Crab House

Each mud crab gets its own cell in a stackable crab house system, stopping fighting, cannibalism and limb loss. Hundreds to thousands of cells stack into vertical racks, a RAS water loop keeps quality up, and soft-shell crabs can be collected at the exact moment of moulting for maximum value.

  • BoxSingle-crab cell ~20×20×10 cm
  • MaterialFood-grade PVC / ABS / PP
  • LayoutVertical racks · 100s–1000s of cells
  • WaterRAS loop · indoor, year-round
Crab House
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Product Description

Crab House is an indoor factory stereo aquaculture using recycling water equipment designed for avoiding a conventional breeding pattern of low survival rate and higher risk, such as ordinary pound farming, sea aquaculture, and large indoor pool aquaculture.
Crab House consisted of many groups with ten floors and each floor has ten boxes, which is one hundred boxes totally for one group. Every group is equipped with a recycling water aquaculture system including a high-speed grit filter tank and UV Sanitiser.

Advantage:

  1. preventing from killing each other
  2. avoiding natural disaster
  3. saving area of pool and land
  4. protecting from natural enemy
  5. fastening growth with separately breeding
  6. controllable of the growth cycle
  7. providing good quality water
  8. preventing from diseases
  9. no pollution
Crab house
Crab house
Crab house
Crab house


Application

Crab house
Crab house
Crab house
Crab house
Crab house
Crab house

Package and Shipment

Crab house
Crab house

Specifications

Models & configuration

Indicative configurations integrated from the standard modular range — box size, cell count, rack height and the RAS package are scaled per project by SIGMA.

ModelCapacityTypical useCore configuration
SIGMA-CH-Box1 cellSingle cell box ~20 × 20 × 10 cmFood-grade PVC / ABS / PP
SIGMA-CH-10~100–200 cellsVertical rack (10 tiers)PVC / ABS + steel rack · inlet / drain channels
SIGMA-CH-RAS-S~500–1,000 cellsSingle-room pilot systemPVC / ABS + RAS · filter + pump + biofilter
SIGMA-CH-RAS-LThousands of cellsFull commercial roomPVC / ABS + RAS · filter + pump + biofilter + chiller
Box materialFood-grade PVC / ABS / PP — individual cells with perforated flow-through door
LayoutVertical multi-tier racks, linkable for expansion
Water loopRAS recirculation: tier-by-tier flow + mechanical / biological filtration + aeration
OptionsFilter, circulation pump, biofilter, temperature control (chiller), automatic water supply / drain
SpeciesMud crab / soft-shell crab fattening, live crab holding
Working conditionsIndoor year-round intensive fattening and holding — independent of tides and weather

System composition

One crab, one cell

Individual housing eliminates fighting, cannibalism and limb loss — survival rates and product quality stay high.

Vertical high density

Multi-tier racks multiply output per square metre many times over versus open ponds.

Closed RAS loop

Tier-by-tier flow with filtration and aeration runs the farm indoors, year-round, independent of tides and weather.

Harvest at the moult

Each cell is inspected individually, so soft-shell crabs are collected at the exact moulting moment for premium prices.

Modular and scalable

Box size, cell count, rack height and RAS configuration scale from a pilot rack to a full commercial room.

Food-grade materials

Non-toxic PVC / ABS / PP, safe for food crabs.

Application

  • Soft-shell crab fattening — the core application
  • Individual grow-out of mud crab
  • Live crab holding, fattening and pre-sale storage
  • Indoor RAS crab farms in regions without sea access or tides
  • Intermediate nursing of crablets

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is a crab house (crab apartment)?

It is a modular single-crab box system where each crab is housed in its own individual cell, which stops fighting, cannibalism and limb loss and lets every animal be fed, inspected and harvested separately.

How does vertical crab farming increase capacity?

The boxes stack into vertical racks, multiplying stocking capacity per square metre many times over versus open ponds.

How does the RAS crab system keep water clean?

The rack ties into a recirculating aquaculture system — water flows through every tier, passes mechanical and biological filtration, and returns clean and oxygenated, so the operation runs indoors year-round regardless of tides or weather.

What crabs is the crab house used for?

It is aimed at soft-shell crab fattening, mud crab grow-out and live crab holding, where individual housing plus RAS water quality drive survival and price premiums.

What are the boxes made of?

Boxes are molded from food-grade PVC / ABS / PP, each with a perforated door for flow-through and feeding access.

What is a crab farming box, and what does it cost?

A crab farming box is the individual cell in our stackable crab house system — one crab per box, food-grade PVC/ABS/PP, roughly 20×20×10 cm. Crab farming box price depends on material, cell count and whether it's a standalone box crab farming rack or a full RAS-integrated system; a 10-tier rack with 100–200 cells is the typical entry point. Crab farming boxes for sale are quoted by rack, not by individual cell — contact us with your target cell count.

Can mud crabs be farmed in plastic boxes?

Yes — crab farming in plastic boxes is exactly what a crab house does: food-grade PVC/ABS/PP mud crab farming boxes with a perforated door for flow-through water and feeding, stacked into vertical racks tied to a RAS loop. It solves the two biggest problems of open-pond crab farming — cannibalism and inconsistent water quality.

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