You may find lost limbs lying on the tank’s substrate. Hermit crabs may shed their legs, and even chelipeds, with regularity. These limbs shouldn’t “fall off” but can be severed. […]

Hermit crabs regenerate lost tissue when they molt their exoskeletons, which happens when they regrow legs, chelipeds (claws), and eyes that have been shed, damaged, or severed. Hermit crabs’ eye […]

Molting is an essential part of any hermit crab’s life cycle. As hermit crabs age and increase in size, they outgrow their existing exoskeletons. Hermit crab molting is broken into […]

Fungi that grow as multicellular strands, called hyphae, are defined as mold. Any natural materials in a hermit crab tank can experience biodegradation due to mold growth. Hermit crabs need […]

Hermit crabs aren’t born with shells, so they must find an appropriate shelter through scavenging. Once a hermit crab has sourced a shell, it’ll protect it with great ferocity. There […]

Cuttlebone is an oval-shaped skeleton of the cuttlefish, a marine cephalopod. When a cuttlefish dies, its skeleton floats to the ocean’s surface, often washing up on shore. Here, the cuttlebone […]