HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you for the advice! They are much much happier now! They are even starting to become more active during the day which previously, they were only coming out at night!

I've had hermit crabs for a little under 3 months in a 20ish gallon tank with about 2-3 inches of substrate, my humidity and temp were really great up until about two weeks ago when I noticed some flooding. Thankfully both of my crabs were able to go through molting before the flooding, and seem to ...

I don’t have a hygrometer yet, it’s currently in the mail though, I was just worried about keeping them happy while it ships and was worried about the dry air here in Colorado making things worse for the crabbies. The one I have ordered is a digital one.

Thanks! I’ll give it a shot!

Hi I’m new to owning hermit crabs and have some questions. I live in Colorado and recently got two hermies as class pets for my students. Their set up is still basic but I’m planning on improving it over the summer. Right now they’re on a 20 gallon tank, with about 2/3 of the tank filled with sand. ...