New 40G Crabitat!

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New 40G Crabitat!

Post by HermitCrabFreak » Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:53 pm

I finally got everything together for my 40 gallon crabitat. Prior to this, I had two seperate 10 gallon tanks each with two hermit crabs in them. The first tank had Bada and Bing, which were two hermit crabs I brought home from the shore and in the second tank were Pauly and Snooki, who I adopted shortly after bringing home Bada and Bing.

Of course though, Bing went down for a molt before moving him and only three days I set up the new 40g, Bada followed down for a molt as well. So for now, only Pauly and Snooki are in the new 40g until Bada and Bing surface from their molts (and I cannot wait!! -- Bing should be up any day now hopefully).

So here are some tank pics. My boyfriend installed an automatic rain-mister. We have it set to go off every two hours for 15 seconds and it keeps the tank right at 80% humidity. During the daytime when the sun is on the tank, the temps are between 80-85 degrees, and at night they drop to about 76-79 degrees but I will have a second heat mat to put on the tank once Bada and Bing are moved into this tank, which should help with that.

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Let me know what you guys think! :)


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Re: New 40G Crabitat!

Post by I<3mycrabbies » Sun Sep 29, 2024 4:29 pm

I love the usage of natural wood and cholla wood!

And it could be fun to add second levels I always have fun doing that lol

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Re: New 40G Crabitat!

Post by curlysister » Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:04 pm

Looks great!
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Re: New 40G Crabitat!

Post by HermitCrabFreak » Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:42 am

I<3mycrabbies wrote:
Sun Sep 29, 2024 4:29 pm
I love the usage of natural wood and cholla wood!

And it could be fun to add second levels I always have fun doing that lol
Thank you!
And I 100% plan on adding second levels and some upper "highways" that lead into some moss pits. That's the next project :)


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Re: New 40G Crabitat!

Post by I<3mycrabbies » Wed Oct 02, 2024 2:48 pm

I cant wait to see!

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Re: New 40G Crabitat!

Post by LavendarCrab » Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:42 am

Looks awesome!
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Re: New 40G Crabitat!

Post by aussieJJDude » Wed Oct 16, 2024 5:54 pm

Looks good.

Definitely keep an eye on the substrate to ensure that the mister doesn't lead to a flood! I imagine the heat lamps would help dry things out a little, to counteract, but keep an eye on things regardless!

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