How big is your tank/s

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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by agentcrabby » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:44 am

aussieJJDude wrote:Just a 140g tank, and a small 1g tote that can be used as an ISO if needed.
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by CrazyCrab12 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:49 am

my crabs are in a 45 gal right now, but i've recently acquired a 160 gal, i'm just not allowed to set it up until i move out.
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:24 am

aussieJJDude wrote:Oh, does this include other tanks... :)
- 64G fish tank, mostly SA (except kuhlies. Angels, rummies, cories, BN... Planted of course)
- 25G (small) desktop tank (boraras maculatus, cherries, BN fry, cories (habrosus)... and of course, plants.)


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Any idea how old your oldest rummy is?
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by mool » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:32 pm

Whelp, I bought a 75 to replace my 55 and I am picking up a 125 on a stand with 13 resident crabs (2 straws, 3 e's, 2 ruggies, 1 viola and the rest pp's) in early March. I think my front living room is going to become the crab room...

I'm torn on whether or not to keep the 40B or upgrade it or transfer the contents to the 55. I like the foot print of the 40B a lot better. I wonder what else will fit on that stand....

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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by daws409 » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:07 pm

mool wrote:Whelp, I bought a 75 to replace my 55 and I am picking up a 125 on a stand with 13 resident crabs (2 straws, 3 e's, 2 ruggies, 1 viola and the rest pp's) in early March. I think my front living room is going to become the crab room...

I'm torn on whether or not to keep the 40B or upgrade it or transfer the contents to the 55. I like the foot print of the 40B a lot better. I wonder what else will fit on that stand....
Congrats on the upgrade!

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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by aussieJJDude » Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:53 pm

agentcrabby wrote:Wow pics please!
I've been meaning to post for a couple of weeks, however lately I been having really bad internet troubles and haven't been able to find (enough) time to do so. ;) I've got an old post somewhere before my recent update.
LadyJinglyJones wrote:I adore habs. I want to get like, a huge school of the when I finally upgrade! :D
Any idea how old your oldest rummy is?
They are amazing. If they weren't so dam hard to find - and expensive, $20 each! - then i would have more. Roughly my oldest is around 3-4 year old, I've honestly lost count. :) It was around the time I was in yr 9 or 10, and his little group were pretty large sized, so I assume he is probably approaching more 6-7 years of age. Great fishes, the hardest part about them is to get them settled. Once they settled, large - or frequent - waterchanges have given me the most success.
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:09 am

aussieJJDude wrote: They are amazing. If they weren't so dam hard to find - and expensive, $20 each! - then i would have more. Roughly my oldest is around 3-4 year old, I've honestly lost count. :) It was around the time I was in yr 9 or 10, and his little group were pretty large sized, so I assume he is probably approaching more 6-7 years of age. Great fishes, the hardest part about them is to get them settled. Once they settled, large - or frequent - waterchanges have given me the most success.
$20 each?! Whoa. I knew I was spoilt, living in Toronto (fish are especially inexpensive here), but I had no idea they could cost that much. I mean... I guess it's because you're in Australia. But wow. :shock:
They're a $3 fish here. You can buy like, ten, and get them for about 1.50 ea in some places.

My eldest rummy is going on about six years. I find them to be remarkably long lived. I don't really know any fish people, an I'm trying to figure out what the upper limit for them is... just out of curiosity. :)
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by daws409 » Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:18 am

LadyJinglyJones wrote: My eldest rummy is going on about six years. I find them to be remarkably long lived. I don't really know any fish people, an I'm trying to figure out what the upper limit for them is... just out of curiosity. :)
Have you tried fish lore aquarium? They also have a forum on tapatalk

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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by ErikRasmussen » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:09 pm

I am using a 55g for 4 crabs. I have a 10g iso. The tanks i am not using are a 10g 20g and 150g

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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:47 pm

ErikRasmussen wrote:I am using a 55g for 4 crabs. I have a 10g iso. The tanks i am not using are a 10g 20g and 150g
Ooh... I would love a 150. Is it inoperative because of space restrictions, or just because there's only the 4 crabs?
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by ErikRasmussen » Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:21 pm

No it works just fine. We just moved into a smaller place as soon as I got it and I dont have the space, or frankly the money, for that project at the moment. Its never been used and is for sale PM me if your interested.

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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:19 pm

Oh, I live in Canada. .. I think shipping would be a bit much. :wink:
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by aussieJJDude » Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:12 am

LadyJinglyJones wrote:$20 each?! Whoa. I knew I was spoilt, living in Toronto (fish are especially inexpensive here), but I had no idea they could cost that much. I mean... I guess it's because you're in Australia. But wow. :shock:
They're a $3 fish here. You can buy like, ten, and get them for about 1.50 ea in some places.

My eldest rummy is going on about six years. I find them to be remarkably long lived. I don't really know any fish people, an I'm trying to figure out what the upper limit for them is... just out of curiosity. :)
Most fish here are overprice. Its Australia, importation doesn't work out to be cheap at all! In fact, aquarium hobbies - and to a degree, crabbing - is relativity expensive to start up, in aus you're looking over $200 to start out - with fresh supplies... A 10g fish tank can easy cost around $70-100 brand new, excluding supplies and stands.
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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by shanedaman112 » Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:34 pm

aussieJJDude wrote:
LadyJinglyJones wrote:$20 each?! Whoa. I knew I was spoilt, living in Toronto (fish are especially inexpensive here), but I had no idea they could cost that much. I mean... I guess it's because you're in Australia. But wow. :shock:
They're a $3 fish here. You can buy like, ten, and get them for about 1.50 ea in some places.

My eldest rummy is going on about six years. I find them to be remarkably long lived. I don't really know any fish people, an I'm trying to figure out what the upper limit for them is... just out of curiosity. :)
Most fish here are overprice. Its Australia, importation doesn't work out to be cheap at all! In fact, aquarium hobbies - and to a degree, crabbing - is relativity expensive to start up, in aus you're looking over $200 to start out - with fresh supplies... A 10g fish tank can easy cost around $70-100 brand new, excluding supplies and stands.
Well, that's how much it costed me. I live in FL and definitely spent over 200 on my crabs initial setup and around 100 on my 10 gal fresh water fish tank.

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Re: How big is your tank/s

Post by Dragonfreak » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:46 pm

Just went from 10g to 20gT it's cool.

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