I set up two pools that are about 5-6 inches deep, one salt and one fresh (both with dechlorinated water). There is a moss pit and a make-do shell shop on top of the cork round until I get a shelf for it. There is a large Mopani wood structure that takes up the center space, I've got some fake vines and plants weaving throughout the crabitat.
My concern is here though: Wash, the only one of two crabs above ground (Waldo is still molting in my 10 gallon), doesn't seem to be exploring the tat or showing interest in anything since arriving in the new home. He isn't even showing interest in food?
I recently (4 days ago?) moved over from a town 2 hours away, it was a little bit of a bumpy ride so I can see how stress from the move could affect him, but he was still active in the 10 gallon after we got settled in, I could hear his shell tapping away on the glass as he dug and climbed around. A couple days ago, I got the 30 gallon set up to a balanced temp and humidity (83 temp and 80-90 humidity) Sometimes late at night the temp drops to 75 but I turn on a room heater and it goes back up fairly quickly. (going to be adding a second UTH for night time warmth.
I put Wash on the shell shop when it was ready mainly because it was the closest solid object. He took a little bit of an interest in the shells and shortly after changed into a different one and then back into the old sometime during the night. But, other than that activity, he hasn't done anything. He has just sat there in the same spot for two days. Today I checked on him and he still responds to being touched/picked up like he normally does (He hides for a second then claws and scrambles to try and break for it) I moved him to a few interest spots in the tank to sort of give him a tour of his home, I put him at the water's edge in the pools so he knew where the water was, I showed him his food dish so he knew where to get that, I showed him that his old cork log was there too but he didn't show much interest in any of it. Right now he's sitting tucked up against the Mopani wood, you can see him in the pictures.
He just sort of sits there, super still, out of his shell far enough that I can see the start of his abdomen and when he does move (like when I was showing him around) he moves really slowly.
Here's the pics of the tank:
I'm just worried, is there something in the tank that's bothering him? Did I not let the dechlorinator sit long enough in the water? Or is there possibly something wrong with the EE that I used? It's the same brand as the 10 gallon, but this one smelled different. Is Mopani wood safe? I'm worried about him because he's not normally like this, even before he molted a while ago.
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