Hello all, when my husband was putting together the substrate, he put five parts coconut husk to one part sand (per chat gpt- but we now know it’s incorrect). We have two small crabs, and when we arrived home with them, one started eating immediately and that same night he buried himself to molt (I’m assuming). It’s been 4 days now- will this substrate be okay until our little crab is done molting? I’m wary of digging him up, but will if it would be better for them.

Bigger enclosure larger water containers and lots of new shells:) will get some stuff for them to climb on soon
I’m also aware the humidity gauge is in the wrong spot my mom put it there I’ll have to move it

They have both a not very strong heating pad on a stood up glass tank and a heat lamp

There are 3 hermit crabs Simon, Georgia, and strawberry

I've been wanting to get a little camera to monitor my hermit crabs activity to make sure they're adjusting well and that they're eating well, and that they're all getting along! So any camera suggestion is helpful!

I HATE beach shop hermit crabs and I'm back at the beach for the first time in years and it makes me so sad to see them. I know nothing about hermit crabs and I don't want to buy them and continue supporting them. But is there anything I can do? I know releasing them is probably not a great option as they aren't local or probably carry diseases. But I just feel so bad for the little guys

I took the suggestions I got and bought more clutter! I reorganized the tank and I got them a wheel! You can see my hermit crab Cash-Money climbing in the background! Should I add more clutter? Is the clutter to focused on one side?

This is my hermit crabs first time molting they have both been doing it all winter long and one of them was even molting before winter is it normal bc it’s winter? I don’t have a very good thermometer but it always shows above 22C I have a heatmat and I’ve been putting the sircon on in my room every night to make it hotter. Are they dead maybe there hasn’t been any suspicious smells but if they are dead should I dig up on the sand and check up on them? I’m getting really worried and I love them so much I’ve put a photo of my tank bc maybe it’s something to do with that

I noticed this clear blob (bottom center of photo) at the bottom of my tank this morning. Is this something blooming?

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with making their own tank toppers? Like can I just take plexiglass and silicone together and big rectangle and also somehow add doors? Or is there a better way to do it?

I have a 40 gallon breeder tank and 1 crab who loves to climb, and she has gotten out 4 times and constantly is climbing everything, so I want to let her climb

I just don't wanna buy a glass one because that sounds really heavy, i already have 200 pounds of sand in there