@@IndoorEcosystem great i just got a canister filter with an additional pre filter for my 4ft will have to get one of these heaters and give it ago thank you for the reply just subscribed
@@leeandmandybattersby5958 the prefilter option is a game changer. I haven't cleaned this filter in at least 5 months. So it works really well. Cheers for the sub 😍 I have quite a few videos on this tank progressing as well if you haven't already seen the progress
Hello, I have tried numerius times to grow Monte Carlo but to no avail. My Corys shove their faces underneath it and they outroot it. Second time I tried to plant the whole bit still attached to its cotton but again, Corys outrooted them. Now I am trying to make it grow by attaching it at the rocks and wood.
That's not a problem at all 😊 this was mine with it as well. It turned out great without any problems at all. But I'm curious if you will feel the same way did over time. Some people do some people don't it's quite interesting i believe
As far as feeding, I've never had crabs but someone just dropped a panther crab on me. I have been feeding him along with the fish, but I added sinking pellets to the mix. I bought some dried shrimp, and can feed him with a long grab claw tweezer thing. I want to set up a calsium crushed shell feeding bowl, to help with his shell, but I'm not sure if a bowl that is always full is correct. I bought a terra cotta boat (about 6 cm long) and was thinking fill the bottom, and then just place that in the water, and he can dig as he wants, but I'm not sure if that is correct. Any advice? We found a 4cm deep bowl about 8cm across, and it fits perfect inside a fishtank pumpkin, we filled it with sand, so I'm hoping this is a safe place for him to molt. Basically a kittie pool with a tent on top, to keep the fish from bothering him.
Amazingly beautiful. I'm also trying to figure out how you added the tracks for the glass panels? I am making something similar and I'm struggling with that. Any recommendations will be most appreciated 😊❤
That's something I have no clue about unfortunately as I had a local guy put this tank together for me. I'm sure there's a video somewhere on RU-vid show the process though. But finding it might be tricky search is pretty average these days.
I'm thinking of using a 30 litre tank for a small group of vampire crabs. It will be my first crab tank and I have a few questions: How would you keep the tank humid? Do you have to spray it occasionally, and if so, with what?
@@sircheese109 30 liters is the smallest you can go. 3 crabs Max! If its a vertical style tank it's too small. To keep the humidity up you need a lid that covers it fully with small holes for airflow. Spraying will depend on the room the tank is in the light etc. Sometims once a day sometimes once a week.
@IndoorEcosystem It won't be in direct sunlight, but at certain times of day it will get small amounts of sunlight, roughly an hour or 2 depending on the weather and time of year. But thanks for the advice!
Great to see someone thinking along the same line as me, limiting unnatural materials within their builds 👍 Creating a piece of nature while actually destroying it doing so doesn't sound right. Can't be completely avoided but we should try to limit the impact. Expanding foam creates a lot of mess during application and again when scraping it down. Also use of local resources where possible is a nice approach.
Well said! Thanks for dropping the comment. This kind of approach doesn't get the attention it deserves sadly. So I'm really glad you feel the same about it 😊 I've got some different methods coming in futures videos that show some cool alternatives though.
I covered it briefly in the video but here is a video that uses the optimal method: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rfl9ozYXabo.htmlsi=xjav_bmHpNSxH5sP All of the other build videos i have on the channel use this process as well. It's the best method by a mile.
Hi, regarding maintenance and feeding, how long can the tank and the crabs survive without being "taken care of"? Say, if you wanted to go on vacation for a week, would they be able to survive that if you gave them enough food spread out in the tank? And what about the humidity and other abiotic factors, can they still be maintained or do they need to be attended to more often? Thanks for the videos!
It really depends how well you set it up and how old it is before you go away. Generally you can easily go 2 - 3 weeks if it's fully bio active and has been set up for a while. But if it's new and still settling in it's best to have someone feed them. Older tanks are always more stable 🙂
@@IndoorEcosystem Awesome, that is actually really cool that the tank can be fully self-sustaining! How long does that take, a couple of months or a year? And does it require any other coinhabitants in the tank than springtails?
@@gumlemanden I'd say about 3-4 months is usually enough. Springtails, Isopods, earthworms, snails and shrimp are the best additions. They all self regulate populations and don't over compete the space. Obviously the bigger the tank the better the success as well. It's the standard case of population vs environment size. 🙂
@@gumlemanden You'll get to understand your little ecosystem as it evolves but usually the best sign is when you see all sorts of little micro fauna getting around the tank. springtails everywhere, isopods dotted around etc. A good thing to help the system is to add a fair bit of leaf litter to the bottom of the tank. This helps a lot. As it breaks down just top it up.
