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Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 3:44 pm
by Freckles24
I was planning on upgrading my tank to a 20 gal in the next few weeks so I've been checking CL for a bigger tank. Yesterday I saw an ad for 2 hermit crabs in a 10 gal. Long story short I've already redone their tank. So now I have two 10 gal tanks with 2 purple pinchers each. Like I said I'll be upgrading but now I think I'll be getting a 30 gal haha.
I'll be adding pictures of their tank before I took over below
Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 3:46 pm
by CrabMater
"2 purple punchers" lol sorry. Auto correct gets me on this too.
Nice 10 gals. Good on you saving some lives.
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Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 3:50 pm
by Freckles24
CrabMater wrote:"2 purple punchers" lol sorry. Auto correct gets me on this too.
Nice 10 gals. Good on you saving some lives.
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I fixed it! Haha
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 4:08 pm
by Hermiearth
Make sure that your sub is 3x your biggest crabs height or 6 inches, whichever is deeper!
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 4:10 pm
by Freckles24
Hermiearth wrote:Make sure that your sub is 3x your biggest crabs height or 6 inches, whichever is deeper!
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That's not my tank lol that's what it looked like when I bought it. Don't worry they've got a 5:1 ratio now!
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 4:16 pm
by CrabMater
Freckles24 wrote:Hermiearth wrote:Make sure that your sub is 3x your biggest crabs height or 6 inches, whichever is deeper!
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That's not my tank lol that's what it looked like when I bought it. Don't worry they've got a 5:1 ratio now!
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I love 10gals. They make great betta tanks or hot houses. I figured you were upgrading from your post.
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 4:28 pm
by Hermias_mom
SO glad you'll be taking good care of them now!!! Good for you!!!
Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 4:29 pm
by daws409
Congrats on the adoption! Looking forward to updated pics.
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 5:14 pm
by Hermiearth
Oh! Gotcha! Congrats on the newbies!
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 6:39 pm
by GotButterflies
Congratulations on your adoption
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 7:13 pm
by Freckles24
Buying a 29 gal Thursday! Exciteddd
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 7:27 pm
by Kermie16
Congrats on ur adoption!! Looking forward to some pics after they destress
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Re: Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:52 pm
by Freckles24
Finally got the 29 gallon! Setting up tonight I have mopani wood soaking rn so that won't go in yet (I got it from petco and honestly it's such a cool looking piece of wood!) I definitely will need to pick up some more eco earth and decorations haha
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Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 7:23 pm
by Freckles24
Before I start dismantling it I wanted to add a pic of the temporary adoptees tank (pretty bare
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Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 10:28 pm
by Freckles24
(Pic heavy)
Whew finally mostly finished haha
Excuse the heating mat mess I'm waiting on an ultratherm in the mail and right now the tank is sitting at 78 so it's not too bad
There's 8-8.5" of sub but will definitely be adding more later
They seem to like it haha Paisley (unseen forth crab) went and hid in a hut so..
Also I made a baby shell shop because Aston is really small compared to the other 3 and I didn't want it to be hard for him to get to them.
I'm so glad I upgraded I love it
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