HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I had been using a single air stone/bubbler in combination with regular spraying with a hand mister. I had some issues with flooding, so I need to ease up oin the misting. I added a second air stone/bubbler, this time to the other pool, which of course is salt water. Now, I am getting a salty, crust...

First I want to say thanks to everyone here for their help as we set up our classroom crabitat. The crabs seem happy and healthy, and I think one may even be trying to molt, as I haven't seen it for several weeks, so that is hopefully a good sign. I am asking for your help and advice as we come up o...

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From 9:00 Central Standard Time to the morning hours, the lights are off. It's not a problem with the stream, it's just really dark in there.

Thanks to everyone here at the HCA, our classroom crabitat seems to be working out very well. The kids and I have really enjoyed learning about hermit crabs and their very unique qualities! Unfortunately, as you all know, the hermit crabs don't do much of anything during the day. I wanted some way f...

Wonderful news this afternoon! I got the bubble pool going, and sealed all but a couple inches of the screen cover with duct tape. Now, my temps are in the high 70s and the humidity is over 80% for the first time ever! I may be able to get by without an Ultratherm at all. It feels like a tropical pa...

I got a call from the custodian yesterday. One of the crabs had died over the weekend. She told me the temps were around 70, but the humidity was at 50%. I came in this morning, and I saw the dead crab, out of its shell, near the food dish. The shell was in the salt water bowl. Two legs were just ou...

Thanks all for the advice. I am wondering if the room gets very cool overnight. I arrive every morning and the thermostat is set to a toasty 72 degrees, but who knows how low it gets in the wee hours? Some good news: I made arrangements with the custodian, who will be working Fri/Mon/Tue when school...

Well, yesterday morning, I came in and the "Big Guy", much bigger than the five other PPs, had lost a leg. I have had trouble getting the temps to stay above 72 degrees, and so after school I went to the petstore and got a larger UTH to put on the back of our 20 gallon tank. WIth this second UTH alo...

Thanks all for the advice. Finally got the crabitat up and running and the crabs appear to be enjoying it so far!

Hello! I am a teacher of gifted kids in Missouri. We voted and decided on hermit crabs as a class pet, and I was thrilled! I had some as a kid and I loved them. We used this site extensively for researching, and the kids helped me make a shopping list. Our order is going out and all the stuff for th...