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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by kip.rogers357 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:17 pm

Thank you all!
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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by NinjaPurgs » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:26 pm

This looks so awesome! If I had the time and money I would definitely build something similar. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions Kip if you don;t mind. Do you have all of your species of crabs together in that tank, and how deep do you have the substrate in this new tank?

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by kip.rogers357 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 2:24 pm

NinjaPurgs wrote:This looks so awesome! If I had the time and money I would definitely build something similar. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions Kip if you don;t mind. Do you have all of your species of crabs together in that tank, and how deep do you have the substrate in this new tank?
Thank you! Definitely save up, DIY is great and the crabs will enjoy it!
Don't mind the questions, keep 'em coming!
I do house all species together. I have PP's, E's, Rugs, and an Indo in here, and PP's in the 217gl.
I have 17" of substrate in this tank. Plus the two EE pits which are about 7" deep. I plan on adding two more :-)
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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by Shawn » Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:07 pm

Thant tat definitely looks great. I bet your crabs will enjoy it.

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by EdisNiksic » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:14 am

Hey Kip, I am planning on making a 448.83 gallon tank. How many crabs do u think I could safely keep in there. It is going to be 6ft tall 5ft long and 2ft deep. There is going to be an insane amount of climbing space and the substrate alone is going to be about 70 gallons worth. And I am going to also have some large deep pools too.
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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by NinjaPurgs » Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:43 pm

kip.rogers357 wrote: Thank you! Definitely save up, DIY is great and the crabs will enjoy it!
Don't mind the questions, keep 'em coming!
I do house all species together. I have PP's, E's, Rugs, and an Indo in here, and PP's in the 217gl.
I have 17" of substrate in this tank. Plus the two EE pits which are about 7" deep. I plan on adding two more :-)
Awesome! Thanks for the response. :)

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by brittperry89 » Mon Apr 21, 2014 1:03 pm

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by ErikRasmussen » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:23 am

I thought those were airplants. I have always wanted to put mine in my tank but I don't have a big enough one to where it doesn't matter that they don't eat up the humidity. And im scared my crabs will eat them or something lol. But your tat is awesome. How do you clean it? Or do you?

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*Completed!*

Post by kip.rogers357 » Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:19 am

LOL Thanks brittperry89!
ErikRasmussen wrote:I thought those were airplants. I have always wanted to put mine in my tank but I don't have a big enough one to where it doesn't matter that they don't eat up the humidity. And im scared my crabs will eat them or something lol. But your tat is awesome. How do you clean it? Or do you?
Yes, air plants! The crabs don't really seem to eat them any more, i'm actually quite surprised at how long they've lasted. I really recommend getting a few plants for your tat.
As far as the cleaning goes; Yes, I do clean, spot clean. I have hundreds of isopods in there which help keep the substrate clean of poop and food debris. But I do need to do the usual spot cleaning of where the isopods can't reach, like the poop tray (or shell shop, whatever you want to call it), the feeding areas, the moss pits, tree cave, etc.
And since I actually just did some cleaning, I thought i'd share some pics!
Enjoy!

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Left Side
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Right Side
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Moss & Bark Pits (right side doubles as feeding area)
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Pools
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Right Side Wall Moss Pits
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Back Wall Moss Pits (Right)
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Back Wall Moss Basket & Cocohut (Center)
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Back Wall Moss Pits (Left)
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Left Side Wall Moss Pit
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Hanging Net Moss Pit & Air Plants
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Center Moss Pit (City Hall; this is where all of the crabs like to hang out)
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Moss Basket (Right)
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Moss Basket (Center, underneath City Hall)
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Moss Basket (Left)
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Substrate Level (Right)
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Substrate Level (Left Side)
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And here's a few of the crabs just hanging out...
(excuse the quality, the majority of them were taken in the dark, either late at night or early in the morining)
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More Pics coming soon!
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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*New Pics pg6*

Post by kuza » Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:55 am

it's looking awesome man!

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*New Pics pg6*

Post by randoswife » Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:22 am

That's incredible!

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*New Pics pg6*

Post by mom23 » Mon Jun 16, 2014 12:38 am

That is just insanely awesome!!!!


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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*New Pics pg6*

Post by ErikRasmussen » Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:30 pm

You could rent out rooms in your "crabitat" as a hermit crab vacation home dude.

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*New Pics pg6*

Post by aussieJJDude » Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:15 am

Love how it is set out, even though it is full of awesome stuff, it still looks empty! This is why I need a big tank! ;)

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Re: 1,020gl Crabitat-*New Pics pg6*

Post by 54chevy » Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:05 pm

Making me feel all bad about my small tank,over here. Great job on the tank,ma, you got some real skill and love there. My hubby looked over at my screen when I was looking at a few of your pics and asked if they were paintings. :) Keep the updates coming.
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