HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Making me feel all bad about my small tank,over here. Great job on the tank,ma, you got some real skill and love there. My hubby looked over at my screen when I was looking at a few of your pics and asked if they were paintings. Keep the updates coming.

any news?

wet bowl: Nectarine (YUMMY,i'm eating the rest now) spinach leaves rehydrated meal worms rehydrated red shrimp honey spirulina and axiploplo(?) powder dry bowl: freeze dried meal worms '' '' red shrimp ' ' strawberry ' ' leaves ' ' worm castings ' ' carrots ' ' blueberries

He might be slwing down and getting ready to molt. I have heard people feeding them honey or peanut butter to "jump start" them. offer them the best foods you have (protein, calcium etc.) and also make sure you have fresh water and fresh salt water. If this is pre molt then he needs the extra good f...

Carrots,spinach,broccoli(I think)

If I do everything right they still wont get colors until after they molt again right? (If they get them back)

Might as well fill this out... 1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? I use a mixture of play sand and EE, made with mostly treated fresh water (sometimes salt) Mostly 4-5 inches deep, I have been slowly adding more sand and EE when all my guys are up top. So some section...

I have 5 crabs, 3 of them are brightly colored reds and oranges. I have 2 of the smaller ones who seem to be losing some colors. I thought maybe dietary needs aren't being met so I started feeding a more varied (to the already varied diet) diet. I offered more shells, and I also added more substrate...

I made them a feast tonight.

Dry bowl:
Dried strawberries
Rolled oats
Dried mangoes
Dried asian pear
Dried worm,leaves,seasame seedsstrawberry(HCA)
Spirlina
that red powder stuff
Almonds

Wet Bowl:
2 Chunks of frozen shrimp
large chink of coconut

You did a great job, although I would have been crying like a baby Thanks for documenting this!

oh no I hope he'll be fine, and that you caught it (hopefully) in time!

wet foods:Fruit salad made of a strawerry,peach,pineapple, and broccoli, covered with some avacado oil. Cooked chicken with avacado oil.
Dry foods: Meal worms, red shrimp.

Wow, this thread is inspiring! I am thinking for dinner tonight maybe some frozen(thawed) strawberry,peach,pineapple. Red shrimp(freeze dried), meal worm(freeze dried). I have 5 crabs, and I used to put much more food out for them, and recently I have been cutting back on portion sizes because I thr...

i bought beaked moss for them.any word on that?