my crabitat build photo journal!!

kgbenson · Post by **kgbenson** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:53 am

curious_kitty wrote:OK,, my branches arrived yesterday, and I took pictures of them this morning. I think I will put pieces of smaller branches onto a larger piece to make a tree!

Nice wood - where did you order from?

Keith

curious_kitty · Post by **curious_kitty** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:17 am

kgbenson wrote: Nice wood - where did you order from?
Keith

they are Ghostwood- or manzanita tree trunks... they are very dense, and are not supposed to mold in vivarium/terrarium.
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/ghostwood.html
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/ghostwood2.html
I got them here.. very reasonable price for ghostwoods. They can get pricey.

curious_kitty · Post by **curious_kitty** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:40 am

limeslide wrote:Nice tat!
What lights are you using on that tank?

the reddish light you see in that picture is infrared light. I will be replacing that with 75W Moon-Glo, and daylight is supplemented with lights from Ah supply. I will have four 55W power compact lights(from AH supply). And also the window side of the tat has natural morning/afternoon sunlight, so that will also help to supplement lighting into the tat

Two sets of these babies,

My brom. plants arrived yesterday too- I am still waiting on ferns, and mosses because they were ordered from different place.

and here is the tat this morning- three gallons of Titebond III arrived yesterday, and I worked on covering the foams little more last night. vertical areas were difficult and I think I migt have to make a thicker paste later today. I know its not much, but I figure its always fun to see a bit of transformation via pictures!

aquav · Post by **aquav** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:43 pm

Keep posting!!! This has to be the most exciting thread on the forum right now!

curious_kitty · Post by **curious_kitty** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:07 pm

ok, more pictures that I took this morning, but didn't include in earlier post, I will post

hlhiggs87 · Post by **hlhiggs87** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:24 pm

I love the new pictures! It's really coming together

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:19 pm

WOW! That looks amazing! I wish I had the time and space to build something like that!

Dog Lips · Post by **Dog Lips** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:11 pm

Hey mods, dare I say, a sticky of this thread is in order. This thread is awesome, and i don't want it disappearing into nothingness of the archives

aquav · Post by **aquav** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:25 pm

Dog Lips wrote:Hey mods, dare I say, a sticky of this thread is in order. This thread is awesome, and i don't want it disappearing into nothingness of the archives

I agree. There is a lot of useful information in this thread.

Dog Lips · Post by **Dog Lips** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:30 pm

Indeed

curious_kitty · Post by **curious_kitty** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:15 pm

what's a sticky? I got home earlier than usual, and started to work on the ledges, and patching. This time, I made the Cocofiber paste a little bit thicker than usual, and it worked out well- and I made a lot of progress on details on the ledges

I think I can probably finish adding the rest of the ledges/shelves, and let that dry- and work placing on misting nozzles, and lights above...... I got rest of the ferns, and still waiting on babytears plants(not yet arrived..), and need to get som live moss. I will try to take a better picture tomorrow morning for you guys!

curious_kitty · Post by **curious_kitty** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:04 am

oki, my radiant heater broke yesterday , after only four months of use.. and the cocofibre substrate is taking abit of time to dry- with heater on over night towards the enclosure, it used to dry about 50% by the morning. Its still bit soft this morning without the heater. I do have a ceramic heater I use for room where I keep my tanks. So i think I am going to have to borrow one from there. I did get my ferns yesterday, and are soaking in water for a bit to spruce them up from shipping damage.

hlhiggs87 · Post by **hlhiggs87** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:51 pm

A sticky would allow this post to stay at the top of the page so everyone can read it.

curious_kitty · Post by **curious_kitty** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:35 pm

Ohh i see. I am sure people can always do search, or PM me if they had any questions about the project too~!
soo, I put bunch of pieces together into a tree!

looks like I am staying in on friday night.

emberfusion · Post by **emberfusion** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:41 pm

Oh! I love it so far!

I'm sure the crabs are going to be in heaven when it's all ready to go.