank by her coco hut. My number one goal is to make sure I know how to set up the tank for her to be comfortable and healthy especially while...

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Gotcha, but the flashing that did happen won't hurt them? Just might confuse/agitate them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Nah, they'll be ok. Just think if they were in the wild, they'd experience thunderstorms/lightning that would be similar. [emoji846] Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapat...

If you want to temporarily turn them off, it won't hurt the crabs. That way the crabs won't think they're having a disco party lol! Might keep the lights from blowing out too if there's electricity surges happening.

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KyMart wrote: Omg that's so cool! I hope she does well adjusting! I'm sure she will have the best crab life ever under your care!

Thanks so much! Hoping she pulls through her first molt with me. [emoji846]

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You know, CL77 gotta be prepared for their yearly adoption(s), I love how this happens to you ever year and you just have excepted it! [emoji23] I actually adopted a little girl a few weeks ago, about the size of a quarter! So I pulled out those tiny shells for her, and she changed up within a day ...

I feel quite happy with my current set up! Tomorrow I'm probably gonna go to Hobby Lobby and get more shells and my Instant Ocean is on the way, I've got substrate about 3x my largest crab size, two coconut huts, two water trays, and some climbing stuff! I've got a hygrometer and a thermometer! The...