New 20 Gallon Long tank

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New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by TazandBruce3 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:31 am

It has been a while since I last posted on this forum, and I figured I could give everyone an update on my hermies!

Two years ago, at a beach boardwalk, I rescued two PPs from a souvenir shop.One crab was named Taz, who was smaller in size, and the other crab was named Bruce. Unfortunately, two weeks after rescuing them, Bruce passed away. I purchased a new crab a few days after Bruce passed, his name is Gatsby. My crabs lived in a 10 gallon tank, with two huts, two water bowls, and ecoearth/sand substrate. Up until a few days ago, my crabs remained in this crabitat. While living in this tank, my crabs were barely active, and were always hidden in their huts. Recently, this Monday actually, I rescued another crab from the boardwalk, and he is still live and well. This crab LOVED to climb, therefore I named him Peter, like Peter Parker (Spiderman :lol: )
Over three days, I purchased items for my new 20 Gallon tank! I purchased things such as fake foliage, new substrate, etc. Ever since i placed my crabs in this new setup, they have been extremely active. Here are some photos of the new crabitat!

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This is the tank from the outside

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I made this ramp from sticks and hot glue, which leads to a hammock.

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Now they have deep bowls of water and freshwater!! :D

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I actually made this hut with hot and sticks from my yard. The crabs love it :crabbigsmile:

My crabbies absolutely adore this tank! I am very happy that they can live in a good home.
Proud Owner of 3 Purple Pinchers:

Taz the Runner
Gatsby the Escape Artist
Lissette the Climber

Gone But Not Forgotten:

Bruce the Gentle Giant


"Verily, there is heavenly reward for every act of kindness done to a living animal."-Prophet Muhammad

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Re: New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by GotButterflies » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:46 am

Your tank looks beautiful! What do you have on the top of your tank to keep the humidity in? It kind of looks like a piece of carpet padding. If so, I'm not sure that would be good, I think that stuff has chemicals. Congrats on your new crabs!
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Re: New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by TazandBruce3 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:07 pm

@GotButterflies

I found on YouTube that a way to keep in humidity would be to use duct tape. I figured it was affordable, and gave it a try! The tape does a very good job at keeping in humidity, and keeps the tank about 87%!! Thank you so much for the compliment :)
Proud Owner of 3 Purple Pinchers:

Taz the Runner
Gatsby the Escape Artist
Lissette the Climber

Gone But Not Forgotten:

Bruce the Gentle Giant


"Verily, there is heavenly reward for every act of kindness done to a living animal."-Prophet Muhammad

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Re: New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by Crabinski » Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:52 pm

Looks really nice! Just one caveat about hot glue: it won't hold up very long under crabitat conditions -- too humid.
PPs are Big Enzo, Charles Paris and Mr Pinch
On the Big Beach in the Sky: Murray, Gino, Oscar, Gordon, Ignatz, Harry and King Felix the Pale
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New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by GotButterflies » Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:16 pm

@TazandBruce3 aha! I see how it can be duct tape now! Neat idea! Thanks for sharing your tank! :) (sorry-just realized autocorrect changed your name before!)
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Re: New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by TazandBruce3 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:17 pm

@crabinski

Let's hope it holds up well enough before I have to resort to super glue!
Proud Owner of 3 Purple Pinchers:

Taz the Runner
Gatsby the Escape Artist
Lissette the Climber

Gone But Not Forgotten:

Bruce the Gentle Giant


"Verily, there is heavenly reward for every act of kindness done to a living animal."-Prophet Muhammad


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Re: New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by nchmi28 » Sat Oct 15, 2016 1:58 pm

Crabinski wrote:Looks really nice! Just one caveat about hot glue: it won't hold up very long under crabitat conditions -- too humid.
Hot glue is just melted plastic, humidity should have no effect on it.

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Re: New 20 Gallon Long tank

Post by Erin9712 » Sat Oct 15, 2016 2:16 pm

Hot glue does lose hold in humidity. Speaking from personal experience. I made a super nice thing with driftwood and shells for them to eat out of (it had several shells for different foods. I was really proud of myself) it lasted a week before it came apart.


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