Adopted/bought a crabitat off Craigslist!

Freckles24 · Post by **Freckles24** » Tue May 23, 2017 3:44 pm

I was planning on upgrading my tank to a 20 gal in the next few weeks so I've been checking CL for a bigger tank. Yesterday I saw an ad for 2 hermit crabs in a 10 gal. Long story short I've already redone their tank. So now I have two 10 gal tanks with 2 purple pinchers each. Like I said I'll be upgrading but now I think I'll be getting a 30 gal haha.
I'll be adding pictures of their tank before I took over below

CrabMater · Post by **CrabMater** » Tue May 23, 2017 3:46 pm

"2 purple punchers" lol sorry. Auto correct gets me on this too.

Nice 10 gals. Good on you saving some lives.

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Freckles24 · Post by **Freckles24** » Tue May 23, 2017 3:50 pm

CrabMater wrote:"2 purple punchers" lol sorry. Auto correct gets me on this too. Nice 10 gals. Good on you saving some lives.

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I fixed it! Haha

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Hermiearth · Post by **Hermiearth** » Tue May 23, 2017 4:08 pm

Make sure that your sub is 3x your biggest crabs height or 6 inches, whichever is deeper!

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Freckles24 · Post by **Freckles24** » Tue May 23, 2017 4:10 pm

Hermiearth wrote:Make sure that your sub is 3x your biggest crabs height or 6 inches, whichever is deeper!

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That's not my tank lol that's what it looked like when I bought it. Don't worry they've got a 5:1 ratio now!

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CrabMater · Post by **CrabMater** » Tue May 23, 2017 4:16 pm

Freckles24 wrote:
Hermiearth wrote:Make sure that your sub is 3x your biggest crabs height or 6 inches, whichever is deeper!

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That's not my tank lol that's what it looked like when I bought it. Don't worry they've got a 5:1 ratio now!

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I love 10gals. They make great betta tanks or hot houses. I figured you were upgrading from your post.

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Hermias_mom · Post by **Hermias_mom** » Tue May 23, 2017 4:28 pm

SO glad you'll be taking good care of them now!!! Good for you!!!

daws409 · Post by **daws409** » Tue May 23, 2017 4:29 pm

Congrats on the adoption! Looking forward to updated pics.

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Hermiearth · Post by **Hermiearth** » Tue May 23, 2017 5:14 pm

Oh! Gotcha! Congrats on the newbies!

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YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:39 pm

Congratulations on your adoption

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Freckles24 · Post by **Freckles24** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:13 pm

Buying a 29 gal Thursday! Exciteddd

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Kermie16 · Post by **Kermie16** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:27 pm

Congrats on ur adoption!! Looking forward to some pics after they destress

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Freckles24 · Post by **Freckles24** » Fri May 26, 2017 6:52 pm

Finally got the 29 gallon! Setting up tonight I have mopani wood soaking rn so that won't go in yet (I got it from petco and honestly it's such a cool looking piece of wood!) I definitely will need to pick up some more eco earth and decorations haha

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Freckles24 · Post by **Freckles24** » Fri May 26, 2017 7:23 pm

Before I start dismantling it I wanted to add a pic of the temporary adoptees tank (pretty bare

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Freckles24 · Post by **Freckles24** » Fri May 26, 2017 10:28 pm

(Pic heavy)
Whew finally mostly finished haha
Excuse the heating mat mess I'm waiting on an ultratherm in the mail and right now the tank is sitting at 78 so it's not too bad

There's 8-8.5" of sub but will definitely be adding more later

They seem to like it haha Paisley (unseen forth crab) went and hid in a hut so..

Also I made a baby shell shop because Aston is really small compared to the other 3 and I didn't want it to be hard for him to get to them.

I'm so glad I upgraded I love it

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HCA: Hermit Crab Association