HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you for your suggestions and help everyone! I got very lucky and received my Playsand very quickly. I was right though, it wasn't enough to fill my tank, so I went ahead and bought some bags of EcoEarth. Half of my tank is now EE+playsand, while the other half is 100% EE. Within an hour or two...

Sorry to keep bothering with my questions! I'm low-key still stressing out about the substrate as I worry I didn't order enough. I understand EcoEarth is essentially 100% coco fibre/coir. Does this mean any brand of coco fibre/coir can be used? I found a gardening center that provides this at a very...

Oh gosh I totally missed listing that last item as (c) hahaha

I couldn't find any laws that said we can't take sand from our beaches, but you are right that our laws tend to be strict around here. Our beaches are also (sadly) not always very clean, so I'm a bit hesitant to bring them in except as a last resort, maybe. Is the idea essentially to make sure that ...

Thank you! That's good to know - hopefully the substrate will arrive sooner rather than later!

Hi all! I recently got 2 hermit crabs in a large tank. I had read about the ideal substrate (mix of playsand and coco fibre), but I for the life of could not find playsand readily available in my country (we don't see to sell it in our hardware stores the way other countries do). I've had to order p...