Tank Build Diary

RiNiKy506 · Post by **RiNiKy506** » Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:35 pm

Love that stand, it is beautiful.

ROSIEonFIRE · Post by **ROSIEonFIRE** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:50 pm

Finally moved our stuff over to the new place!! Now we just need to get the floors finished and we can move the crabs over. First pic is a lot bluer than the real color, second pic with the boxes in it shows the colors better.

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Hermiesguardian · Post by **Hermiesguardian** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 3:28 pm

Love the colors!

ciaraalston · Post by **ciaraalston** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:33 am

Wow, the colors really pop. It's beautiful!!!!!

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ROSIEonFIRE · Post by **ROSIEonFIRE** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:41 pm

ciaraalston wrote:Wow, the colors really pop. It's beautiful!!!!!

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Thanks! I have a vintage yellow formica table that will go in that room as well. I want sheer curtains, I'm thinking either pink (possibly with shiny silver stars) or coral.

Cant wait to get the crabitat set up! It feels so far off still :/ gotta wait for my guy to finish redoing the floors so I'll probably be moving the crabs over around 9/3

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Post by **aussieJJDude** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:10 pm

Wow, those colours really pop. I like em a lot! Cant wait to see how this progresses.

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ROSIEonFIRE · Post by **ROSIEonFIRE** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:09 pm

Its gonna be a long night. Just started putting the tat together, this egg crate stuff is great to work with so far.

Hang in there guys!!

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CrabbyLover77 · Post by **CrabbyLover77** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:31 pm

Good luck! Can't wait to see the finished product!

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ROSIEonFIRE · Post by **ROSIEonFIRE** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:01 pm

Ok so naturally this is taking me longer than I hoped it would and I really want to take the time to do this right. I've made 2 panels so far, just have to attach the platform(s?) to them and then I think I'm going to call it a night. I realized I have some basic supplies here (heat mat, food, fresh/salt water, hides, etc), so I'll set them up with paper towel in the unfinished tat tonight just to give them a little break from roughing it, then finish the build tomorrow. What do u guys think of this layout? I'm really liking it! There will be a couple more coconut hides piled in the corner, stage left.

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ROSIEonFIRE · Post by **ROSIEonFIRE** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:19 pm

So the gang has been upgraded from a crabby motel to a crabby presidential suite! This should hold everyone in relative comfort overnight. Put the newbies in, everyone seems to be getting along so far, they've already changed shells like 5 times now lol.

Man it feels good to see them in this tank! Even with the 2 new additions its really so much more space than they had before.

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Hermiesguardian · Post by **Hermiesguardian** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:28 pm

Looks great! How deep is your substrate? It's hard to tell from the pictures.

ROSIEonFIRE · Post by **ROSIEonFIRE** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:46 pm

Hermiesguardian wrote:Looks great! How deep is your substrate? It's hard to tell from the pictures.

Right now theres no sub bc the tank isn't set up yet! Its gonna be done tomorrow, I just set them up in some temporary digs overnight since the crabitat at the old house has been broken down. Theres currently paper towel on the ground which I misted to create some humidity. I'm planning on 10/11" of sub.

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CrabbyLover77 · Post by **CrabbyLover77** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:41 am

I'm jealous of all the climbing and digging room your crabbies are going to have! If all my crabs weren't molting right now, I'm sure they'd give everything 2 claws up.

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ciaraalston · Post by **ciaraalston** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:31 am

Looks great! I cant wait to see the finished product. I love how you ran the vine along the back. It's going to look wonderful!!!

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YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:18 am

Love the stand and the colors of everything! Congratulations on the upgrade!

Can't wait to see the finished product!

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