HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I'll def do that. I just bought a bag of the store crap the eve I found him just to have something to rest him in over night in a large salad bowl. It's pretty much swirled around in the play mix. Take care.

Sorry one more thing by "growing" I mean developing along with the others not getting larger Im aware of exoskeletons but thanks though.

Forgot to add: I have turbo,pointed snail, whale eye and konch type shells each in different sizes as each crab is in different shells themselves. Thanks again amazing responses seems like a nice community.

I use 80% play sand like 19% calcium sand and with a touch of coconut so it a pretty pimp setup. One of the other crabs molted no prob. And the middle man is starting to dig around now. The store people knew NOTHING so I went by different places on line and used common sense. It was a million to one...

Thanks for the response so soon. I have a deep substrate that one of the newer crabs dug to the bottom of to molt. I figured the abandoned one I found will do something sometime I was just worried b cause he seems sorta shy and reclusive compared to the other two almost like a runt but even though i...

Hello, I found my first crab in a wooded area in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia I assume he was bought on vacation and then left by some parents "setting him free" with there kids. The hermie was in a painted shell about 5 times to big it seemed. With in 48 hours I dropped about $200 on a sweet s...