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From Email: Minimizing exposure to tap water
by Stacy 
Tanya writes:My son purchased a hermit crab yesterday. We came home and set up its crabitat in an old fish tank we had. However, the pet shop employee did not tell us not use tapwater for its drinking/bathing spots. As soon as I read your blog, I to… more »
Categories: General, Hermit Crab Care Tags: chlorinated, crab, damage, hermit, reverse, water
2010-07-24 14:33:31, 
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2010-07-24 14:33:31, Leave a comment » From Email: aquarium top and airflow
by Stacy
Linda Writes:
I am a new owner of three Purple Pinchers. I am trying to be a good keeper, and have read as much as possible about their care, but I have a couple of questions. I have a mesh screen top for my crabitat, but I see that you advised some… more »
From email: Did my hermit crab choose the wrong shell?
by Stacy
Coco writes:My hermit crab changed shell last night. I feel the shell is too big and heavy. The opening is good but the length of the shell and weight looked heavy. It didn't move about it changed shell. is it too heavy? Will he change again soon… more »
I love this dish! Flukers Groovy Jacuzzi
by Stacy
At first I thought this was a bubbler pool because of the name but its not. However its still a great idea for hermit crabs. It sits level with your substrate and the lip helps keep the substrate out of the pool. Its also tiered inside with steps to ma… more »
New Year's at Petco in Fairview Heights
by Stacy
If you have been crabbing shopping over the past 6-8 months you have probably seen this hideous new 'sculpted' hermit crab shells. Apparently painting the shells and globbing them up with googly eyes and sprinkles wasn't obnoxious enough. Now they are… more »
Hermit Crabs in Delphinia shells
by Stacy
Delphinia shells are consider 'unwearable' and 'undesirable' as shells for hermit crabs. I have assumed that given no other options for shells in the wild, that a hermit crab would take one of these shells. If they will wear a broken bottle why not a ba… more »
Categories: Photos, General, Shells Tags: crabs, earthbound, hermit, shells, trading, unsuitable
2010-01-04 21:08:50, 2 comments »
2010-01-04 21:08:50, 2 comments » Deep clean - worse than I thought
by Stacy
I did a deep clean yesterday and was pretty bummed to find that the only crab out of the 12 purchased that remains alive is one Indo. The one who has been in the ocean water for 3 weeks and has gone naked on me twice. With no water sac forming I imagine… more »
2 more violas die
by Stacy
So that means only 4 of the 12 exotics I bought have survived. :yeahright: I'm not even sure who is left at this point aside from the one Indo who has been soaking in the water dish for nearly two weeks straight. I am prepping to do a deep clean so I sh… more »
Keep On Crabbin’
by Stacy
Keep on Crabbin' is a new store to help promote the importance of a healthy, varied, and non-commercial diet in the life of your crabs. The store offers various dry foods in individual packets for you to choose from or they offer pre-made mixes as well.… more »
Two more gone
by Stacy
So of the 12 crabs I purchased, only 6 remain after a month. I moved them to the main tank this week. Not great odds but not much different than purchasing from a local store either. They never did seem to eat very enthusiastically so maybe that will… more »
New crabs are not doing well
by Stacy
Sadly FOUR have died. A ruggie died on the 2nd or 3rd day and tonight 3 more have died. Very frustrating but not that unusual. I haven't purchased crabs in such a long time and this part is hard. I'll be lucky if I'm left with even half when its all s… more »
Donation of hermit crab supplies
by Stacy
If you have excess supplies for your hermit crabs and are interested in donating them, The Crab Street Journal has recently begun a program to gather items to pass along to others.
