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Post by MrTeacherDude » Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:38 pm

So I've been searching high and low for a while to create a second level for my crabs. I have the moss pit in the shower caddy, but I wanted more! Hah! When I was digging through my supply closet in my classroom I came across these:

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BOOM! These are working perfectly for a bottom floor shell shop and top floor Snack Bar. I glued some netting to the side to act as a ladder and some burlap fabric to the bottom of the top floor and badda-bing a new level appeared!

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You can barely see it in this last picture. I may have to move my light because it blocks a lot of it. I've been looking at using the all weather LED strips to get rid of those lamps...


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Post by daws409 » Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:01 pm

Cool idea

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Post by GotButterflies » Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:40 pm

That looks great!! Pretty nifty I might add! :)
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Post by MrTeacherDude » Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:19 pm

Would've never thought about these. they've been in my closet for nearly 3 years!


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Post by MrTeacherDude » Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:21 pm

May add another set to the other corner. Put my "wet" food off of the sub and the dry food on the bottom. Keep the food dishes for later.


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Post by MrTeacherDude » Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:39 pm

Added another set to the other side. Lots of climbs for my crabboids now!

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Post by Crabinski » Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:46 pm

Love it! You know you're a crabber when you see plastic bins and immediately picture a second level set up in the crabitat :lol: !!
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Post by GotButterflies » Tue Mar 07, 2017 9:00 pm

It looks great with even more!! :)
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Post by PinchersAndShells » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:00 pm

Hey, sorry to post something sort of off topic but I saw you still have your KK pools and was wondering how well they're holding up?
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Post by MrTeacherDude » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:07 pm

PinchersAndShells wrote:Hey, sorry to post something sort of off topic but I saw you still have your KK pools and was wondering how well they're holding up?
Excellent. I don't move them very much. Maybe once every other week to clean them. My bubblers usually empty it out pretty quickly so I never have any stagnant water. No leaks, no cracks. I'm thinking about doubling them though so it adds strength and keeps my spot open when I pull it out...


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Post by PinchersAndShells » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:17 pm

Good idea! I'm not having much luck with finding tupperware that's deep but fits what I'm looking for as far as width and length goes. I'm going to give Walmart another once over before picking whether I'll be using tupperware or a KK...
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Post by GotButterflies » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:18 pm

MrTeacherDude wrote:
PinchersAndShells wrote:Hey, sorry to post something sort of off topic but I saw you still have your KK pools and was wondering how well they're holding up?
Excellent. I don't move them very much. Maybe once every other week to clean them. My bubblers usually empty it out pretty quickly so I never have any stagnant water. No leaks, no cracks. I'm thinking about doubling them though so it adds strength and keeps my spot open when I pull it out...


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Have you considered cleaning them with a gravel siphon vacuum? That is what I use to clean my pools. They sell them for turtle tanks, or for aquariums. They have them for really small aquariums. I recently went on a hunt to upgrade one of my pools. Looked everywhere. I settled on a 2.5 gallon glass aquarium. It's about the same size of a kk that I have, but takes up a little less space due to the shape. I used it above the substrate to give them more molting space.
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Post by CrabbyMommy2017 » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:38 am

@MrTeacherDude

That looks so cool! Thanks for the 2nd level idea. Ive been pondering a 2nd level myself. My husband suggested using some kind or cork bark and wedging it between the two long sides of the tank. But i was worried that might fall if not wedged securely enough and wouldnt be very easy to get around for cleaning and regular maintenance. Didnt even think i might have something sitting on my desk that would work perfectly!

Now i just have to find something else to put my office supplies in. Lol.

Crabs vs. office supplies? Yeah. Crabs win. Im going to go rob the storage bins off my desk now. Lol.

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Re: Funny find

Post by MrTeacherDude » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:49 pm

CrabbyMommy2017 wrote:Crabs vs. office supplies? Yeah. Crabs win. Im going to go rob the storage bins off my desk now. Lol.

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Crabs ALWAYS win...office supplies can find a random drawer to live in...


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