HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hello folks, Figured I would provide one last update to this thread. Wanted to thank everyone here both folks that responded to this thread and also for people who that have written previous threads as I've used a lot of information from this forum to build this tank. It took a few days more then I ...

Quick update: I was hoping to be done by now but work schedules and kids will have their due ;P At any rate here is a look at progress. Here is a picture of the background on the exo-terra: https://i.imgur.com/mDeb7Y9.jpg Here is the background on the 40 breeder. This picture is taken from a top dow...

aussieJJDude wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 04, 2021 4:17 am

Ooohhh. Nice, I can't wait to see how this all turns out! What exo terra did you decide on?

Ended up with a 36x18x18. Here is a sneak peek.

Here's one example of a 40g with a topper. I think this exo terra is only like 12 or 18 inches tall. Pretty sure its 12. https://hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=104736 Calla's is by far the first one who suggested doing it on a 40g breeder, but as far as I'm aware, original per...

You can also add a topper to a bigger tank, like the larger exo terra sizes are as wide as a 75/90g tank. Just the footprint won't match up completely, so its highly dependent on how big you want to go. I've seen people even put an exo terra topper on a 55g, like using the smaller sizes (eg, the 12...

There's a couple ways you can go about this: 1) get a front opening tank, and use a piece of plexiglass or glass along the front to increase substrate depth (this is what I did) 2) There's now a line of exoterra deep terrariums, for paludariums. I believe they are 8 or so inches deep, so maybe is y...

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Hello folks! I am a new crab owner (typical story, on vacation and the kids wanted a hermit crabs, yada yada ya, now I am trying to do right by them). Currently the crabs are in a Zilla tank 12x12x18 with 6" of sand/peat mix. I thought this tank would be adequate for 2 small to medium crabs but fran...