Has anyone else got one of those beachstore hermit crabs that you had for like a month and then it died? While hermit crabs can live up to 30-50 years in proper care. They actually need 10 gallons per crab in a GLASS terrerium they also need humidity from a heating pad, 6 inches of playsand and coconut soil mixed together, places to hide in, things to climb on, a food plate with multiple options (NO PELLETS) and they also like to use a hampster wheel for exercise. Also lots of them come in Painted shells and they could eat the paint and die and the process of getting them to the shops is HORID. They get put in a bag with no air, humidity, nothing and get shipped to another country, when they use Painted shells they get the crabs smash their regular shells off with a machine and force them into a Painted shell (if they survive). Thats bassicly my explanation theirs probably more to this but also did you know hermit crabs are probably the most abused animal? Yep this has to come to an end!