Hello l am form south korea.

It is my brevimanus hermit crab.

I have been raising it for nine months.

cassiopeia (to the right, upside down lol) almost always sleeps in this little container of moss and edible flowers on the side of the tank during the day, but tonight hyperion was in there too lol. hottest spot in town

i have a 29 gallon tank and 3 hermit crabs, 2 of them hide most of the time and barely come out, i’m kinda just asking for tips on what to do to make it better for them / wondering why they won’t come out.

Soaking it up…definitely wanting a dual bubble pool next

Help! Im having heating issues. I have a 29 gal tank with glass lid and 2 heating pads with thermostats. They are having issues staying at temp. Ive been using an electrical fireplace to warm the room because i had just 1 mat and now even with the second mat its not helping. Its 4 ft away from a window so is that it? Do tanks need to be insulated? Idk what to do im struggling to keep temp up. It sticks at 77-78 and then will drop to 75 and sometimes a tad under. I have an app so im monitoring it. But its having issues retainging heat. Our upstairs is usually 70-73ish. I cant close the door as our cats has a litter box and foor in there. Any suggestions???? My mats are an Ipower 8x18in 24 wat and a 10-20 gal reptitherm. I really wanna make it work with them so i dont have to pay more money for a different heat mat 😭😭

1 of my 2 crabs just came back up from molting. Should i clean the extra shells in the tank? i boiled them in salt water when i first put them in a month ago

I inherited/rescued 2 hermit crabs from a family member. They came back from the beach with them in a mesh crab cage and thought they could live there forever. I took them and made them a place to live. I’ve been doing good so far but I know they need more shells. Where can I find a good but not overpriced place to get more shells. I have pictures of them in their current shells with a measuring tape to get advice in the post.

i'm very surprised he went for this one as i assume he's a pp and i've heard they prefer shells with round openings. i have plenty of those in several sizes but i guess he just liked this one. either way i'm so happy since i've been keeping hermit crabs for years and this is the first time i've actually seen this happen live!!

I've had my little guy (E) two years. He's been happy and active the whole time going down to molt every few months and coming back up bigger and bigger with brighter and more beautiful color each time. I've given so many shells and he never changed at all.

This time was different. He changed to a really strange shell and then surface molted inside his water pool. The shell that came back was pale and blue. I gave him a week or so of just trying to let him be. I decided last night to pick him up to check on him and he scooted right out of the shell. I started naked crab protocol and let him be overnight. Got home from work today and he's gone. I feel like I failed him.

I need the best camera for my enclosure for my hermit crabs quick. I have constant wifi access just don't know what to get any suggestions

New molt, same shy Pepper! 🦀💜 After about a month underground, our little guy is back—and already climbing again. So happy to see him exploring Creature Cove! 🥹

im so in shock and sick to my stomach i had just checked on my crabs 15 minutes prior and one was eating from their dish and one was sitting in her tire i come back and the other was eating the one in the tire what do i do i have to burry my dead crab but what should i do with my big one ?!?

Hello! I have two purple pinchers that are a little smaller than a quarter. I got them separately from Petsmart about 8 months ago and they live in a 40lb tank with 2 other crabs. They all get along and I have small turbos in the tank for them. Both seem to be doing really well.

One, is named Friend. It's in a small pearl turbo. The other is named Bebe (after the baby from Death's Standing) and it's in a small green turbo at the moment. In the 8 months I've had them, they've both molted twice. They seem to be doing well. Both eat & drink like the other two crabs. Friend loves to climb, Bebe loves to burrow tunnels.

My question is - what size shells should I buy? They're SO small. So far I've been eyeballing the shells and been getting them from Michael's or Hobby Lobby but I can't do that forever and want to do right by them.

Might be a stupid question but I just want to be absolutely sure on what shells to pick and how exactly to go about picking the proper shells since they are quite small 😅

Thanks!

He doesn’t seem bothered by it but part of it is also really close to his eye and idk if that might cause any issues for him

so i got some dirt and sand ready for them, but i would love to know what things to get for entertainment, food, and the actual setup for their needs! i really dont trust big pet-stores as when i was doing research on things i saw, alot of them are not good for them. Thank You!

I gave my hermit crabs a big tank upgrade today so I also took out their shells and washed them in some saltwater. I’m obsessed with most of these shells and I keep wanting to buy more xd

Pinchers has finally emerged from her first molt. It was a stressful 2 month wait but she is vividly purple and I am relieved!

My two new crabs went under the sand inches away from each other after I got them, 16 days went by and one came up to eat then went back under in a new location. the crab who i’ve never actually seen come up has stayed in the sand for over 20 days and I just noticed a new smell from inside the cage. I am unsure if it’s the moss or if the crab still buried in the sand is dead…it smells strong and kinda musty. Should I risk digging for him or just wait things out? I know the exact location of the other crab that came up and the one that stayed buried.

I adopted this particular hermit crab 3 years ago. He is med/large and has grown so much with me. He is one of my best eaters and always super active during the night and day. He has no fear of me at all and even comes up to the glass during feeding times. I presumed he was a very healthy crab. He has molted with me 3 times but it has been a while since his last molt, maybe about a year now. Just today I noticed he was acting really strange. He was sitting just hanging out of his shell so I could see his eyes and they were completely still. I thought he was sleeping bc he does often sleep like this but he just looked weird so I opened the tank and tapped his shell and he didn't respond. I got extremely worried and tried to wiggle him a bit and his antennas did move and even walked but only a few inches and he hasn't really moved from that spot since and it's been a few hours now. This is very unlike him. He just looks like he's close to death and acting super lethargic. He was totally fine just two days ago!! He climbs and walks all around the tank and used the wheel constantly. I have no idea what could be wrong. Has this ever happened to anyone else before where a healthy crab suddenly acts like this??

I have a 90 gallon tank. The humidity and heat are always between 79-82. 7 inches of substrate, feed them a rotating mix of different essential mixes with a calcium mix, green sand, and worm castings always available, a fresh and salt water dish, plenty of shells, climbing and hiding spaces...

UPDATE: So last night the crab was still in the same area not looking good. I decided to bump up the humidity just a little bit and put the fogger on. The humidity was already at 80% but I wanted to see how he reacted. When the mist touched him it was like he came out of a trance. He peaked out his eyes, antennas moving all around and then started walking to the other side of the tank at his normal speed as if nothing even happened. He even started climbing. Since this happened last night he's been hanging onto one of the climbing walls high up. So at the point I'm really hoping he's just preparing for a molt but holy crap did he scare the heck outta me! I was literally crying over him for two nights.

So I'm starting to feel a little better now but still slightly concerned.

how do you even get like that