Bi-Color crab(Geosesarma sp) Viv construction

[D3monic]

Special thanks to FroggyMike I have recently aquired a handfull of bi-color crabs and a 20gal aquarium to house them in. After lots of thought I decided to go with a small water section (no water feature) and mostly land.

First thing I did was cut and siliconed a piece of glass for the water section



While waiting for that to dry I constructed the screen vent. I will also use a red sea max fan to keep the glass fog free.

Here is the frame assembled (sorry no pic of me struggling with a dull hacksaw)



Gasket material removed



Cut piece of screen to lay over frame



Place gasket material back into place making sure screen is good and tight



Trim off excess screen material



Quick and easy as it sounds.

Now that the silicone has dried for ...well less than two days but shhh. It is time to hydrotest. I will leave this section full of water until I get home from work. If it holds then the remainder of the tank can be completed.



Heres a shot of one of the anxious future inhabitants

[dtfleming]

Looking good, cannot wait to see how it turns out.

[D3monic]

thanks, I want to do a rock wall waterfall but my wife wants the tank to be viewable from the other side of the tank. Since it's going on the kitchen bar I must listen

[Philsuma]

Awesome Michael.

Isn't it interesting how froggers gravitate to the smaller creatures - Inverts, reef animals, insects, small Geckos and anoles, ect, instead of the bigger stuff like huge snakes ?

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Nice Micheal!

As always, Thanks for sharing.

PS.... Phil- I came over from the Reef side- can I still play?? :roll:

[Philsuma]

We ALL did Rich.....I had a 90 gallon reef back in 1997

[D3monic]

Money has been super tight, I should rename this the budget build

[dtfleming]

I miss my 2.5gal picoreef

[Philsuma]

I miss my 2.5gal picoreef

Did it have a "mini" Volitan in it ?

or a pocket snowflake eel ?

[D3monic]

lol!!

[Stu&Shaz]

this thread has confused us,ha but i still want to see where you go with this,i'm not sure which is stranger,frogs in a bedroom or crabs in a kitchen :roll: :lol:
Stu

[dtfleming]

I had a yellow tang in it

[D3monic]

Ahh the good old days, when I had a use for my digital microscope!





A ha! I knew it was burried in my photobucket account somewhere....

[dtfleming]

Why do u have a picture of my old 2.5gal

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lol!

Oh, and by the way....


My hometown :lol:

[D3monic]

Ok, almost done!

Water section passed the hydrotest. Coated the glass with silicone and black sand. That way it doesn't slip off.





Hydroton



substraight



Clay background





Since its my sons tank I insisted that he help me do the background....he doesn't like to get dirty.

[D3monic]

I am contemplating a few tiny fish for the water section...maybe tetras or something.

[dtfleming]

Awesome build now I want some. Would the crabs try to eat the fish?

[D3monic]

Dunno, If they could catch them i am sure they would.

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Now we see why there were no concerns about the black sands magnetic properties. :wink:

It looks great!

Just know, if I wind up with these too I will blame you... jussayin'