HCA: Hermit Crab Association

wow I'm so sorry for a late reply, but they loved it! I boiled a smaller one w/o seasoning, and gave them a bit of the shell, the eyes, some chopped up meat, and the brain (sounds weird, but my dad thought they would like it). I only saw my large eating the shell, and the meat was pretty popular, bu...

I was just wondering how your hermit crabs seem to like crawfish, raw or cooked? And what parts will they eat and like?

That might be right, but i think it's the thing that holds the tank together (the silicon glue thing?). When I first got my tank, the smell was the same as the smell that is in my tank after putting everything in. I put it outside for an hour or two, and the smell seemed gone, but apparently not.

thank you for helping though. The smell is starting to go away, so I think it'll be okay. My Hermie's are still pretty happy in their temporary home.

Sorry for double posting, but a big concern of mine is that the smell will return. Any ideas as to how to prevent that would be helpful

Just wanted to say that the smell is starting to disappear now (I kept the lid off for a while) and its starting to smell like a normal crabitat. I cleaned the tank with water, and wiped the glass and corners. I havent added any new toys yet, just the ones I had before.

Regular play sand. I checked it before putting it in, and it was fine.

Today, I got a new 20 gallon tank at Petco, and went to go set up the tank. After about 1-2 hours, I realized there was this weird smell in my tank :shock: (it smelt like chemicals), then took my hermit crabs out, and set up a fan so that it would blow the smells away (pretty sure that was a dumb id...