Tanks! (Pictures of Crabitats)

[Arouda]

My 5.5 gallon, before I took the sponges out and rearranged the water dishes and that piece of driftwood slightly, dampened the substrate, and added more ivy:

thats a cute tank

[Laney]

Also have a video because there's so much stuff you can't see in the photo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJ-TWKqqoE

I am not sure if you have already said this or not. But how many gallons is your tank?

[wolfnipplechips]

@wyethia Thanks!!

@Laney 55 gallons.

[Laney]

Also have a video because there's so much stuff you can't see in the photo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJ-TWKqqoE

What kind of lights do you use in your hood?

[wolfnipplechips]

What kind of lights do you use in your hood?

I have no idea what these ones are. They came with the "kit" (petco didn't have any plain 55 gallons). Compared to a truly white light, they look almost purple in color, though. They say "all-glass aquarium lamp 15W". That's all I can really tell you.

[wodesorel]

It's probably an 8000K light.The color temperature of florescent lights are measures in Kelvins (K). All-glass (now Aqueon) has a pretty standard use of 8000K as they look great for both freshwater and salt-water aquariums. It's an odd color temp to find and not many stores carry the Aqueon bulbs, so I had to special order the replacement for my little 7 gallon as I really liked that bluish color.

Daylight is around 5500K, and basic home, aquarium, and reptile florescent lights fall somewhere close to this. Anything beneath 5000K is more yellow and anything above 6000K is more blue. Marine tanks use 10,000K to 20,000K which is why salt-water fish always seem to be glowing.

[Laney]

Alright thanks. I am going to be upgrading my tank soon. To either a 45 or 50 gallon, so I was kind of getting the lights figured out. I have been looking at the ZooMed Slider Hoods, but they are a little pricey. But from what I have seen people say about them is that they are worth every penny. So I guess we will see.

[ameisel]

I just realized I never put updated pictures of my 55 gallon on here even though I said I was going to. :/
Well, here they areeee
These are before a few additions:



This picture isn't the same as it is now:

It looks like this now:




enjoy

[hermit lover 09]

WOW! I never thought a post of mine would get soo many responses from everyone

[Rocky]

My current 30g with my PPs

(Please ignore my socks )

And a very old pic of the 30g with my straw, two blues, and a couple PPs (the newbies)



Much has changed since then, the big changes being I added my hemp net, shell shop, hanging/leaning pieces of cholla wood, and two very large very deep pools.

[babaBlueberry]

My 20 gal ISO w/ LHC crabs (will redecorate after isolation is done for the two large indos)


I dont know what size this is... (maybe 40-50gal?)
This one is for my pps



My 60gal tank

[hermit lover 09]

I like the water dish idea, but may i suggest digging them into the substrate with a rim up so the crabs dont tumble in, and then the newbies don't hesitate to get a drink, where sometimes they dont like climbing into the dishes

[Rocky]

Dont worry h, the crabs in there are large-jumbo, so that's not an issue. And if you look really closely, you can see I have large barnacles and rocks for them to climb into it
*And those dishes are really deep, they're about 3/4 dug into the substrate already, they almost touch the bottom

[hermit lover 09]

oh! I see, mine are mediums so not able to climb in as well! That is a good tank though, gave me lots of ideas

[Rocky]

Thank you My big guys don't seem to mind it at all, if they're lower then they dump alot more substrate in, so I just keep mine pulled up a bit