Where are your crabbies?

This is where you discuss the conditions of your crabitat -- temperature, humidity, substrate, decorating, etc.
User avatar

Topic author
elly_bananas
Posts: 238
Joined: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:04 pm

Where are your crabbies?

Post by elly_bananas » Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:02 pm

Ive been thinking that i would like to move the tank to another spot in my house that they could be seen by everyone... so i was wondering, where are your set ups throughout your homes?

Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk
She thought she could, so she did!

User avatar

C_fiesta
Posts: 511
Joined: Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:29 am
Location: Minnesota
Contact:

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by C_fiesta » Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:05 pm

Dining room!

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Hey! I'm Christine! I have 5 hermit crabs. Join me on Instagram @christinescrabcare. Also, checkout my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/christinescrabcare

User avatar

Topic author
elly_bananas
Posts: 238
Joined: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:04 pm

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by elly_bananas » Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:31 pm

C_fiesta wrote:Dining room! ImageImage

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Ideally where i would like to go myself, but we usually have late company on the weekends a lot of times, and the dining room table is what we end up around. Im afraid of the noise factor or even light cycles on those particular late evenings. Am i over thinking?

Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk
She thought she could, so she did!

User avatar

wolfnipplechips
Posts: 1038
Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:46 pm
Location: Auke Bay, Alaska
Contact:

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by wolfnipplechips » Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:28 pm

Being in a cold climate, I have to put them on inside walls...so that limits me a bit. But I've always put mine in the living room. :D
Crabby since May 2009
Hermit Crab Food Store: http://alaskahermit.com/
Pets: crabs, cats, lizards, flesh eating beetles, isopods, betta fish


CrabMater
Posts: 480
Joined: Mon Oct 10, 2016 8:51 am
Location: NYC

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by CrabMater » Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:48 am

mine is in the living room. city living only afford us 4 rooms and these guys are up ALL NIGHT LONG. So, they got the best spot in the house. We designed the living room around the tat. they are in a corner to give them some visual relief from us on one side but we get to peer in from the front & left.

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk
CrabMater to 2PPs : John & Diana (formerly Cherry Bomb)
Crabbin' since June '16 (RIP Pinchy 7/16 / RIP Dean )

MORE SUBSTRATE!

User avatar

PinchersAndShells
Posts: 1343
Joined: Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:02 pm
Location: Ohio
Contact:

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by PinchersAndShells » Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:26 am

Dining room, there's a corner I found that perfectly fits a tank with a base measurement of 30 1/4" by 12 1/2".
4 PPs + 1 E = Dusty, Momo, Seasalt, & Elvis
Captive Bred PP = Randy
75 Gallon Crabitat | Crabbing Since 8.11.2015
https://www.instagram.com/pinchersandshells/

User avatar

C_fiesta
Posts: 511
Joined: Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:29 am
Location: Minnesota
Contact:

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by C_fiesta » Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:49 am

elly_bananas wrote:
C_fiesta wrote:Dining room! ImageImage

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Ideally where i would like to go myself, but we usually have late company on the weekends a lot of times, and the dining room table is what we end up around. Im afraid of the noise factor or even light cycles on those particular late evenings. Am i over thinking?

Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk
We have company too and we are usually around the table playing games etc. It depends how late your friends stay. Ours usually leaves my 10 or 11, so I think it's perfectly fine. If it was all night long on a frequent basis, that might stress them out.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Hey! I'm Christine! I have 5 hermit crabs. Join me on Instagram @christinescrabcare. Also, checkout my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/christinescrabcare

User avatar

daws409
Posts: 1350
Joined: Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:43 am
Location: Eastern NC

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by daws409 » Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:19 am

All of mine (125G, 120G, & 29G) are in my bedroom against inside walls except for the 90G. The 90G (just an empty tank now) sits on a wall partition that's between the living room and kitchen.

Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk
Crabbing since Dec. 2010!
35 Crabbies - 28 PP's, 2 E's, 2 Straw's, 1 Viola, & 2 Indo's

User avatar

GotButterflies
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 7242
Joined: Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:56 pm
Location: Florida
Contact:

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by GotButterflies » Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:29 am

My crabitats and snake have their own room.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Truly blessed to have incredible creatures, wonderful friends and my amazing family in my life!! I'm very thankful & grateful for all of them! www.thehealthyhermit.com

User avatar

Hermias_mom
Posts: 596
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:08 pm
Location: Alabama, USA

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by Hermias_mom » Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:32 am

Bedroom. On top of a dresser was the only unused space in the house big enough for a tank of some kind. Added bonus for that location - all the cords go behind the dresser, so the cats can't chew on them and the kids can't trip on them or mess with them.

Still figuring out where to stage the folded kids laundry before it goes back in their drawers, since the tank took that spot. In a perfect world, we'd put it away as soon as it's folded, but...
4PPs and tons of FUN in a 29 gallon!
Hermia(F), Helena(F), Branch(M), and Tiger (M)
RIP Athena

User avatar

piratetoothgir
Posts: 1341
Joined: Mon Jun 05, 2017 7:08 am
Location: Texas

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by piratetoothgir » Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:46 am

Gameroom. It's a place where everything is, and we spent tons of time in there. I always enjoy watching my crabs, but they really aren't active in the day, opposed to the night.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Crabber Since 2016
7 Caribbeans & 2 Ecuadorians
I am the proud owner of my hermit crabs, aquarium fish, and isopod totes!


Giner13
Posts: 1218
Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:09 pm

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by Giner13 » Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:02 pm

Dining room for me too! There's a cabinet that sits in there that fits my 20gal long perfectly!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk


JamieL
Posts: 108
Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:18 pm

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by JamieL » Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:42 pm

Mine are in my daughters playroom. It's perfect for us, she can watch them crabbin around while she's playing, but they don't bother anyone. They used to bug her at night when they were in her bedroom, making too much noise. We have an alcove downstairs in the family room that would be perfect but my husband won't let me :lol:

It's just as well, we live in a split level and it's much cooler downstairs (family room) than it is where the tank is (upstairs)

User avatar

Topic author
elly_bananas
Posts: 238
Joined: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:04 pm

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by elly_bananas » Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:07 am

Giner13 wrote:Dining room for me too! There's a cabinet that sits in there that fits my 20gal long perfectly!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Is it a built in? I was just examining the same idea in my dining room, its extra quiet in that cubby, insulates the sound, and it wont get bumped into, just, lighting would be rather tricky tho i think!

Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk
She thought she could, so she did!


Giner13
Posts: 1218
Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:09 pm

Re: Where are your crabbies?

Post by Giner13 » Fri Aug 11, 2017 6:50 am

elly_bananas wrote:
Giner13 wrote:Dining room for me too! There's a cabinet that sits in there that fits my 20gal long perfectly!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Is it a built in? I was just examining the same idea in my dining room, its extra quiet in that cubby, insulates the sound, and it wont get bumped into, just, lighting would be rather tricky tho i think!

Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk
The cabinet? It's not built in. But it sits like a glove against a wall that's off to one side!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Post Reply