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I made a water thing UPDATED

Post by ErikRasmussen » Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:16 pm

Okay, I have been really attached to my current pools since I made them. They are glass bowls with rocks siliconed to them, the ones in all my photos. But I have been having to refill them about half way every two days because as soon as Thing 1 submerges he displaces a lot of water since he is so big. And it doesn't help that the Es actually splash. So I need deeper pools.

The last time I had a deep pool it was a half gallon cube with a few different ramp styles in one. The ramp that was a piece of plexiglass with needlepoint canvas zip tied around it left an E swimming in the water without a shell (although that E is probably just crazy(he is fine btw)). So I have been hesitant about deeper pools. But I need them and if I am eventually getting exotics I will need them. So I created this...

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Ideally this will give them all a way to climb out or ease their way in while still being deep enough for all of them to submerge. As soon as Stitch comes up from her molt I will replace them
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Post by HeyItsEggs » Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:20 pm

Cool! I have smaller pools than that but I wish mine looked like yours!
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Post by LadyJinglyJones » Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:37 pm

That is delightful! Well done... you have some lucky crebs.

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Post by Hermiearth » Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:31 pm

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Post by DreaminginBlue » Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:53 pm

Awesome! Love the rock formation and the plants. :)
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Post by Kermie16 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:48 pm

Looks great!!


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Post by ErikRasmussen » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:33 pm

Thanks guys! It took so much silicone. But its great because to clean them I can just slip them and put them back in.
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Post by GotButterflies » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:27 pm

Beautiful job! Is that a kritter keeper divided?


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Post by ErikRasmussen » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:21 am

Haha yeah it is! I siliconed some plexi glass to it and had to test it out a bunch of times to make sure each side could hold water. Got the critter carrier at a thrift shop
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Post by aussieJJDude » Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:38 am

Plexiglass will lose it bond quicky with silicone... So don't be surprised if it leaks in a few months time.

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Post by GotButterflies » Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:59 am

ErikRasmussen wrote:Haha yeah it is! I siliconed some plexi glass to it and had to test it out a bunch of times to make sure each side could hold water. Got the critter carrier at a thrift shop
Very creative! Looks great!


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Post by ErikRasmussen » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:49 pm

aussieJJDude wrote:Plexiglass will lose it bond quicky with silicone... So don't be surprised if it leaks in a few months time.

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Really? Huh wonder why that happens. Good thing I made those rock structures replaceable
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Post by GotButterflies » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:21 am

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aussieJJDude wrote:Plexiglass will lose it bond quicky with silicone... So don't be surprised if it leaks in a few months time.

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Really? Huh wonder why that happens. Good thing I made those rock structures replaceable
So AussieJJDude is saying that It would just be the divider that would eventually leak - right? Maybe you could do 2 individual kk if I'm interpreting it correctly....the rock structures are great on the canvas!


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Post by aussieJJDude » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:34 am

Yeah the divider will, rocks should be fine

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Post by annedow9 » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:54 pm

ErikRasmussen wrote:Okay, I have been really attached to my current pools since I made them. They are glass bowls with rocks siliconed to them, the ones in all my photos. But I have been having to refill them about half way every two days because as soon as Thing 1 submerges he displaces a lot of water since he is so big. And it doesn't help that the Es actually splash. So I need deeper pools.

The last time I had a deep pool it was a half gallon cube with a few different ramp styles in one. The ramp that was a piece of plexiglass with needlepoint canvas zip tied around it left an E swimming in the water without a shell (although that E is probably just crazy(he is fine btw)). So I have been hesitant about deeper pools. But I need them and if I am eventually getting exotics I will need them. So I created this...

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Ideally this will give them all a way to climb out or ease their way in while still being deep enough for all of them to submerge. As soon as Stitch comes up from her molt I will replace them
That is so cool, it looks great!


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