HCA: Hermit Crab Association

We’ve had our hermit crab for several months now. I think it’s a medium sized crab. It has disappeared twice already this year for about 3 weeks each time presumably to molt. It most recently disappeared at the end of September. After it was under for 2 weeks, I did a surface cleaning of its tank - ...

I got hermit crab soaking salt from the pet store before I had read all the stuff about which kinds of salt water solutions are best. I'm currently using Instant Ocean, but am wondering is I can use the soaking salt for anything else crab related. Or should I just use it for weed killing in my backy...

Yes, I am learning patience from my crabs! Thank you for the suggestions of the camera and more hiding places. We'll look into those.

We got our crabs at the end of May and after a week of activity they pretty much disappeared underground until about a week ago when at least one of the 2 resurfaced at night. Since then, every night there appears to have some activity - substrate churned up, food eaten. However, other than three br...

Glad to know we are doing ok with set up. Do I keep leaving food out for them? I’ll try insulating more with tin foil and cardboard. I already have a piece of fleece over the lid to keep humidity in since it is a screen. I’ll try something thicker. If the backs, sides, and top are all covered, is ju...

Hi, we are new crab owners - got 2 small crabs about a week ago. Kids have named them Hermie and Sparky. This is our second attempt at having crabs - the first 2 crabs came in the mail as a grandparent gift. Unfortunately we were unprepared and they did not survive. This time, we’ve read up on carin...