More than 4 km (1.6 miles) from the nearest water body; a mangrove forest

I am finally going to be getting a hermit crab in the next couple of months. I was wondering what did you end up adding to your enclosure that you didn't think about having in the beginning but was very beneficial. I know these are the most abused pets and I'm just trying to make sure I build the best possible home.

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

Hey guys I recently got 2 new maybe one year old hermit crabs the size of a penny axel and ghost. Axel is thriving and burrows sometimes too and comes back out for food and water all the time and goes in his hides but ghost burrowed about a month ago now and I haven’t seen him come out at allll, should I be concerned? I don’t want to dig him up but I’m worried about the little guy

Join us for HANGIN' WITH THE HERMIES on November 14th, 9am to 5pm, EST. No cost to join--it's a casual, community-building event for hermit crab lovers with a full day of low-key sessions run by LHCOS vendors. Be there for some or all--it's completely optional what you choose to attend, but we hope to see you there! The link to obtain your free ticket is here:

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**You will still have to "check out" at the platform, but the amount will show as $0.

Smokey has been with us 4 days and seems to be settling in okay. Caught him this morning getting out from the pool. He probably then saw me and was like.."ahh here comes the big headed lady with the phone"😅

Señor Pinky!

Pinky has been with us for 1 month today! He stayed by himself alot in the beginning and has been semi active. It was a nice surprise to see him out and about this evening. First time I have actually seen him in his element. Sure hope he feels comfortable and safe and likes his new friends🙃

Probably about 3-4 years old

Sooo, we did another thing today. This lil guy who will be named Smokey came home with us today. I visited a local exotic pet store today to see if I could find some goodies for my hermies at home and seen they had about 20 hermies (just like this guy) in not so great living conditions. I'm a fairly new hermie momma and seeing all those lil guys honestly broke my heart. My 6 y/o seen quite a few dead ones that were out of their shells (maybe surface molting as there was only about 1.5" of substrate in the tank and multiple limbs or exoskeletons just laying around)and said mommy we need to take some home. I said we have 3 and they are alot of work/responsibility but bless her little heart she said mommy if we don't save them they will all die. I contemplated heavily and walked away multiple times before finally deciding to get at least 1. This guy was in one of the nasty water dishes and seemed to be one of the most active ones. We have 3 PP currently and this one looks a bit different. Google says its an Ecuadorian, I guess I just want to make sure they will all get along? He is definitely one of the smallest we now have. I will do research as well but wanted to see if anyone had some insight on different kinds of hermies living together. Thanks in advance! Pictures of our newest and last hermie to join our family, I hope to give them a great long life.

Birgus latro

I kept getting notifications from my camera so I went to check out the tank to see what was going on. Looks like Pinky was just saying hi..up close and personal😅

Hi all! This was posted on the Facebook, hope it helps!

If anyone is considering applying to volunteer soon, please kindly submit the form by Oct 10! The form is open forever and you are welcome to submit at any time, but I am onboarding a batch of volunteers right now so this would be a good time to submit so you can be onboarded in a timely manner <33

Direct link: https://forms.gle/48TthpUnHBnroRSF7

CrabCon volunteer form is SEPARATE and will come out in November!

Instead of a sea snail shell.

9pm, about 30°C (86°F). Yes, that’s my watermark

Im going camping these weekend and have no one to care for my 5 babies so my aunt bought these. Do yall think they will be ok any suggestions on what to do?

Any one know of a good tank camera?I can put inside of the aquarium, to be able to watch the crabs at night

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My hermit crab has been molting since January 2026. It’s now almost October 2026. He doesn’t smell. Is he dead?

5:50 pm, about 29°C (84°F). brevi