I think that I have finally named my crab room!

YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Fri May 12, 2017 1:27 pm

Okay...so this took me some time...but I have settled with Searenity. (Play on words for serenity). I have the 100g, the 75g, and now a 55g that I have recently set up. I'm waiting for two long pieces of cholla that I ordered off of ebay to come in. (That I already have no room for!) Still need to modify the hamster wheel for that crabitat as well. Going to have to add a topper to the 55 gallon for sure.

Hermiearth · Post by **Hermiearth** » Fri May 12, 2017 1:39 pm

Omg it astounds me that you have a crab room! They have basically taken over mine. I like the name too!!

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Hermias_mom · Post by **Hermias_mom** » Fri May 12, 2017 1:52 pm

I wish I had a crab room... I barely have a crab dresser.

Do you plan to share tank pics or build pics for your setting up of the 55 gallon and/or the topper? I'd love to see them!

Searenity... that sounds so peaceful...

Giner13 · Post by **Giner13** » Fri May 12, 2017 2:53 pm

So neat! I love the name!!

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daws409 · Post by **daws409** » Fri May 12, 2017 3:01 pm

Love it! Pics would be awesome!!

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LadyJinglyJones · Post by **LadyJinglyJones** » Fri May 12, 2017 3:03 pm

I would do very bad things to be able to devote an entire room to tanks (for a variety of things, really).

Love the name though! How many hamster wheels are you up to now??

YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Fri May 12, 2017 8:28 pm

It's really amazing how the room has transformed over the last 20 years. It was first my stepdaughter's room...then it became a Lego/crab room...now it's my room to do what I wish with it. It has the three crabitats and a snake tank. If only I could have made arrangements to get that 500gallon tank on Tuesday! Guy wanted it gone in 1 hour...It was perfect, but I didn't have the manpower or a truck for it, and it was an hour away. Husband even said I could too. It just wasn't meant to be.

I have the three wheels still. This one will make 4

I have all of the materials bought to put it together, just need to do it!

Pictures will come soon! I promise! Cholla is supposed to come by Wednesday I think.

daws409 · Post by **daws409** » Fri May 12, 2017 9:26 pm

GotButterflies wrote:If only I could have made arrangements to get that 500gallon tank on Tuesday! Guy wanted it gone in 1 hour...It was perfect, but I didn't have the manpower or a truck for it, and it was an hour away. Husband even said I could too. It just wasn't meant to be.

Wow! I think I would have found a way to get that tank. That would be my dream tank!! But maybe it was meant for someone else

I think I'm done upgrading for a while! I went from a 10G to a 55G then to a 90G after we bought a house. I added the 120G bamboo tank for the clan I adopted in February. Then I upgraded the 90G to a 125G with a 40B topper. My husband wants bearded dragons eventually. So they'll have the 90G once my molters come up.

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daws409 · Post by **daws409** » Fri May 12, 2017 9:31 pm

If you have three tanks dedicated to hermies... How many do you have? I know you have some straws, some e's, and some pp's but I can't remember you stating how many other than the tanks themselves.

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soilentgringa · Post by **soilentgringa** » Fri May 12, 2017 10:00 pm

I downsized to one tank, but am about to have 2 straws so I'll probably end up with one large one. .
The "it's complicated" boy picked up several large tanks from a storage unit for a friend last weekend or so and is going to see if he can't get me one of those. If I get a 125 or larger I will just stick with that.

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soilentgringa · Post by **soilentgringa** » Fri May 12, 2017 10:00 pm

And Searenity sounds perfect!

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YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Sat May 13, 2017 12:22 pm

I have a total of four tanks set up in that room. Three crabitats - 100g, 75g, 55g. The fourth tank (a 55g) houses a 9 maybe 10 year old male Ball Python. I have a 40g fish tank upstairs that houses a 21 year old female Blood Parrot fish. She is alone. In her lifetime she has killed 2 males. I used to have a tire track eel, but he passed due to old age.

That 500g was a dream tank for me! Believe me - I tried to make it work. Nobody was available. I even considered renting a Uhaul - but I didn't have manpower to move the tank.

One of these days I'll have something like that! They said it was 8ft long and 4ft wide.

How many crabs do I have?

Should I admit that? LOL!! I have too many. I have 16 pps, 4 straws, 6 es, and 2 lilas. I really have 4 lilas in my possession, but 2 of them belong to my friend. I've had them since the middle of April. My friends haven't been able to come get them yet. I love my crabs,

and I'm always looking for larger tanks. Drives my husband nuts because I already have a collection of tanks to get rid of.

YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Sat May 13, 2017 12:24 pm

soilentgringa wrote:I downsized to one tank, but am about to have 2 straws so I'll probably end up with one large one. .
The "it's complicated" boy picked up several large tanks from a storage unit for a friend last weekend or so and is going to see if he can't get me one of those. If I get a 125 or larger I will just stick with that.

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Nice! Glad you are getting those Straws! Hope you get that tank! That would be nice!

YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Sat May 13, 2017 2:12 pm

So I haven't repainted the room since I decorated it for my stepdaughter years ago, and it's not going to happen now either with all these heavy tanks! If you look close you can see a Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar hanging at the bottom left hand side of the valance. I brought it in bc it's raining outside.

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YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Sat May 13, 2017 2:31 pm

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