HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I said it was a 20 gallon long.

I de chlorinated both the salt and fresh water. I use Instant Ocean salt. The gravel is not live. Just the bagged gravel you can buy in 5 lb bags. And the chicken wire is metallic, but it is not rusted, and I plan on getting plastic to use instead. Oh, and I have them in a 20 gallon long tank. I may...

I would post pictures but I don't know how. I purchased two PP from PetSmart. I know, I know, bad place to get them. But there were only three places I could have gotten them and the other two places had them in painted shells. One I would consider small, the other I am not so sure about. He/she is ...

Is baby food okay to feed hermit crabs? I would only buy the ones that have water and the vegetable/fruit/meat as the only ingredients. I was wondering because I've seen some people say that it was okay and some people swear that it's not. And if it is okay, what flavors do your crabs like the best?

Thank you so much for that link! It will really help me rest assured that it won't hurt them. But knowing how weird I am about things like this, I am going to go out and buy one that I know is safe. Lol. Yay for OCD!

So stress coat should be okay? It removes all the harmful things in water, but I was wondering if the chemicals that made it "stress" relieving would hurt the crabs.

Hello! I am planning on getting two hermit crabs tomorrow. I have a 20 gallon long tank that I will put them into. I am going to use two 50 lb bags of Quikrete play sand and 1 brick of Eco Earth. I have some climbing things to use and some hides as well. I plan on using Instant Ocean for the salt wa...