Recent content by mikedurrant

Full tank pics here

I thought about doing that, but the hood is black plastic and I don't fancy having a non-covered tank with a crab in it, don't fancy waking up with him tucked up in my bed. :?

The hood has no fixtures in it whatsoever, it is a thin plastic hood that sits on the top of the tank overlapping at the edges, so any light I put in will need a fitting putting in too. I'll take a picture later and post it if possible. Cheers, Mike.

Anybody got nay ideas on lighting my 3 gallon crab tank (palludarium)? I have a small 3 gallon tank which is 12x8x8 inches, the hood is a thin plastic moulded jobby which weighs very little, i'm having trouble figuring out how to light it well. I managed to find some 9inch arcadia t8 lighting...

Cheers, I'll try and stay away from him for while then. Hope he does settle in ok, he's pretty damn boring at the moment.!!! :(

Hi guys, I recently converted a 3gal tank into a crab tank, i've made a beach out of sand and stuck in some rocks that are out of the water etc and it is about half full of water. About a week ago I bought 1 red crab to live in the tank (looks like a male) and all he seems to do is hide behind...

Cheers for the replies, think I'll just have to live with it. If anyone's got any clever ideas feel free to make a suggestion. This would probably not be such a problem as the water only has about 0.5 square cm to escape from, the rest of the top is sealed very well???? Cheers guys, Mike :D

Is there any way i can stop condesation appearing on the side of my half-filled crab tank, it's pretty annoying cos it's hard to see in except in the water-filled part of it. Is there anything I can do to prevent the condesation building up, there isn't even a heater in the tank, it's just the...

how about a small red crab or two?

thanks for the replies, got it set up now and i'm gonna put 1 crab in. Anyone know what temps the red-crabs like? Does anyone know any decent links to info about them, it seems hard to find stuff about them on the web? Cheers again, Mike :D