hermit crab shells

Hello everyone, First post - looking for some advice/help identifying what this growth is on my hermit crabs shell. It looks kind of coral like and has grown considerably in the last few days. It appears to move slowly in the current and and has little hairy ends that move and retract as...

So I picked up some extra shells from the Lfs for my red legged hermit to give him some options to live in and when I threw this one in to my surprise some legs popped out… anyone know what type he his?? Black legs with yellow spots and yellow claws??? Got such a fright when I seen him come out...

Hey guys Everything’s been going so well in the tank and everyone seems to be happy! Just one small question…I have 2 red legged hermits that do occasionally latch onto each other n then let go after a few minutes, I tend to leave them to it as there are plenty of shells for them to change...

Hi i was wondering if someone could let me know what this lump on my Hermit crab shell is there seems to be something growing out of it. i have the same thing on 2 of my crabs

Hi. I'm struggling to find info on this. There's loads of where to buy shells, but I can't seem to find any on cleaning ones you have to make them aquarium safe. Anything special I have to do, or is a good scrub in RO enough? Thanks.

Just added 4 new hermit crabs. They all were immediately active after putting them in the tank. Couple hours later this guy stopped moving and I saw a pink worm looking thing come out of his shell. Now he appears to be slowly evacuating the shell. What is the pink worm thing crawling on his...

what’s up guys check out my new hermit crabs that I got today. Doing pretty well in the tank adapting to the new environment. Tomorrow is water change day so we will see how it looks tomorrow 2- Scarlett hermit crabs 2- Halloween hermit crabs 3- electric blue hermit crabs

I’ve noticed some hermits have specific wants and needs for shells when provided the opportunity, it’s obviously always best to provide a large variety of shells for your crabs to choose from, but I’m trying to figure out which species like which shells the best. Ive noticed Halloween Hermits...

So it’s about time I share some stuff I’ve been doing here… This is far from a success, but I’m pretty sure improving. I have a DT that is not included in this process. I have a nano that sits in my son’s bedroom and that amazes him (2yo). Some months ago I decided to try to make some...

I introduced 1 halloween hermit crab to my nano in September and another smaller one in November. They both arrived in what looks like conus textile snails shells. I collected some shells from a beach near me (I think they're whelk or periwinkle shells), scrubbed them then boiled for 10 minutes...

Hi all, I recently bought some more shells for my red legged hermit crabs off of Amazon. Do I need to clean/dip these shells in any way before putting them into my display tank? I’m still new to the hobby so I apologize if this is an obvious question.