HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Your humidity is definitely too low. And you are correct that when the temp is increased the humidity drops. Is the top of your tank mostly covered, like with a lid or glass or plexi glass or plastic wrap? Where is your heat mat, with relation to where you thermometer/ hygrometer are located in the...

Welcome to crabbing and to the site! If you haven't already, check out our 'care sheets' section. Start with the 'basics' one - it has all the info you need, including a photo of a 10 gallon tank. If your crab disappears and stays underground without coming up, don't try to dig him up, just leave h...

hi there! this is my first time ever using this forum so i hope i’m posting this in the right place. i’m a new hermit crab owner, i just got my first one a couple months ago. i fell into that whole tourist trap thing where they advertise crabs to be super low maintenance when in reality it’s a super...