New Member ~ HI

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New Member ~ HI

Post by alanafayer » Fri May 05, 2017 12:21 pm

Hi, all! I'm new to this site, but not to crabbing. I was seriously involved in the hobby maybe 8 or so years ago and it eventually became too much for me to keep up with. Excited to start up again. I previously had a 40B tank for my crabbies, but this go round I'm pretty much limited to a 10g. I'm only planning to have 2 smalls, so it should be enough room for the time being - I'm just a little anxious about being able to fit everything I need in it & it not look awful. Anyone have some pics of awesome 10g tats to inspire me? :D

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Post by soilentgringa » Fri May 05, 2017 7:34 pm

alanafayer wrote:Hi, all! I'm new to this site, but not to crabbing. I was seriously involved in the hobby maybe 8 or so years ago and it eventually became too much for me to keep up with. Excited to start up again. I previously had a 40B tank for my crabbies, but this go round I'm pretty much limited to a 10g. I'm only planning to have 2 smalls, so it should be enough room for the time being - I'm just a little anxious about being able to fit everything I need in it & it not look awful. Anyone have some pics of awesome 10g tats to inspire me? :D
Hi! Check out the pictures and DIY forum :)

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Post by GotButterflies » Fri May 05, 2017 8:30 pm

Hello! Welcome to the HCA :butterfly::
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Post by daws409 » Sat May 06, 2017 9:15 pm

Welcome to HCA!

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Post by Hermias_mom » Thu May 11, 2017 2:38 pm

So I don't know if it's awesome, but I have a 10 gallon tat (currently) and I have pictures, so here you go...

http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... 1#p1034511

It's very full. :) There's 6 inches of sand, four cutoff cottage cheese containers (nested and set about 0.5-1" deep into the sub, tupperware would be more elegant, but that's what I had on hand), a repti-hammock, a moss pit, and under the hammock is a lot of (formerly) live rock coral that was stacked together to give them something to climb, hide under, and eat. The shell shop is hung on command hooks at an angle because I didn't want to block the UTH. I use a UTH on the back from Ultratherm, and a Zilla thermostat to maintain 80F. I wanted to put a hamster wheel in, but that will have to wait for the 29 gallon I'm currently working on. No way that would fit! :lol: I have a second set of shells too that I trade this lot out with periodically to try and increase interest. I spray about once a week, but I'm not super happy with that - bubblers is probably a better choice. I'm also in the process of a 29 gallon upgrade.

But my ten gallon is working well at the moment - stable 80F/80%+ RH, so I thought I'd share. :D
4PPs and tons of FUN in a 29 gallon!
Hermia(F), Helena(F), Branch(M), and Tiger (M)
RIP Athena

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