HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have one not done cycling or connected yet. But the system it will be connected to I’m just started. Partially because my crabs keep eating all the micro algae and I needed a new spot out of the crab tank to farm some :crabbigsmile: I can update if it works! But we do have multiple reef tanks in t...

As do I! Please lmk if you find anything new.

There is, I try and remove them any time I see them and I whipe down the glass and everything everytime I feed her.

The tape trick removed a good amount but there is prob some still in the shell.

I cleaned and sanitized the mite ios last night the crab was still alive Ive had that one in particular for about 2yrs give or take now.

They are mainly a scientist/bioligest that works with marine and land crabs. Other people have gone to them b4 for exotic problems and you can normally send them a crab for aoutopsey but there was no reson to as the cause was visable to the bare eye. Also the shipping is a little steap. It also depe...

Its been looked at by a dr. suggested in another group its not a mite we are familiar with as it eats both live and dead crabs along with leaving spots, holes in the crab. They have killed every crab in the orginal tank but one. I have removed the ones visably with tape, and its in a paper towel ios...

No I have not!
I will go read the thread but I should note alot of the mites are in the shell.

The photos I have are of a dead one.
One or two photos of a live one with smaller mites.
Sadly the others died all covered in them on the butt and body except the last one.

Salt baths and spraying is not working either!! If someone has ideas please lmk!

As an update we have discovered the cause it is a mite that came in off the moss. It is resistant to h.miles and visibly eats/feeds off the crabs. It leaves marks or spots where it feeds and grows bigger after feeding kind of like a tick.

Thats the best we could come up with so far. I will update if the dewormer or h.miles works.

Round worm, flatworm, and tape worm are all common in my state often from muskrats who carry mites as well.
There are also parisites that effect crayfish here and it was collected not that far from a stream.
The peppering photo of a marine crab was one infected with flatworms somehow.

Are they immune to the parisites dogs and other pets can get outside?

Thats really weird than because when disected the one that past it had open sores and something was eating it from the inside!?
They are not pp

They are not bubbles they are flat not raised of the limbs at all all crabs mentioned are in ios and their tank is being torn down as it has spread thro the whole tank. They are getting h.miles overnight shipped and are on a crab safe anti parasitic herb blend. To the other commenter please post a p...

Nope nothing on another page someone found peppering dots on crabs can be caused by internal parisites. So maybe that?