HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hola, he encontrado algunos isópodos del género Armadillidium y me gustaría saber si es necesarios realizar algún tipo de cuarentena antes de añadirlos a mi tanque para que elimine restos de comida.

Un saludo!

Each crab needs 5-10 gallons (19-38 litres) of space depending on how large it is. A jumbo crab needs 15 gallons (57 litres) and an 18 inch wide tank (46cm) for leg room. This is total tank volume, but having a good amount of substrate is vital. Both substrate and climbing room are vital to a crabs...

5 gallons, or about 19 liters, is the minimum amount of space per crab, and more never hurts. It also depends on the size of your crabs. :) I currently have one medium-large and one small-medium in a 20 gallon. So, when you refer to 19 L (5 gallons), is the volume of the tank or the volume occupied...

I would really encourage you to reconsider your designs and take a look at some of the tanks pictured in the DIY and Pictures sections here. The most important thing for land hermit crabs is deep substrate. They need plenty of room to tunnel and make caves to molt. I personally would not use live r...

Thanks for the welcome! Hello! Welcome to the HCA! :butterfly:: Hello, welcome to HCA. We have a few members from Germany on here which will help for any EU related issues, as well as an unofficial 'sister site' for german crabbers if it helps - aka you speak german. http://www.landeinsiedlerkrebs-f...

Hello :) I do not recommend having the glass compartments. You are essentially making three different molting areas. This is bound to create problems. I would remove those glass pieces. How big is your tank? The HCA recommends a minimum of 6" of substrate or 3 times the height of your largest crab ...

Hi, your tank looks great and is very creative! How many hermit crabs will be living in there? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks, I'm glad you like Angel_crab. Well, at most, 3. When I learn enough, I'll go to 5, but in a larger tank. I have in mind a captive breeding project of Coenobita c...

Moonlightdreams wrote:Hello, Nico! Welcome to the HCA. I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Your English is very good! I hope you enjoy your time here.

Thanks for the welcome Moonlightdreams

Hello, in this post I show the process of construction of my crabitat. Any suggestions on this is welcome. 1) Creating the compartments of the terrarium. https://thumb.ibb.co/fsZXUG/Whats_App_Image_2018_01_20_at_14_11_59.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/mQKMOb/Whats_App_Image_2018_01_20_at_16_18_49.jpg http...

Hello, my name is Nico and I'm from Spain. I have recently ventured into the world of hermit crabs. Unfortunately, one of the two crabs that I bought died from the post purchase syndrome, although it had good conditions in the terrarium that I will elaborated. This week I will commission two new cra...