HCA: Hermit Crab Association

The tank is up and running with the new heater and 4 new crabs. The new heater has the gauge around 77. Much better then the 71 before. Humidty is 95+ and the crabs seem happy. 3 are very active while 1 doesnt really move that much. Only thing Im not sure about is adding additional shells. Ive seen ...

Not sure how accurate a 10$ gauge is going to be but I had the gauge ouT of the tank and it matched the humidity level outside within a few points. I've seen some posts about people using salt water to mix the substrate to prevent mold. But your saying mold won't grow on or in the substrate itself. ...

Yea these heaters arent up to the task. Ill look elsewhere. As far as the humidty is concered the plexiglass over the mesh is definitly working but it may to much. Since I added the plexiglass, the humdity has been around 95% for 36 hours. Im assuming thats too high? If so, how can I regulate the pe...

I put these 2 heaters on the back of the tank last night and they quickly got up to 95 degrees. I checked with a heat gun. But the internal tank temp is still hovering around room temp which is 70 and hasnt increased in 24 hours. Are these heat pads junk? The plexiglass worked great. Misted the insi...

I think I have everything I need at this point. Few notes. I bought the Zoo Med hermit crab starter kit https://zoomed.com/10-gallon-reptihabitat-hermit-crab-kit/ for 60$. Then I started to do my research and realized that most of the included items were sub-standard and the included sand wasn't eve...

Putting together a 10 gallon tank with 3 crabs for my kids. I bought everything I think I need and I just mixed 4 parts flukers sand substrate to 1 part coconut fiber. The mixture has a good consistency (sand castle making abilities). Am I supposed to pack it down or leave it kind of loose/fluffy li...