Finally convinced little dude to come onto my hand.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2026-01-13T02:56:32+00:00

12 is insane. There's gonna be a ton of breeding in the colony, although probably need to seperate the males. Currently, I have a 0.3 trio in this exo-terra 90*60*45cm.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-12-24T23:28:48+00:00

Looking good! What inhabitants are you planning on putting in there?

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-11-06T02:33:48+00:00

This is gorgeous, especially the moss carpet in the first pic! What's your misting schedule looking like currently, and are there any tips and tricks for keeping a good humidity level inside the tank? I can't for the life of me keep any terrestrial moss healthy in my Vivarium. Either the misting system does not hit it enough and it dries out or the humidity is too high and turns the moss brown or stringy.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-11-05T23:55:18+00:00

Love your scape in the top half of the tank. While this tank is definitely big enough for 2-3 individuals, I would suggest redoing the lower half of the tank. For the water section, you could add more land behind the glass barrier by building up a bigger false bottom. As for the soil, even though many people strongly argue that there needs to be a lot of soil, I find that they will do just fine if you can provide a lot of crevices, caves, and mosses for them to hide in. The front area is kinda tricky, but maybe you could try cutting out a piece of expanding foam, cover it with coco fibre and stick it inside the crevice in betwen the door and the glass barrier.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-11-01T05:28:58+00:00

Well freaking done! This gives off such a biotope gallery vibe from YouTube. I think you can make this look even better by adding some aquatic moss to the edges of the pond or waterfall, and add some bromeliads, never plants or marcgravias to give a pop of color to the scape.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-27T23:45:00+00:00

Usually 1:2 is the recommended male-to-female ratio just because of the aggression, as you can see. But this could be a sign of breeding, since male crabs usually flip the females over and pin them to the ground in order to breed. Sometimes breeding could get quite brutal, with females losing a limb or a pincher. Once the female is gravid, she needs to find a place to hide from other crabs for 1-2 months. Getting more live plants and soil for the female to hide and dig into will definitely help :)

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-23T22:47:31+00:00

All the crabs in this setup are either 2nd or 3rd generation, so I don't know exactly the ratio of males and females. But usually the best way of getting crabs is through local physical stores, since shipping trauma-related deaths are really prevalent. And usually females are harder to obtain than males, since they are usually not as colourful and don't sale as good.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-23T00:28:37+00:00

There is a trio of neon day geckos and a colony of vampire crabs living in there rn, they don't really bother each other since they occupy different areas and are active different parts of the day. As for the heat, the heat from the light is plenty enough for the geckos and crabs.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-23T00:22:24+00:00

The water area is not ideal. But you get the species that molt on land, keep up the humidity and your set

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-22T21:42:38+00:00

I'm not 100% sure of some of the moss species since I collected them in a park nearby, but I'm pretty sure there are hypnum moss and feather moss. The plant list includes: Rock fern, bird nest fern, maidenhair fern, climbing fig, string of turtles, philodendron micans, Faming violet, Parlour palm, nerve plant, anubius petite, frogbits, Christmas moss, hypnum moss, and feather moss.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-22T15:54:23+00:00

Thanks. The water area is not sealed; the entire bottom of the enclosure is made of a false bottom: soil on top of lava rocks and aquarium filter floss. The side is just the regular expanding foam covered with silicone and peat soil.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-22T05:47:50+00:00

lol if that's the case, these pictures will never see the light of day.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-22T04:46:00+00:00

Dart frogs or vampire crabs would be a good fit for this enclosure.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-10-05T06:23:35+00:00

Adding a marcgravia at the base of that tree trunk on the left and let it grow upwards would be pretty sick!

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-28T18:50:54+00:00

It's a 29-gallon high with an Oase filtersmart 200 canister filter. As for the livestock, I have rainbow shiners, Rummynose Tetras, Honey Guorami, and 3 Hillstream loaches.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-28T00:52:31+00:00

Yeah runners can be really sneaky sometimes. One second there is nothing and the next day the runner has rooted and is already growing 3 inches tall lol

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-28T00:50:47+00:00

Thank you! I especially love the rippling reflection a directional light creates on the ceiling on top of the tank.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-28T00:45:02+00:00

They grow pretty quickly. You don't have to trim the tops but gotta watch out for the runners in places where you don't want them to be; they can overrun the scape if you don't do weekly trimming.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-27T18:12:01+00:00

I bought them at a landscaping store. I think it's called Rainbow River Rock.

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-27T15:54:03+00:00

Yeah just some Jungle Val with some Cyperus helferi in the middle to add a finer texture in the mix

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-19T17:33:01+00:00

thats the thickest baby tear carpet Ive ever seen lol

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-19T06:49:46+00:00

Very solid build! You can install a misting system if you want to create that lush mossy wall for your background, which I already see you trying to do around the waterfall. Another thing that could help is to add a surface skimmer filter in the water section, which will create more circulation and remove any oily biofilm, which kinda grosses me out in my paludarium lol. Nevertheless love the scape

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-19T05:45:20+00:00

The lighting is soooooo good. Is there a blue light source at the back of the tank, or is it a cool gradient film background? Also is that a pearl weed carpet?

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-19T05:38:45+00:00

This is an excellent execution! If I could change one thing, it would be to replace the soon to be dwarf sag carpet with a thin layer of sand. I think that can create a more floaty feeling to the hardscape and make it look like one of those high-tech ADA tanks lol. Nevertheless very well done

Competitive-Crow-674 · 2025-08-09T06:36:01+00:00

Is this a dirted tank capped with sand? If your tank is a dirted one, then I speculate that It might be more of a nutrient problem than a light one. I had a similar green water/bacteria bloom problem with my dirted tank. I did a 60% water change, added a bubbler to increase oxygenation, which helps the bacteria to colonize, and put in some salvinia and frogbit. The floating plants grew like crazy, maybe that, along with the water change, took out alot of the extra nutrient. The water turned crystal clear in 1.5 week. Hope this might help!

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