http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... 8&t=108875
Was up late experimenting since everyone in the tank was out and about and figured I'd take a few shots. I had two bins on the upper levels of the reworked tank from that thread above but they constantly shifted them to get in a little corner that was near the edge of the heater and isolated. Rather than fight them on this I decided to try and make an "upper hammock" to give them more play space and easier access to their hidey holes.
No sooner than I moved the bins everyone showed back up, very curious as to why I had the light on and what I was doing to their tank! I pacified them with some treat dishes and got to work but I thought the forum would like to see some pics of the crabbies in action as I worked.
( Full Album link - http://imgur.com/a/Hv6lQ )
Originally I thought I'd make a sort of tunnel to prop up above the area:
This changed into more of a hammock design in the prototype in the tank now that gives a bit of a more "cave" feeling to the upper heated area that I think the crabs will appreciate.
To start with here we have lil' guy wondering exactly why I interrupted chilltimes:
Since he was being good I just took a bunch of pictures
Hey, taking pictures are we??
As an update to my last crabitat thread the gang now have 2 wider pools that I don't think they ever use other than for drinking purposes and shell balance but at least make sure the humidity is always above and beyond what it needs to be.
After a bit of rigging and tying and fixing and adjusting and fixing and tying and... we have ourselves a test hammock supported by stick pillars and netting as well as ties to locations in the tank for backup.
This will obviously need quite a bit of tweaking and I'll probably just end up making a second one with better ropework to replace the whole thing with, but I think its a decent proof of concept
Added benefit this makes their dry food and tunnel access area even more cave-like which is something they seem to enjoy.
Hey hey did you get a picture of me on the new thing? I like new things!
Before:
After:
I'd be curious for any opinions on the test design, It obviously needs some better layout and I'm thinking about using segments of the netting and plastic canvas together in a series of "plates" instead supported by even more pillars. We'll see what the crabs think about all this first though
Bonus old shot of Shelby:
