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Babybytc88
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by Babybytc88 » Mon May 25, 2020 11:20 am
I have been very unhappy with my 75g. When I redid it I was happy at the time I had one crab. Since then I have added four more to the tank. And boy do they destroy it
. Well I finally was able to add a terrarium to the top. I put it on last night so I could check humidity and temp in the upper part before crabs can get up there. I will be taking it back off to work on it. I am starting this thread now because I’m excited LOl. It will take time before it’s usable of course. I have some pieces of wood from my yard that are crab friendly that are pretty cool I will be adding as well.
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by Babybytc88 » Mon May 25, 2020 11:22 am
The pieces I will he cutting down to size for the tank.
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by Motörcrab » Mon May 25, 2020 12:33 pm
Nice! I have been wanting to add a topper to my 75 for over a year now! I have been putting it off because I can't find the size terrarium I want used! I can't wait to see how you progress!
I know what you mean with not being happy after so long. We were in a hurry to decorate because we had a bloomin flood and needed to pull eight with 1-1/8 shell openings out. We only had a 10 gallon to keep them in so we didn't want to take longer than we had to!
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by SilverHermits » Mon May 25, 2020 6:26 pm
love it great job!
Crabber for over 11 years
16 hermit crabs
13 Purple Pinchers, 2 Straws and a Brevi
Tanks: 100g, 75g, 29g+ a bunch of smaller ones
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by aussieJJDude » Mon May 25, 2020 6:46 pm
Look forward to seeing the future build!
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by Crabby7Crabber » Mon May 25, 2020 7:03 pm
Awesome!
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by Babybytc88 » Tue May 26, 2020 7:19 pm
I was reviewing posts in the group and I have been fascinated with curious_kitty build from 2010. I was wondering if anyone knows long term how the wood glue/ coco paste she coated the great stuff foam with held up ?! I am going to build some ledges and ramps and it seems like the perfect solution.
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by Crabby7Crabber » Tue May 26, 2020 8:09 pm
Will check it out for sure
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by C_fiesta » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:25 pm
All I can find in her later posts was that she regretted using live plants and instead ended up replacing them all with fake. I'd go that route.
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by Links » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:41 pm
Love it! Can’t wait to see the updates.
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by aussieJJDude » Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:38 pm
Babybytc88 wrote:I was reviewing posts in the group and I have been fascinated with curious_kitty build from 2010. I was wondering if anyone knows long term how the wood glue/ coco paste she coated the great stuff foam with held up ?! I am going to build some ledges and ramps and it seems like the perfect solution.
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It would hold up well. Epoxy is basically liquid plastic, and once hardened forms a shell. Basically her background is one big plastic sheet.
If its still up and running, I imagine it still looks extremely similar to how it was first set up - minus the plants.
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by Babybytc88 » Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:14 pm
Well months later I am now starting on the topper LOL. I’m glad I waited too. It’s even better than I thought it would be. I’m still a ways from being done but have made some serious progress today
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by Babybytc88 » Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:15 pm
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by Babybytc88 » Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:15 pm
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