HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Well...I finally did it. Yesterday I got around to adding the knock off exo terra large tall tank to my 100 gallon tank which makes my tank 167 gallons now. I added Oak branches, a large piece of Cholla, Pipevine from my organic garden, and some plastic plants. The crabs were actually exploring it before I was done. I was surprised! I'm happy with how it turned out - but now I want to add toppers on all of my other tanks! LOL!!! I'll add a picture via Tapatalk.

Wow that looks great! You’ll have some very happy crabs


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Thank you!

Wow!! I have an extra tank for a topper but my husband says no. We'll see. Lol. How did you attach it? And how do keep the heat and humidity up?

I took the screens off the top of the exo-terra, turned it upside down and then just duct taped it to the other tank. I could not use any glues- I have crabs down. The tanks are heavy. I don’t think they are going anywhere. The room they are in stays at a constant 80 degrees. It is my hermit crab/reptile room. The humidity was already at 99 bc my tank was.


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GotButterflies wrote:I took the screens off the top of the exo-terra, turned it upside down and then just duct taped it to the other tank. I could not use any glues- I have crabs down. The tanks are heavy. I don’t think they are going anywhere. The room they are in stays at a constant 80 degrees. It is my hermit crab/reptile room. The humidity was already at 99 bc my tank was.


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So I guess if I eventually did this heat/humidity would be a problem.

WOW! That is a crabby wonderland.

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Hermiesguardian wrote:

GotButterflies wrote:I took the screens off the top of the exo-terra, turned it upside down and then just duct taped it to the other tank. I could not use any glues- I have crabs down. The tanks are heavy. I don’t think they are going anywhere. The room they are in stays at a constant 80 degrees. It is my hermit crab/reptile room. The humidity was already at 99 bc my tank was.


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So I guess if I eventually did this heat/humidity would be a problem.

You could put another UTH on it if needed in your situation for humidity you could add moss pits or maybe a little fresh water bubbler pool.


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Wlfwo wrote:WOW! That is a crabby wonderland.

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Ty!


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GotButterflies wrote:

Hermiesguardian wrote:

GotButterflies wrote:I took the screens off the top of the exo-terra, turned it upside down and then just duct taped it to the other tank. I could not use any glues- I have crabs down. The tanks are heavy. I don’t think they are going anywhere. The room they are in stays at a constant 80 degrees. It is my hermit crab/reptile room. The humidity was already at 99 bc my tank was.


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So I guess if I eventually did this heat/humidity would be a problem.

You could put another UTH on it if needed in your situation for humidity you could add moss pits or maybe a little fresh water bubbler pool.


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Thanks. And heat rises anyway.

Wow, beautiful job!

Hermie225 wrote:Wow, beautiful job!

Ty!


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I absolutely adore the topper!!
Amazing work GB!

Ty!


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Looking good! I think this needs some closeups!

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