New Fiddler Tank!

The hermies who were destressing and molting, in my 10 gallon, FINALLY sufaced two weeks ago...so I changed the 10 gallon from and ISO tank to a fiddler crab tank!

Here is the tank:


I used a crushed coral substrate suggested for use in salt water aquariums for the base substrate in the water and for the bottom layer of substrate for the land portion.
Then I connected a 90 degree PVC pipe and a T joint PVC pipe and put this in the middle of the tank, to serve as a tunnel system. I didnt use silicon to seal the pipes because they were a tight fit.
Then I used small river rocks and pebbles to fill in around the PVC, to brace it so it doesnt get pushed out into the water area of the tank over time.
Next I used the sand from their 5 gallon (which has been lived in for almost a year..so its full of their beneficial bacteria) and made the beach and put a layer on top the coral in the water area. They need to have the sand so they can filter out the algae and bacteria as food.
I then draped plastic plants over the PVC and stuck the ends into the sand and rocks. There is also a piece of drift wood that serves as a bridge from the water to the beach.

I also used their favorite rock, which also has lots of algae, and their filter. I didnt clean the filter because it also have lots of important bacteria. Because their new tank water was new, it needed to have lots of things in it to introduce the tank bacteria; to cycle their tank.

They have the same heat lamp as before as well as their cocohut and fresh water dish.

A few molts, some new Es, my baby pp from Brazil, and a new game plan

Over the last few months, its gotten really busy! I started/finished my 2 x-ray tech pre-reqs for this fall so I had a busy Spring Semester, but passed with flying colors. Now I have to organize the troops "stuff" so that this fall, when I really have no time, I can still take adequate care of my little gals.

So I will be making lots of kibbles out of whats in their cupboard to make it easier to decide what to feed them. Ill post my kibbles in my Wild Crab Food journal when I have them done =)

Ive had a few successful molts, no bad or terminal ones tho--thankfully! My E Snickers, who is blind, suface molted under some plants and had help from her girlfriends with eating exo. I dont think she got any, I found her in the cocohammocks above where she molted. I ISOed her for a couple days to get her back up and going...apparently she thought I was nuts b/c she had many attempts at escaping the ISO. Now shes back in the main tank and doing well. I will have to work on feeding more colorful foods as she lost quite a bit of coloration.

Ive had one of my baby straws, Mojito, molt and one of my ruggies, Skippy, molt. He also surface molted but I found him before he had completely shed his exo and put him in ISO. Hes also back in the main tank and doing great! Ive also had one of my biggest pps molt, her 3 molt with me! Sylvestra is about the size of the bottom of a soda can and it took her 2 1/2 months to molt. I have my other big guy, the same size as Sylvestra, down molting currently. This will also be his 3rd molt with me. =)

I was contacted a couple months ago about a little crabbie who was found in this gals bag of shells she had picked up off a beach in Brazil. So of course, I had to adopt him. He is about the size of a pea and is a purple pincer. I introduced him to the main tank (29gallon) two weeks ago, and has been doing great! I believe he has dug under for a molt.

...and I got 5 new Es! *yeay* Because all of Snickers companions have died, I needed to find her some buddies. I finally found some at PetPalace. Two are medium size, three are small. So far they are doing great, two of the small ones have already molted and the other small one has changed into a cancellaria shell. Hopefully they will continue to do good.

The fiddlers are doing great. They have both molted since I posted last. They are now pretty wild, I think they know its spring lol!