HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi I thought everyone might enjoy a good view of my new pools, and the way I built them. Here’s a few pictures of them!

This is a shot of them both together.


They are lined with glass beads, only on the lower container, not the top. I doubled up my pools.


I’ve got plastic needlepoint mesh attached to them, I used hot craft glue to attach them, and the water is filled slightly below the glue line.


I am going to install these now! Just thought I’d share first

These are so great! I want to make some bowls for my crabs like these, but smaller. How large are your crabs?

The glass is pretty.

Nice pools, is hot glue safe?

AwesomeHermit wrote:Nice pools, is hot glue safe?

Yes, hot glue is safe with water, but it won’t hold if fully submerged. Mine is just slightly above the water line

hermiwormi wrote:These are so great! I want to make some bowls for my crabs like these, but smaller. How large are your crabs?

I have seven crabs, and my largest one is four and a half inches, which is the entire width of my palm

Here’s a photo of the pools in the tank.




I have ten and half inches of substrate, but I feel that it needs more. I will expanding the maximum past 12 inches this fall.

StellaCrab wrote:

hermiwormi wrote:These are so great! I want to make some bowls for my crabs like these, but smaller. How large are your crabs?

I have seven crabs, and my largest one is four and a half inches, which is the entire width of my palm

Here’s a photo of the pools in the tank.




I have ten and half inches of substrate, but I feel that it needs more. I will expanding the maximum past 12 inches this fall.

The pools look so lovely with the setup! That little crab is adorable too

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hermiwormi wrote:

StellaCrab wrote:

hermiwormi wrote:These are so great! I want to make some bowls for my crabs like these, but smaller. How large are your crabs?

I have seven crabs, and my largest one is four and a half inches, which is the entire width of my palm

Here’s a photo of the pools in the tank.




I have ten and half inches of substrate, but I feel that it needs more. I will expanding the maximum past 12 inches this fall.

The pools look so lovely with the setup! That little crab is adorable too

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Thanks!
The crab in the brown shell is my largest, and beside my smallest.

i LOVE this! Do you have a bubbler in either of them?

ciaraalston wrote:i LOVE this! Do you have a bubbler in either of them?

Yes, I just got a second one so both can have a bubbler

Great looking pools!! Looks like one of ur crab babies is already checking it out:) Your tank is gorgeous! I love the natural look!


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Kermie16 wrote:Great looking pools!! Looks like one of ur crab babies is already checking it out:) Your tank is gorgeous! I love the natural look!


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Thank you!
Yes, he was checking it out, the water is a bit dirty now, I think someone dipped in.

That looks very nice, but please know that the hot glue will not hold up - it will fail. Give it time. Love the glass bead idea - looks great! I used zip tie for my craft mesh. It does require your drilling to small holes into the water bowl, but you do it above the water line and you are good.

GotButterflies wrote:That looks very nice, but please know that the hot glue will not hold up - it will fail. Give it time. Love the glass bead idea - looks great! I used zip tie for my craft mesh. It does require your drilling to small holes into the water bowl, but you do it above the water line and you are good.

Yeah, once the craft mesh falls off, I’ll drill holes into the container

Stella, what substrate do you use? I like that natural look. Also, are your plants fake ones?