HCA: Hermit Crab Association

He just got done molting. But him and the other 1 kept going back under in the iso tank. I have plenty of substrate but he has to have buried himself because I've looked everywhere else in the tank. I think that's just where he feels safest. I'm just not sure now if I should add the other one now wh...

I haven't found his shell so I'm hoping he's safe somewhere buried.

I hope so. I saw Shelly digging around where I thought he was buried so I moved her and looked around in the dirt and still haven't found him. The larger of the 3 rescues (still like 4-5 times smaller than Shelly) came out today in the iso tank but I'm scared to put him in the big tank for fear of w...

Oh yay! I'm happy it's working for yours. I checked throughout the night and Shelly was resting on the other side of the tank. I put a food dish in front of the jar opening for the little guy to eat and he would only put a claw out for peanut butter. BUT when I woke up this morning his dish is flipp...

Hello, So we took on a rather large xl PP (Shelly) in July 2023 from a friend who was doing the best he could. She was in a 10 gallon with nowhere to dig. He had her for 1-2 years from someone else who had her in the same conditions. We did a lot of research because we were new to crabbing and got h...

We got her in the new tank. She has started to come out and eat. She hasn't gotten in the pools. I think she's tried a couple shells. I'm about to apply the heat tape to get the heat up a but higher. Humidity is good in the new tank. Thanks for the advise. Everyone has been so helpful

Thank you guys for all the help. I am putting the new tank together today but I'm switching her from a 10 gallon to a 55 gallon tank but it's 48" long and 18" tall. Is the best way to heat it still the mat on the back? Do I just get 2 or 3 to cover the whole back all the way up from 6" from the bott...

Just put a little peanut butter and honey in there? Any raw or natural kind?

It was autocorrect. I typed molting. I realized knew it was her exoskeleton once I saw her in her shell and we brought back most of it and put it back in her tank by her coco hut. My number one goal is to make sure I know how to set up the tank for her to be comfortable and healthy especially while ...

Our friend just gave us a large purple pincher a couple days ago. In my research I've realized that her living area is not suitable. She has a very thin layer of substrate (barely covering the bottom) and a few shells and a coco shell (she's never came out of). She has 2 tiny water bowls (not large ...