Crabitat for Hermanity aims to help hermit crab owners get the supplies… more »
Can a hermit overcome shyness?
by Stacy
Cynthia asks:
I have three crabs I got from the Crabbage Patch, and while they are very healthy, they are a bit shy and usually shell up when people walk by. I have a rescue crab I got free off a local paper, and that guy doesn't care if people walk a… more »
Choosing a 'good' pet store to buy hermit crabs
by Stacy
A recent email question got me to thinking about how my approach to pet stores has changed since I began crabbing. When I first started keeping hermit crabs I blamed the pet stores for the death of my hermit crabs because their set up was less than idea… more »
Categories: General, Hermit Crab Care Tags: buy, crabs, finding, good, hermit, pet, store
2009-03-08 14:51:26, 1 comment »
2009-03-08 14:51:26, 1 comment » CSJ Members featured in World Book (I was one of them!!)
by Stacy
In 2006, an editor from World Book's Animals of the World contacted me to ask for permission to use some of my photos. Permission was granted and the photos are found in the 2007 volume titled Purple Pinchers and Other Hermit Crabs.
It was a great ho… more »
Setting up a large crabitat without spending a fortune
by Stacy
This is an article I wrote for E-How and am posting here for my faithful readers.
A new 50 gallon tank will cost you at least $209.00 at Petsmart. I bought my 150 gallon tank out of the newspaper for $60.00.
Places to buy used or inexpensive new… more »
Perfect Example of Overcrowding at Earthbound Trading
by Stacy
I have several complaints about Earthbound Trading and their hermit crab setup. One of the biggest is the fact that the enclosure is so crowded the crabs barely have room to move. These stores are usually in high end malls, like The Mills and such. Our… more »
I gave in again
by Stacy
Went to PetsMart for pig bedding and or course checked out the hermit crabs and found this poor guy missing his bp and leg. I gave in and brought him home in hopes of saving him. He's active and busy so far. more »
Video of a shipment of hermit crabs arriving at a store
by Stacy
See for yourself how hermit crabs arrive at pet stores. more »
Coenobita compressus surface molt pictures
by Stacy
Photos of one of my compressues during a surface molt. more »
Categories: Photos, General Tags: coenobita, compressus, crab, hermit, molt, surface
2008-09-14 20:39:01, 1 comment »
2008-09-14 20:39:01, 1 comment » Coenobita rugosus with both sex organs
by Stacy
Intersex Coenobita rugosus have been observed in Okinawa Japan. more »
Stupid website
by Stacy
ABC's creature features web page tells blatant lies about painted shells. more »
How hermit crabs are forced into painted shells in Indonesia
by Stacy
What this video doesn't show is how the hermit crabs are initially forced from their shells to begin with :(
Please NO MORE PAINTED SHELLS!!! more »
Categories: General Tags: cnn, forced, hermit crabs, indonesia, painted shells, video
2008-08-05 10:39:17, 1 comment »
2008-08-05 10:39:17, 1 comment » It's 2pm do you know where your hermit crabs are?
by Stacy
Mine are out and about :) Just more proof of daytime activity.
(Ok so it's 8:40pm here now but I took the pics earlier) more »
Are sponges really essential?
by Stacy
While I have been importing the caresheets for CSJ I was looking over the list of 'essentials' for getting started and questioned the importance of sponges. I conferred with Michelle and she agreed that they are more trouble than they are worth and real… more »
Categories: General, Opinions Tags: caresheets, crab, essentials, hermit, humidity, sea, sponges
2008-08-03 19:31:12, 1 comment »
2008-08-03 19:31:12, 1 comment » Releasing your hermit crab into the wild
by Stacy
On releasing a hermit crab back into the wild. more »
Photos are finally finished!
by Stacy
It has taken me the better part of two weekends to complete the chore but all 1000+ hermit crab photos I have taken are now organized and uploaded to my photo gallery:
Hermit Crab Pictures
Hope you enjoy them! more »
Hermit Crab articles features Carol of Crabworks, The Happy Hermit Crab and El's shells
by Stacy
Jon and Kate celebrate their 32nd year with Carol of Crabworks more »
How to set up a proper habitat for land hermit crabs
by Stacy
How to set up a proper hermit crab habitat. more »
CSJ Members...
by Stacy
You can find your fellow crabbers over at www.crabbywiki.com
There are forums set up there now.
http://www.crabbywiki.com/tiki-forums.php
If you need help registering, please leave a comment here and I will get in touch with you! more »
Sheldon
by spirit9723
Hey,
Guess what?
