HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have a PP about the size of a ping pong ball who I think may be surface molting. He has attached himself to the inside of one of the climbing structures in the tank (it's a skull shaped aquarium decoration with holes to climb through). He typically hides in there, so sometimes when I clean I gentl...

I just found one of my crabs appearing to be dead on the surface. He had been eating a lot and turning whitish so I'm pretty sure he was preparing to molt. I found him inside his shell, upside down with just a bit of his pincher visible. None of my crabs had ever surface molted so I immediately assu...

I've been looking into adding new hiding spots into my tank and I've read live plants can be good additions but others say it is safer to stick to fake plants. Is it safe to add non toxic live plants?

I have had my hermit crab for about two years and he was pretty successful in his acclimation after the pet store and seems to be relatively healthy. My only concern is he does not seem to have ever molted. Twice he has buried himself deep in the substrate for weeks and I've assumed he was molting b...