All about freshwater & saltwater - dechlorinators, salt, water bowls, and pool construction & maintenance.
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purpleperson
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by purpleperson » Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:43 pm
mool wrote:I personally do not put plastic of any kind in my tanks if I can avoid it. The only plastic I concede to are the temp and humidity gauges.
My pools are glass (Pyrex) or ceramic baking dishes. Right now I have rather shallow ones at 2-3" (cake), but I'm going to upgrade to bread pans which should be 4" or so.
I get them at 2nd hand stores.
How do you attach ramps and things to the glass ones? The crabs I take care of at my school use glass dishes and we just put rocks and coral in them so they can climb out. However it takes up lots of the room in the pools :/
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mool
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by mool » Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:22 pm
I don't put a ramp, I just slightly submerge them into the sub and add a few rocks to the bottom.
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Ilovehermies74
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by Ilovehermies74 » Fri May 06, 2016 9:47 pm
i want to put in bigger bowls but am nervous my smaller crabs will drown. Any suggestions?
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soilentgringa
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by soilentgringa » Fri May 06, 2016 9:50 pm
Ilovehermies74 wrote:i want to put in bigger bowls but am nervous my smaller crabs will drown. Any suggestions?
Hermit crabs won't drown as long as they can hook a leg over the side of the bowl. They need to be able to fully submerge. You can use rocks, shells, plastic needlepoint canvas, or fake plants to provide them a way out.
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Ilovehermies74
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by Ilovehermies74 » Sat May 07, 2016 4:49 pm
ok good to know! What about keeping them clean?
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soilentgringa
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by soilentgringa » Sat May 07, 2016 7:23 pm
Ilovehermies74 wrote:ok good to know! What about keeping them clean?
You can wash them with hot water and dish soap, rinse really well and dry. You can also use water and vinegar if you are worried about the soap. If you don't have airstones I'd change the water every 3 days or so; more often if you have crabs who like to poop in the water like mine do.
If you do have airstones you can go longer between changes.
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kieagcarm
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by kieagcarm » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:09 pm
Pinchersparadise wrote:I've actually been making pools for people! And they would fit in a 20 gallon
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I can't find you on etsy, how much do you charge for these?I have a 20g tall
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Just Jay
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by Just Jay » Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:36 pm
I also have a 20g long tank that i put a a small sized kritter keeper in. I have some sand and pebbles/marbles in the bottom. Along with shells that arent good homes or just too big for any crabs currently. I then use some aquarium egg crating as a ramp. Thats secured with suction cups that have hooks on them. On one side of the SW pool the sub is also high enough for them to almost walk in and out easily.
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Kermie16
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by Kermie16 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:02 am
Here are pics of the pools I made. I used left over river rocks from Hobby Lobby and left over clam shells from a bag of random shells and aquarium safe silicone. Oh, and I used regular Tupperware I already had.
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Just Jay
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by Just Jay » Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:17 pm
Kermie16 wrote:Here are pics of the pools I made. I used left over river rocks from Hobby Lobby and left over clam shells from a bag of random shells and aquarium safe silicone. Oh, and I used regular Tupperware I already had.
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I love how the scallop and clam shells make like crab stairs.
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Kermie16
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by Kermie16 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:54 pm
Thank u! That was the purpose with the river rocks underneath to support the shells since most of our crabbies don't really like to submerge themselves most of the time:)
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kieagcarm
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by kieagcarm » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:21 pm
Kermie16 wrote:Thank u! That was the purpose with the river rocks underneath to support the shells since most of our crabbies don't really like to submerge themselves most of the time:)
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How do you clean them out, since they are glued on?
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Just Jay
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by Just Jay » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:30 pm
Aquarium safe silicone is fine to clean the same way you would any of your crab fixtures. Either hot water/apple cider vinegar/salt water bath. Buut im sure kieagcarm has a method to clean all the cracks and such.
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Kermie16
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by Kermie16 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:35 pm
I wash in hot water and I use a little bristle brush used for like bathroom cleaning and stuff. It has a small curved head with bristles so it scrubs in all the nooks and crannies
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Just Jay
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by Just Jay » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:50 pm
Kermie16 wrote:I wash in hot water and I use a little bristle brush used for like bathroom cleaning and stuff. It has a small curved head with bristles so it scrubs in all the nooks and crannies
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Ive found great brushes like that for cleaning bird and hamster cages. They were cheaper than ones for bathrooms too!
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