My hermy kept me up. Can u imagine? Well his shell clanging on the glass from crawling doesnt help. Trust me. But he cant help. He wishes to be somewhere else. WOuldnt you? I would!:) more »
CSJ down again
by Stacy
The hosting bill has not been paid in full so the site is down. I don't know if it will be back.
I am recreating the Wiki at www.crabbywiki.com and I am considering activating the forum built in there. I do not have the free time needed to rebuild a… more »
Bottled hermit crab water
by Stacy
To experienced crabbers it will come as no surprise to hear that bottled water for your hermit crabs is a waste of money.
Hermit crabber Lisa of the Hermies Yahoo Group decided to do a little test on the saltwater version of Hydrate and reports that t… more »
Consolidating
by Stacy
Due to the lack of free time I have decided to consolidate my other two hermit crab blogs into this one. So now my care articles, Ask Wimblee, are now accessible by using the menu at the top of this blog. You can continue to post questions about your her… more »
CSJ Temporarily offline
by Stacy
Due to a delay of payment The Crab Street Journal is currently down but is expected to return in the next 48 hours. In the meantime, you can visit the Yahoo Group or MSN Group. more »
Public humiliation is the key
by Stacy
:)) the day after I posted the post below about Wimblee he CHANGED shells !!!
Now to figure out how he guessed my password to my laptop :crazy: more »
Wimblee the eternally stubborn E
by Stacy
Wimblee won't change his shell even though it's broken! more »
Categories: General Tags: broken, compressus, crab, e, equadorian, hermit, shell., stubborn, wimblee
2008-02-13 20:29:55,
2008-02-13 20:29:55, January Calendar Crab Winner!
by serena
This months winner is Epitonium_Scalare, who now has 200 CSJ dollars to spend in our Prize Gallery!
Here is the January Calendar Crab: more »
January Calendar Crab Voting!
by serena
Here are this months entries!!
Whizkidsmom:
Spidtat:
Epitonium_Scalare:
Shelly:
Voting ends February 7th, you can vote
here. Our winner will receive 200 CSJ dollars to spend on real prizes in our Prize Gallery. more »
New crabbies
by Stacy
Last weekend I told Matt I wanted to go check out the new Petco in Edwardsville.
"Oh going to give them the white glove treatment are we?"
"No!"
"Humidity down? ONE DEMERIT! No food in the dish? ONE DEMERIT! Come on girls let's shut this place down!… more »
Cover Crab Winner!
by serena
The winning picture is:
It was taken by Vanessa! Congradulations! more »
Cover Calendar Crab Voting!!!
by serena
It's time to vote for who you want to be on the Cover of the Crab Street Journal Calendar!!! Here are the pictures that you can choose from:
January, Jessie:
February, Jessie:
March, JoeyO:
April, Snwbordgrl:
May, Epitonium_Scalare… more »
November & December Calendar Crabs Winners!
by serena
The November winner is Vanessa:
The December winner is LolaGranola:
The have both received 200 CSJ dollars to spend on real prizes in our Prize Gallery! more »
December Contests!
by serena
It's that time of year again! Coming up is the vote to decide which Calendar Crab winner gets to be featured on the cover of the calendar! We are not making a voting poll for this yet because we still have the December Calendar Crab competition, so let… more »
Burning Bush
by Stacy
After reading Jedi_Sena's article on her food trial of Burning Bush I wanted to try it out with my crabs as I planted 5 of these shrubs in the spring. Last weekend I pulled off 5 red leaves and tossed them in the crabitat. A day or two later when I check… more »
September Calendar Crabs WINNER!
by serena
Congradulations to Kittykat666 who has one the September Calendar Crabs Competition. She has received 200 CSJ dollars to spend on real prizes in our Prize Gallery.
Here is the winning picture: more »
September Crabitat Of The Month-WINNER
by serena
Congradulations to Elegant Blade who has one the September Crabitat of the Month Competition. He will be receiving 200 CSJ dollars to spend in our Prize Gallery.
Here is the winning picture: more »
