HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I wish I could take credit because I felt the same way, but I saw it on a post of someone else’s crabitat on Pinterest.

I used small paint trays (8" x 6") from Lowe's for the pools, and I doubled them up so I can change the water without disturbing the substrate underneath. I attached plastic canvas with zip ties and river rocks for traction.

I do realize now that the PPDS method is not recommended here, but I had already started that method when I read that. I thought I needed to continue it to keep them from being stressed even more. Harry surface molted 2 days before I was going to move them to the new tank. I followed the surface mol...

Curlysister: I read on Crab Street Journal not to cover him. It says “Do not place your molter in total darkness. Normal light cycles are needed!”, but I read a few posts on this forum that mentioned they needed complete darkness. I also read on aquariumbreeder.com, when I did a Google search, where...

Ok great! I’ll put a cloth over it now. Thanks for all your help!

Will putting a towel or cloth over the critter keeper restrict the airflow and block out the humidity? If not, I can do that. I just don’t want to stress him even more with a change in the air conditions.

Thanks! I read conflicting things about that. One said to keep it dark and the other said to keep the regular day/night schedule. I did think keeping it dark would make more sense seeing as it is dark under the substrate. I would need to figure out how to keep it dark for Harry and not for Pablo tho...

We just got two new hermit crabs a month ago. We purchased them at a pet store not knowing what we know now about the industry. We are hoping to add more crabs in the future by adopting some captive bred babies! After we got Pablo & Harry (our crabs named by my daughter), I did a lot of research. Wi...