150 gallon progress thread

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:22 pm

singlemomwithcrab wrote:Tell your friends you are having a SUB party, pick up some subs and feed them then put them to work

Haha I already tried! My friend's suck

singlemomwithcrab · Post by **singlemomwithcrab** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:24 pm

Ok, calling all locally located family....HUDDLE and HUT HUT SUB 150 HUT

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:40 am

LoL maybe step it up to a pizza party

this time of year, bribes need to be hot n cheesy!

Crabbers unite!!!

singlemomwithcrab · Post by **singlemomwithcrab** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:22 am

OOO.OOOO.OOO, tell e'm it's a chili cook off and to bring their biggest pot

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:08 pm

Here's my rant...

I still haven't gotten all the sand into this stupid tank and I'm more than frustrated with it. Between school (full time) and work, I can only do a little bit a day. As I was adding a bit tonight I realized that all the sand underneath has almost dried out and I have no idea what to do. I can't take it all out and mixing it together in the tank is so hard. I have a hard time reaching the sand that's in there even with a small shovel.

And I have nobody to help me!!!

There's gotta be an easier way to mix the sand. It takes me 3-4 mixes and dumps in the tank per bag and by then my arms are tired from stirring the water in.

So frustrated!!!

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:12 pm

Here's rant #2. I'm just full of them today!!!

All my crabs are down!! ALL OF THEM!!! I haven't seen a trace of a crab in like 2 weeks. I smoothed the sand out in the tank to look for marks in case they come out at night and nope!

I miss watching those buggers!!

KellyCrabbieLove · Post by **KellyCrabbieLove** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:35 pm

You can mix it in plastic totes and dump it in. Keeping a lid on the tank will help with evaporation so it won't dry as quickly.

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:44 pm

Actually as soon as I posted it I thought about totes haha. I switched and I managed to get 2 more bags in. I'll cover the top and hopefully finish it tomorrow after school.

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:47 pm

Here it is as it sits now. There's about.... 7 bags in there right now. I chopped up one of my fake house plants so I only have the greenery and put it in the corner. I think they'll like climbing it. I may do the sand really thick on the left side and kind of slope it gently down to the other side. There would still be a good 10 inches of sand on the side with the plant.

Also, I think I'll make that right side of the tank a 'jungle'. I really want to add some crab safe real plants!!

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:18 pm

And here it is now. Building the slope. I just need to add a few more bags of sand to the left side to even it out. It's going to slope from 10 inches of sand down to 8 where the plants are. And as you can see, I bought 2 live plants today. They weren't expensive so I don't really care if they get ruined.

soilentgringa · Post by **soilentgringa** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:59 pm

Wow [SMILING FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES][PURPLE HEART][SPIRAL SHELL]

kadynadair16 · Post by **kadynadair16** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:14 pm

Looking good so far!! If I were there, I would love to help you! I'm wishing you luck!

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:50 pm

You're going to be SO SATISFIED when this is all done! Press on! Wish you luck and ease in the rest of your tat-scaping!

Crabbers unite!!!

Post by **aussieJJDude** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:57 am

Looking good! So how many bags of sand are in there now? 100?

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:24 am

Only 8! It's not taking nearly as much as I thought. I still have 7 full bags I bought and it's definitely not going to take that much! I thought I was underguessing with 15.

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