HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hermitsandplants wrote: ↑

Wed May 14, 2025 6:58 am

hope this helps a bit

Yes, thank you. The diet stuff especially.

Please seek out a source of someone who knows a lot about marine crabs, as their care is quite different than land crabs. It has been hard to find the resources, but I think I have a good baseline. There are no saltwater aquarium shops in Pensacola. I will go somewhere this weekend. Hopefully, they...

I am not sure, we couldn’t find it…I think I may have removed it by accident when I was terraforming. It probably didn’t drown.. I actually figured out they are thin stripe marine crabs and we have done a complete overhaul of the tank to make it 2/3 underwater with about 4” of substrate on the botto...

for the water bowl, make sure the sides of it are free of sand and dirt because that can absorb the water and flood the tank(that happened to me once, be careful!) hermit crabs don't drink that fast, so that is the only thing I can think of. I usually giver my hermit crabs fresh fruit, veggies, and...

Additionally, how much do I need to use the heater? We keep our house at 75 for the summer and 72 in the winter. My wife is from the Philippines and doesn’t like a cold home anyway.

Good morning from Pensacola, FL. My kids and I were at the beach the beach Saturday and they found a few hermit crabs and wanted to take them home. I have a few questions and would like recommendations on the set up. My first question is, how fast do hermit crabs tend to drink? I bought the XL repti...