HCA: Hermit Crab Association

short chirps are nothing to worry about that may be the communication side of it. Its when they do steady chirps that are very loud is when they are in trouble. It would be cool if someone recorded diffrent chirps and played them back to see how they reacted.

they are usually pretty active right up until the exo its self comes off. Then they won't start eating it for a few days until there new claw hardens up enough for them to break up the exo.

Try crushing some of her old EXO Into almost powder so its a little easier to eat 2 spoons should do the trick then mix it with peanut butter. I rember you saying that you had one like her that passed away. Maby this one will make it and you can join the crab nursing club Best of luck

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I don't have any but I heard that they unlike Es and PP they are very sensitive to tempiture and humidity changes.

Here is my new 30 gallon.

very cool any updates?

I am so sorry to hear for you're loss. All of my Es are in shells without spirals. But they modify them to there body's and no one elses. When my one E passed from a failed surface molt I thought the 2 other Es would fight over his shell but no. The other 2 tried it on the longest for nearly 10 seco...

they are quite the mole crabs but what you can do is cut a 2 liter bottle in half and push it into the sand where the molter is all the way to the bottom. But mine are quite respectful of molters iv seen them mutable times get near a molting crab and then turn away or surface.

oh btw his name is Scott he is borderline large and the next largest crab is a small E so i doubt it was a shell fight. ill keep an eye on the others incase its a parasite. but thanks for the replys

I noticed this cavity on the left hand side of his body im pretty sure its not from a shell fight I dont know if this is normal but none of the other crabs have this. Also he has been showing intrest in the coconut fiber witch is unusual for him he rairly climbs down from the cholla logs so I hope h...

i dont thing humidity getting to high will hurt them but getting over 85 F will. dropping limbs is more a sign of stress

would the pine wood also be on the dangerous list? i wanted to make a platform but not if its dangerous.

I'm not in a rush i was just wondering if anyone has done it successfully but thanks for the reply. if something happened to my or someones tank and all the crabs had to be removed then I or them could have a fighting chance to save there molting crabs.

i am getting a 55 gallon tank and was wondering if I can move a molting crab that is under the substrate. my idea was to cut around him as seen in the sticky then carefully slide a piece of plastic under the slab of sand and lift him into the new tank. I will not attempt this yet but if someone can ...