cornflakes
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Nov 12, 2013
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I have some red clawed crabs and I use a 70 L aquarium.
I tried to put in a divider wall and sealed the edges with silicone sealant, let it
dry for 30 hours but when I put the water in, it still leaked through to the other side. Mind you, I angled the divider so that there is an ascending/descending path and not a complete 90 degree vertical wall (so that made sealing it harder).
I want the water side to be deep enough so that I can use a small filter system in it, but at the same time, if it's too deep, then I would require an extremely large amount of gravel/filling to fill the land part so that its "sea level" so to speak. I was thinking of maybe filling in the land part first with an empty container or something to elevate it so I won't need as much gravel/filler material to get it to sea level.
Or should I just fill the ENTIRE aquarium with water and put as much filler material on the land side so that it rises above the sea level?
I'm also worried about too much humidity in my room as I already struggle with keeping the humidity level down (mold growing on my walls and food that i put in the aquarium etc).
Also, what is a good way to warm up the aquarium during cold winter months? I've put saran wrap on the top of the aquarium to trap in some heat (cut a decent size square patch in the corner for ventilation), and I also use an incandescent light bulb lamp that points into the aquarium as the lamp gives off quite a good amount of heat.
How about using the underwater light heater? I saw one in my local store for about $10-15. Do those work well?
I tried to put in a divider wall and sealed the edges with silicone sealant, let it
dry for 30 hours but when I put the water in, it still leaked through to the other side. Mind you, I angled the divider so that there is an ascending/descending path and not a complete 90 degree vertical wall (so that made sealing it harder).
I want the water side to be deep enough so that I can use a small filter system in it, but at the same time, if it's too deep, then I would require an extremely large amount of gravel/filling to fill the land part so that its "sea level" so to speak. I was thinking of maybe filling in the land part first with an empty container or something to elevate it so I won't need as much gravel/filler material to get it to sea level.
Or should I just fill the ENTIRE aquarium with water and put as much filler material on the land side so that it rises above the sea level?
I'm also worried about too much humidity in my room as I already struggle with keeping the humidity level down (mold growing on my walls and food that i put in the aquarium etc).
Also, what is a good way to warm up the aquarium during cold winter months? I've put saran wrap on the top of the aquarium to trap in some heat (cut a decent size square patch in the corner for ventilation), and I also use an incandescent light bulb lamp that points into the aquarium as the lamp gives off quite a good amount of heat.
How about using the underwater light heater? I saw one in my local store for about $10-15. Do those work well?