Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

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Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by lmw142 » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:18 pm

Some of these are not the best quality, because they were taken with my phone.

Left side of the crabitat, with moss pit:
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Right side of the crabitat, with shell shop:
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Full view:
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Now for the crabs!
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And this guy who is always hanging upside down (this is the crab in my profile picture also).
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There is also one more crab who buried in the sand before I could get a picture.
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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by YYWW » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:36 pm

Nice plants! Nice nets! Did you make the nets?
That first crab's shell looks very different! Do you know what type it is? I've never seen one like that before!


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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by lmw142 » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:47 pm

I did make them :D

I have no idea what kind of shell that is, that's what he came to me in. It's pretty neat looking, and it blends into the sub perfectly lol.
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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by aussieJJDude » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:11 am

(Don't worry, my phone makes all my pics come out as a blur, I given up with taking pics with it!)

Loving all that netting you have in there, it looks so kurl.
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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by YYWW » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:20 pm

Can you link a tutorial to the net weaving please?


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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by lmw142 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:32 pm

I didn't use a tutorial for the nets. I think there is one in the DIY section though. I can sort of crochet on my own, but I'm really bad at following other people's instructions for it lol. For the one on the left side of the tank I just used a really big crochet needle and made a bunch of chain stitches like you would to make a simple scarf or blanket. For the one on the right I made separate chains with a smaller needle and then crocheted them together to make the boxes.

That is probably a very confusing description, but I'm sure you can find better instructions elsewhere lol. Sorry!
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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by YYWW » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:42 pm

I gotta learn to crochet
What material did you use???


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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by lmw142 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:44 pm

I used hemp yarn, you just have to make sure you don't get the coated kind. The kind I got said 100% natural hemp, and I got it at walmart for $6.

There are probably crochet tutorials on youtube. I made those nets with very very basic skills, so I'm confident anyone can do it if I can!
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Re: Crab and Crabitat Pictures!

Post by YYWW » Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:08 am

Thanks! Will have to try crocheting sometime. So many good things have been made!


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