The Norwegian crabitat

[Lothlorien]

This is a Juwel Trigion 190 l (50 ish gallon)

The sub is sand and coconut soil (from exo terra)

There are roots and living plants, most for decoration and trashing. They love the fern! There are five ruggies living here (at least, that's what we ordered) but I think two of them are under ground already. They arrived yesterday, but I haven't seen two off them all afternoon. We rearranged abit and couldn't find them. Hope there okey

So, we have Salt, Pepper and one that my husband shall name, it will either be Chant or Willys. The ones underground haven't got names yet. We have to get to know them a bit.







(Don't mind the hygrometer thingy, we just placed it. Now the temperature is 27 degrees (80,6 F) and 75% humidity- going upwards.)

[Lothlorien]

Just want to mention that the aquarium have been decorated and just hanging there crabless for a week, just so we could see if we could keep the crabitat stabil

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[daws409]

Looks awesome!

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[GotButterflies]

Wow - beautiful looking crabbies and crabitat! Very normal for them to bury and destress! Just leave them be.
A few things I would like to mention- make sure substrate is at least 6" deep or three times deeper than your largest crab (whichever is deepest). Make sure your water pools are large enough for them to submerge in and get out of. Be sure to get more levels (either more wood to climb - cholla, grapevine, mopani, corkbark), and or some vines, etc. More levels = more room all in due time of course - have fun decorating.

Edit: Pools: Dechlorinated fresh water and marine salt water

[LadyJinglyJones]

THOSE TINY EYES...!

Looks great. You'll have to let us know which plants survive the best - I know a number of us are very interested to know which plants hold up under crab abuse.

[Lothlorien]

Wow - beautiful looking crabbies and crabitat! Very normal for them to bury and destress! Just leave them be.
A few things I would like to mention- make sure substrate is at least 6" deep or three times deeper than your largest crab (whichever is deepest). Make sure your water pools are large enough for them to submerge in and get out of. Be sure to get more levels (either more wood to climb - cholla, grapevine, mopani, corkbark), and or some vines, etc. More levels = more room all in due time of course - have fun decorating.

Edit: Pools: Dechlorinated fresh water and marine salt water

We are waiting for some pools on the mail, the freshwater tank is deep. The saltwater is not so deep. We don't have chlorine in our drinking water, so no worries The sub is a bit over 15 cm, that's six"

More levels are comming We love aquascaping in our aquarium, thats my husbands passion. He have lots of ideas.

Coconut huts are to small for the hermies, tho. That makes me a bit sad, they are so cute!!

[Lothlorien]

THOSE TINY EYES...!

Looks great. You'll have to let us know which plants survive the best - I know a number of us are very interested to know which plants hold up under crab abuse.

I'll keep you updated

[GotButterflies]

Wow - beautiful looking crabbies and crabitat! Very normal for them to bury and destress! Just leave them be.
A few things I would like to mention- make sure substrate is at least 6" deep or three times deeper than your largest crab (whichever is deepest). Make sure your water pools are large enough for them to submerge in and get out of. Be sure to get more levels (either more wood to climb - cholla, grapevine, mopani, corkbark), and or some vines, etc. More levels = more room all in due time of course - have fun decorating.

Edit: Pools: Dechlorinated fresh water and marine salt water

We are waiting for some pools on the mail, the freshwater tank is deep. The saltwater is not so deep. We don't have chlorine in our drinking water, so no worries The sub is a bit over 15 cm, that's six"

More levels are comming We love aquascaping in our aquarium, thats my husbands passion. He have lots of ideas.

Coconut huts are to small for the hermies, tho. That makes me a bit sad, they are so cute!!

I would switch your pools until they come. They would prefer saltwater deeper over freshwater The dechlorinater is more than removing chlorine. I'll attach the link: http://hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/ ... 25&t=92553 Love all the pictures! Thanks for sharing!!

[Lothlorien]

Wow - beautiful looking crabbies and crabitat! Very normal for them to bury and destress! Just leave them be.
A few things I would like to mention- make sure substrate is at least 6" deep or three times deeper than your largest crab (whichever is deepest). Make sure your water pools are large enough for them to submerge in and get out of. Be sure to get more levels (either more wood to climb - cholla, grapevine, mopani, corkbark), and or some vines, etc. More levels = more room all in due time of course - have fun decorating.

Edit: Pools: Dechlorinated fresh water and marine salt water

We are waiting for some pools on the mail, the freshwater tank is deep. The saltwater is not so deep. We don't have chlorine in our drinking water, so no worries The sub is a bit over 15 cm, that's six"

More levels are comming We love aquascaping in our aquarium, thats my husbands passion. He have lots of ideas.

Coconut huts are to small for the hermies, tho. That makes me a bit sad, they are so cute!!

I would switch your pools until they come. They would prefer saltwater deeper over freshwater The dechlorinater is more than removing chlorine. I'll attach the link: http://hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/ ... 25&t=92553 Love all the pictures! Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you! This I didn't know, I will pass it on to my hubby. He knows the water here I haven't read all, and it's very late here so I'm going to bed. Just wondering, our water is very soft. Will that harm the ruggies? Should we make it harder? I have bought cuttlefish bone, should I put it in the water, or just lay it in the tank?

You guys are amazing Learning so much!

[GotButterflies]

Yw! If you have a soft water system, you should be fine - no you would not want to make it hard A lot of us just stick the cuttlebone in the tank like a surfboard - it looks cute that way Get some rest!

Edit: stick the cuttlebone into the substrate like a surfboard sticking up

[KTM200xc]

Those guys are awesome! I like the plants. That's one thing I need to add to mine.

[Lothlorien]

Those guys are awesome! I like the plants. That's one thing I need to add to mine.

Thank you! I love the ruggies, find them so cute!

[Kermie16]

Oh my!!! Ur ruggies are ADORABLE!!! And ur tank is beautifully set up! I really like the center wood piece that is standing up!


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[Lothlorien]

Oh my!!! Ur ruggies are ADORABLE!!! And ur tank is beautifully set up! I really like the center wood piece that is standing up!


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Thank you! The ruggies likes that piece too, they climb up there to enjoy the view So cute!

[Lothlorien]

Pepper is the only one out and about today