Setting up my first crabitat

This is where you discuss the conditions of your crabitat -- temperature, humidity, substrate, decorating, etc.
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WingedWalrus
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Re: Setting up my first crabitat

Post by WingedWalrus » Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:57 pm

The set up looks great! :) Always wonderful to read about people who do the research first. :)

Is the heating and humidity staying pretty stable now? My only input would be to perhaps move the tank further away from the window if it still is. Unless you have great insulation, which I know is possible sometimes! I know in my house it is always much colder by windows, especially in the winter.

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11 purple pinchers - Plum, Rillow, Arthinia, unnamed, unnamed, unnamed Biggie-Smalls, Ignatius, Ilan, unnamed, unnamed
1 ecuadorians - Adaara
1 ball python - Tungsten
1 corn snake - Seaborg
1 albino redtail boa - Kobuk
1 kenyan sandboa - Cadmus

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Re: Setting up my first crabitat

Post by rryan0604 » Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:49 pm

Unfortunately, the spot near the window was the only place I could put the tank without major rearranging of the room. The spot is a little cooler than the rest of the room, but I have a space heater set up blowing over there, the heat lamp on a thermostat, and every time I've checked the tank the temp has been holding steady between 75 and 80 and the humidity between 80 and 85.

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Re: Setting up my first crabitat

Post by rryan0604 » Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:03 am

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Muriel

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Yet Unnamed Crab

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Bob


The 4th crab is still hiding, so I haven't been able to get a picture of him/her yet. I'm thinking about naming that one Carmen Sandiego.

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Re: Setting up my first crabitat

Post by rryan0604 » Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:20 am

Tonight only Bob was up and about. I got a good look at his belly, no gonopores so he's definitely male.


Muriel, Carmen, and NoName are still unseen/unsexed.

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Re: Setting up my first crabitat

Post by rryan0604 » Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:18 am

http://youtu.be/7OfqWcjvJcs

A quick video of all my crabbies!

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