HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I am so thrilled right now!! He came up!

I don't have a critter keeper, I use a 10g as ISO... My garage did not stay as warm as I thought it would last night I used a real hot water bottle & strapped it to the back & stayed up til 2am turning on the heat pad & the refilled the hot water bottle before I needed to sleep. Woke up & its only 6...

I have a human heating pad but in all honesty it sucks. I used a bungee cord to hold it to the back & then covered the tank in towels & a blanket but it seems to turn off every 20 mins automatically!! The outlet is fine, that was my first thought. If my big tank didn't weight 175+ lbs I'd move that ...

I recently set up a larger tank & one of my guys is down for a molt.. I moved the other 2 & have been waiting for my smaller one to come up. I can hear him tapping around down at the bottom of the tank & he has become visible against the glass a few times but has yet to surface. He has been down 1 m...

OK great! I was worried I was over doing it & could cause harm so I'm glad to know thats not the case. Thanks to you guys here & the facebook page I was able to find a great place for shells & Im working with Steven to make sure I get the right sizes & shells for them! I also may have found a 29g ri...

Thanks everyone! I'll be ordering shells online once I can figure out what kind of crabs they are all 3 look a bit different so its hard to tell :? I've been looking at pictures but it doesnt seem to be helping much. I'll try to get good photos of them tonight when they come up & maybe someone here ...

I am definitely using IO & I have the drops for the water for them & have been using it. Can I use bottled water like aquifina? Would you still need to use drops in that? I have a salt water conditioner as well but wasnt sure if it needs to be used with IO. I dont want to mess this up! They are real...

Hello everyone :) I'm Nikkie & I'm a new crab mom! This wasn't exactly a planned thing but I'm excited & have read a lot of great info here to help them live a great life. First I'll tell you how this happened... Took my kids down to the beach a few weeks ago & of course we all know they sell these ...