A lot of people are a little leary of adding a Jumbo Hermit Crab to their tank. For some, it's just because their current crabitat is too small, for others, it's the fear of those great big pinchers. Truly a jumbo hermit crab has the capability of doing… more »

One of my former students, Joe, was recently on vacation in hermit crab central and he was kind enough to bring back some photos of purple pinchers that were roaming around outside! Enjoy! more »

I had acquired somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-12 hermit crabs when I learned, for the first time, that hermit crabs are harvested directly from the wild. I stood gazing into the tank. Every one of these crabs had been roaming a beach somewhere, prob… more »

Fancy took on this whole pecan! Also a nice shot of the plants sprouting in my crabitat. more »