HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you for all of the tips!

It’s a bummer—bc we will probably have to slide the tank around the house for house work.


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I have a big crack in my tank. ☹️ It is a standard 120 gallon tank and is filled 10-12 inches with damp sand/EE mix. It has a bean farm ultratherm heater across the back with insulation. The temperature/humidity is stable at around 80 degrees/80%. I bought it used, and it was in great condition when...

Mine go nuts over the HCP mineral blend!


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Here's a recent pic of my crab climbing the silicone sealant!

I think they spend most of the evening trying to figure out a way to escape the tank! [emoji12]




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It seems my 4 E's have molted and are doing well. They are currently housed in a 20 gallon Long tank. They really utilize their play space by spending a lot of time crawling upside down on the screen lid! I have been looking (almost obsessively! [emoji51]) into used larger tanks for a good deal. (I ...

Thank you!

The pictures are so useful!

3 small E crabs


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I'm a new crabber. I am pretty sure that I have E's. Now that they are in their new tank with Sand and EE substrate, it seems like they are digging and tunnelling to de-stress. I've read on this site that E's sometimes dig up molting crabs to eat them. Has this happened to you? I'm just asking becau...

So my Ultratherm heating pad and thermostat arrived today from Reptile Basics. I got the Vivarium Electronics VE-100 thermostat. Where do you put the probe? Do you just tape it on the inside glass of the tank? How deep to you put it? Just above the substrate? Or in between the substrate and the tank...

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Hello! First, I just wanted to thank everyone for all of the insight and knowledge on this forum! Our family is new to hermit crabs, and I got a lot of great tips from all of you. I ordered the Ultratherm UTH from reptilebasics (I also picked up a thermostat to be safe!). Is it ok to put things like...