Fiddler Crab Tank: Before & After

[crabberdude]

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BEFORE Gravel substrate & freshwater. Fiddlers were probably

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After!!! Sand substrate & brackish water & a fake(the crabs probably won't know ) Mangrove root. After observing my crabs they seem to be 8) .

oh yeah I took my filter out because it was to noisy and would disturb the sand. I'm working on a DIY sponge filter that I will put in the corner.

 

[Deep Freeze]

Nice renovations I'm sure your crabs appreciate it. Oh, and just to make sure, you are using marine salt(not aquarium salt), right?

 

[crabberdude]

Nice renovations I'm sure your crabs appreciate it. Oh, and just to make sure, you are using marine salt(not aquarium salt), right?

Of course! I did alot of studying!

 

[Deep Freeze]

Another educated fish/invert keeper, makes me glad to meet someone who does their homework Oh by the way, I may be interested in getting into fiddler crab keeping in the future, so how is the maintenence.

 

[eschaton]

That tank fits the needs of Fiddler's perfectly. Though if it were me I'd remove the fake plants and put some real ones in.

 

[Lynda B]

I adore the backing on that tank!!! It is too too cute!!!

 

[Maximus]

Just one thing though, I can remember you saying that you have 3 males and 1 female.
I think it should be the other way around, just in case she gets harassed too much ( )

But a MUCH better improvment, I bet they love it


Cheers,

Maximus

 

[Lynda B]

As a woman, who knows nothing about being crabby, I can honestly say that we appreciate having 2 or 3 boy toys at our disposal....

 

[raptorrex]

oh yeah I took my filter out because it was to noisy and would disturb the sand. I'm working on a DIY sponge filter that I will put in the corner.

now that is a really nice Crab lodge!

you may consider a small cannister. but perhaps you could make a self contained tank. though the split would be the same but the water would be filtered and run through the sand. this is a good bit more complicated than your set up, but would be the best option for long term crab keeping.

 

[promithius]

im loving the mario background! what size tank is that?

 

[Deep Freeze]

I'm not posotive, but it looks like a 10 gallon to me...

 

[poopsydrew]

I'm not posotive, but it looks like a 10 gallon to me...

I beleive he said earlier it is a 10 gallon. Looking great BTW Crabber.

Drew

 

[Deep Freeze]

Oh, my bad. I still love the setup though crabber, great job