I've been reading on various forums around the neighborhood that some crabbers have been adding rollie pollie bugs to their crabitats in an effort to create a more natural and closed system. Personally I was skeptical and decided to let the first wave of… more »

Last spring I sold a lot of the crabby garden seed packs.  It's a lot of fun to grow your own safe food for your crabs and they enjoy it too. Last month when I upgraded to the 90 gallon I mixed a variety of seeds in with the top inch of substrate before… more »

When a person gets hermit crabs one of two thing happens. Either they keep them for awhile and tired of them and eventually pawn them off on friends and neighbors, or they start exhitibiting suspicious behavior. If you've spent a day driving around to al… more »

One of the most underutilized crabitat items today is natural moss. Often a pet store employee will send a new crab owner home with a water dish and a sponge and never once mention the possibility of using moss, even though they could milk that person fo… more »

Most crabbers as they begin customizing their crabitats start looking for options to create a second level. Second levels are great for added climbing space, keeping shells from filling up with substrate, and giving crabs a place to bask closer to the li… more »