Any other hermit crab keepers?

Tarantula24 · Aug 11, 2014

Hi,

I was curious to see if anyone else on here keeps hermit crabs. If so, what species do you keep?

So far I have: Coenobita clypeatus, C. compressus, and C. perlatus. Im also looking at getting some C. brevimanus pink color form soon.

Tenodera · Aug 13, 2014

Yesyesyes!
I have four C. clypeatus. They are my children. I tend to get excited whenever anyone brings up crustaceans.

Tarantula24 · Aug 13, 2014

Tenodera said:
Yesyesyes!
I have four C. clypeatus. They are my children. I tend to get excited whenever anyone brings up crustaceans.

Haha same here. I went to Florida last year and saw C. clypeatus in the wild. It was so cool!

Tenodera · Aug 14, 2014

That is cool, not something many people get to do!

I've been watching mine interact with each other over a chicken bone all today and they impress me, in different ways than insects and arachnids do. These things just seem so smart and, to stretch a word, spirited.

Aquarimax · Aug 14, 2014

I have in the past and would like to again. I currently keep various species of isopods, so Iwould love to try ng them with hermit crabs as a cleanup crew.

Cavedweller · Aug 14, 2014

As a kid I had one named Fuzzy Lumpkins. For my birthday I asked for carrot cake so Fuzzy could have some.

I just got back from a trip to the beach and saw hundreds of P. samuelis in tidepools, along with lots of much smaller black and white hermit crabs (immatures maybe?)

Tongue Flicker · Aug 17, 2014

I have a couple of huge C.brevimanus. bigger than my closed fist. One is a reddish variant while the other is a purplish-gray variety.

Any other hermit crab keepers?

Tarantula24

Arachnopeon

Tenodera

Arachnobaron

Tarantula24

Arachnopeon

Tenodera

Arachnobaron

Aquarimax

Arachnoprince

Cavedweller

Arachnoprince

Tongue Flicker

Arachnobaron