HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I usually look at the ingredients - if it's in olive oil - that is fine - that's on the safe list :) If your store has a seafood dept, don't be afraid to go ask for one shrimp, or one crab claw...it's pretty cheap - and you can freeze the rest :) Lots of good stuff there! Then you are getting exosk...

Is canned fish ok? Like sardines in oil? Or other types with no other ingredients other than oil. I think it's usually soybean oil or olive oil.

Sound like you have a great variety :) I’m not sure what macrame is. Mold doesn’t hurt crabs. Just us. Don’t worry- should be a-okay! If it does get moldy, in the future, use dechlorinated Marine saltwater to mix it [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thank you. Macrame is like a rope knitt...

I think they may just feel a little more comfortable like not as out in the open or naked. I was debating the same thing I haven't added a background yet but I did add another plastic plant and I may add one more hide spot. I want them to feel like they are well hidden inside or under a bush or som...

I recently attached to the back of my tank a scenic aquarium background. Will my guys think it's real and be disappointed when they can't climb on it or reach it?

Hello, again :) Hermits do tend to stay buried for the most part until the night. I do have some diurnal crabs...but most of them are nocturnal. Was the substate mixed with dechlorinated marine salt water? The substrate really shouldn't get moldy tbh. What do you have for climbing in your tank. Giv...

For starters just worry about your Basics like the proper products to build your crabitat and then dialing in the climate of your crabitat. I personally use a 10 gallon tank play sand I found at Home Depot and sphagnum Moss I found at Home Depot for substrate. Thank you for taking pity on the littl...

DaJimmer wrote:The poor Marooned little buggers are happy you have them!

Actually, that's how I feel. So I want to do the best by them. When we got the 3rd one from the pet store, I felt so bad how he was handled. It's almost as bad as a puppy mill.

i am very new to all this but have been reading every article i can find and watching tons of youtube videos. i "inherited" 2 hermit crabs from my daughter who went to college and had to start from scratch. she knew nothing either.

My daughter came home in June from Florida with 2 hermit crabs in one of those small plastic "tanks". I'm surprised they survived. She was leaving for college in August so she gave them to a friend. The friend returned them about 3 wks ago, so now it's up to me to take care of them. I have done TONS...