HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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My work sells hermit crabs, and I hate it but have done my best to improve their care. We now sell 3 gallon tanks and natural shells which is a set in the right direction but I won’t stop there! Anyways, my sister told me that they sent home the last two PPs with me yesterday and I was confused at t...

I would think not - the ingredients include soil, and the word 'proprietary' basically means they made up a mix and don't have to disclose everything that includes. Is the tank for a temporary transport? How long will they be in transit? Maybe a cooler with some hand warmers (for heat) and some mos...

Hi, guys! I am buying a small 3 gallon tank set for transport reasons for my crabs! It comes with a bag of Zoo Med Creature Soil, is this okay to use with my crabs? Any input is appreciated! Thank you as always!

DragonWolf wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:06 am

Thank you so much! Sorry for super late reply! I'll look into it! But update, I cleaned up the items in their tank and now theres no more fruit flies!

Yay!!!

If you think this hobby is dangerous I suggest you be careful since we’re only going to encourage you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Fr, we are not the people to come to, we are going to encourage building up to your dream crabitat ALWAYS! I currently have my mini dream crabitat, and ...

No chance of persuading him not to sell crabs? Sadly, probably not. The only thing I can really do is convince him to provide them with better care in a way that will make his business better. If we are going to sell crabs, I want to do it the right way with good information, good products, good ca...

The natural shelled crabs are put into the shipment by accident, but if I happen to see one at our store I am going to buy it so fast!

Hey! So what curly means is that so many die even before shipping. But anyways I didn’t come here for that I accidentally ran back into this article and it reminded me of you!! https://crabstreetjournal.org/blog/category/faq-3/ (tho to kymart I would suggest skipping the part about PPDRM) I know it...

Do not dip a freshly molted crab in water. I feel that it’s a good thing to do for safety. Freshly mottled crabs smell different than the other crabs in the tank, just like how new crabs small different as well. Giving everyone a dip in freshwater won’t hurt anything, and I think that it’s best in ...

I would recommend offered a more diet with more variety and lots of protein to avoid them eating each other, I would add more shells to help stop shell jacking/violence, I would also add more substrate (until like 6 inches atleast) to help them have more space to molt to avoid them digging each othe...

I have 2 hermit crabs that I got a few weeks ago, and they seemed to be doing fine, but I haven't seen them in days, nor do I think anything in their tank has moved around. The most recent change was I added a bunch of new shells, and the night before then was the last tine I saw them. I got the sh...

DragonWolf wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:48 pm

OHH! I'll think about it, that might help! They womt harm the hermit crabs right??

Nope, they are completely safe for your crabbies!

My dad managed to get a better look at theflies, they're fruit flies! So glad to hear that they are just fruit flies! Them little pesky buggers, I'm so glad my tank hasn't attracted them, I would get so annoyed so fast! If I were you, I would get isopods, they are a great cleanup crew and will eat ...