Building Crabtopia is taking forever!

[ashleyandanimals]

Mixing substrate! Ultratherm and a new temp and humidity gauge will be here Friday! Need a couple more bags of sand and to get my kid pieces cut and we will begin the moving process! I'm so excited! I know Frodo, my big dude will LOVE it. He is a climber and is upside down on the lid all the time. He recently molted so u hope I get to see him enjoy the tank for a long time before he heads down again. My E will be happy as well! At least 11 inches of sub to dig in and plenty to climb!


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[ashleyandanimals]

Okay, so this is going to be a big glob of pictures so I can say that, yes, "Crabtopia" is done. For now. As molters come up I will move more decorations and such but for now, Frodo and 4 small babies (they all switched to green turbos and I was too tired to figure out who was who) moved in tonight.

If you have any questions or concerns let me know. I have another level to add and I need moss and to fix my bubblers and etc (I'll never REALLY be done will I?) but it is satisfactory enough that some babies could move in. I want to see them living it up and climbing.


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[ashleyandanimals]

Oh, I dumped a bunch more shells in after I took some of these pictures. Plus another basket with shells.


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[pearl29mi]

Is the wood hide you have on the 2nd level pine? Make sure it's not because it can be harmful to the crabs. Great crabitat btw

[ashleyandanimals]

Oh my goodness! I hadn't checked. Stupid me. It's Douglas fir. I took it out. I feel bad. no had gotten near it up on that level though. Good catch! Thanks!


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[ashleyandanimals]

Wait...is Douglas fir safe?


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[wodesorel]

People have used those hides for years without trouble.

[ashleyandanimals]

For some reason it set off alarms. Possibly just because I never see it mentioned so I just thought it was unsafe.


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[ashleyandanimals]

Thank you wodesorel!


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[CallaLily]

Looking good!

I have had one of those hides (or at least a similar one) in the 75g since I set it up a year and a half ago.

[ashleyandanimals]

Thank you Callalily! Moved some more peeps over. Gandalf the Ecuadorian is not disappointing.

I knew he'd love climbing! I'm glad I have a good setup that can accommodate him and hopefully a friend for him soon!


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[Laurie LeAnn]

I would just keep an eye on that green stuff..crabs like to chew plastic stuff at times. I have used those half logs before the only trouble I ever had was the got moldy but I had them down in my sand.. p.s. you will be 're doing that tank over and over and over and over.. and EVERYTHING you see is a oh...I wonder if this can be used in my crab tank??? Lol!

[ashleyandanimals]

Hahaha! I know I will! I'm already thinking of things to get and I haven't put everything I have into it yet! Hopeless addict. I'll keep an eye out. Haven't noticed any wear on the plants yet, but thanks for the heads up!


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[ashleyandanimals]

Life in Crabtopia is going well. Humidity has been a little tough to maintain in such a big tank so I have been sealing up edges more and added a small air pump to the bubblers. It's only enough power to run one so I still need to get a new one. I need to cut my lid pieces to size still which should help a lot and I will get a humidifier ASAP. I also want light! It's too dark in there! Flash keeps going off in all my pictures.




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[Crabinski]

Gandalf the Ecuadorian is not disappointing.

I knew he'd love climbing! I'm glad I have a good setup that can accommodate him and hopefully a friend for him soon!

Love this picture of Gandalf -- totally precious !