40g to a 67g

Miko · Post by **Miko** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:56 am

ok so i found a 40g tank on CL for $90 i talked them down to $80. got it home cleaned it out went to petsmart to get a lid and a UTH and other things to get it ready.....after looking around at the 40g that they had i satred to think my tank is bigger then that..... i had to go to home depot to get plexiglas for a lid (petsmart only had lids for 20g) and more sand...got home and re took all the meserments of the tank and it turns out its a 67g tank!!!!so i got it set up and took everything out of my 20g and only 3 of my vrabs where up so i moved them and after trying to move some of the sand thats in the 20g to my 67g tank i poked a hole in on my big girl launch....she is getting ready to molt im hoping i didnt mess anything up...so i now have no dinning room till my 3 in the 20 come up and my new one in iso comes up....i swear my hubby thinks im crazy...

Laurie LeAnn · Post by **Laurie LeAnn** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:41 am

I have a 55 that takes up one wall on a stand, before they were in a 10 gallon to a 29 then to what I have. yes my husband is the same during super bowl sunday he said to his relatives i'm the only person in laharpe to have crabs.. I said excuse me.. I AM THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE CRABS! they are mine I take care of them..

Geranium · Post by **Geranium** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:27 am

My kids keep talking about an intervention. I have a 55 gallon in the living room and a 40 gallon in the kitchen. I check on them at least twice a day checking their temperature. When I changed the tanks over I had 5 different tanks while waiting for the ones I knew were alive to come up in 3 of them. I am settled for now. I love the 55, it is fun to decorate.

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:32 am

@Miko, nice haul a 67gal is an odd find to say the least as it a custom size rather than an on the shelve size and can go anywhere from $200 to $390 depending on the manufacturer.I started out with a ten gallon then moved up to a thirty gallon long after several years, then to the forty gallon breeder in just a couple of years and now after using the forty for about three years I'm using a 129 gallon long that was given to me for free because the guy who'd had his fish in it could not take it with him when he moved back to Alabama.The 129 gallon is also a custom build running anywhere from $1000 to $2500 because it came with a custom built stand, glass lids, lights and hood cover to match the stand.I had to trash the hood cover because it had grown black mold from where the water from the filters had been splashing back up on to it for so long.I've had a lot of people look it me like I'm crazy when I break out my camera to show them pictures of my new enclosure and then tell them what its for and their like seriously you did all that for some bugs.lolI keep my hermitcrabs in my bedroom the sounds of them moving and bumping around throughout the night help me to sleep and believe me when people actually get to see my enclosure up close and in person they get freaked out because of the size of my hermitcrabs hence the need for such a large enclosure.lol

Laurie LeAnn · Post by **Laurie LeAnn** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:04 am

I ditched my hood cover just cause it was so heavy to lift on and off if I needed to get in the whole tank and it makes the tank taller and I am short so reaching in was harder to. it made it look really nice, it's in the spare bedroom. I dig it out once in awhile. I am over the re decorating so much and checking on them very much.. just check once at feeding time and go eh...