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Contest Entry Forum » 2016 February Crabitat of the Month Contest

Home › Forums › Chewin’ the Choya › Contest Entry Forum › 2016 February Crabitat of the Month Contest

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  • This topic has 7 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 1 month ago by Mary.
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  • February 3, 2016 at 1:41 pm #4318
    Stacy
    Keymaster

    All you need to do to enter is to add some details about your crabitat, your contact details and then upload some photos of your crabitat (either here on the thread or over on the Flickr group. Then at the end of the month we will have a poll to find the winner.

    You must be registered on this site to enter and/or to vote.
    If you are having problems registering email Vanessa vanessa.pike.russell@gmail.com or Stacy crabstreetjournal@gmail.com for assistance.

    β€”- Template for your entry below – copy and paste, then edit β€”-

    Name: ( eg. Vanessa P.. or Vanessa Pike-Russell )
    Email: ( eg. mail@yahoo.com )
    Year of Birth: ( eg. 1971 )
    Location: ( eg. Michigan, USA )
    Dimensions of Crabitat: ( eg. 50cm by 20cm (base) by 20cm (height)
    Volume of Crabitat: ( eg. 40 Gallon / 200 Litres )
    Description of Substrate: ( eg. Tropical PlaySand, Silver Sand)
    Description of Tank Items ( eg. Netting, ReptiRock Dish, Rock Cave )
    Comments: Add some comments about your crabitat and any changes you may have made recently.

    February 17, 2016 at 6:25 pm #4437
    Rachel
    Participant

    Name: Rachel L.
    Email: rml6f4@mst.edu
    Year of Birth: 1991
    Location: St. Louis, Missouri
    Dimensions of Crabitat: ( eg. 49 in by 19 in (base) by 26 in (height)
    Volume of Crabitat: 90 Gallons
    Description of Substrate: Moist playsand and coconut fiber
    Description of Tank Items: Fake plants, cork log pieces, oak branches, fake coral, net for shell shop, DIY saltwater pool, two mosspits, UVB lighting, ~9 inches of substrate, fake rock pool
    Comments: New to the forums so let me know if I did this incorrectly! This tank contains purple pinchers, Strawberries, and Ecuadorians. Temperature and humidity are monitored by a hygrotherm. An Ultratherm heat pad covers the entire back of the tank above the substrate.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by Rachel.
    February 27, 2016 at 11:37 pm #4489
    Mary
    Member

    Name: Mary Milhorn
    Email: mommyoftwins022006@hotmail.com
    Year of Birth: 1981
    Location: Blountville, TN
    Dimensions of Crabitat: 36.5″ 19.25″(base) by 17.125″ (height)
    Volume of Crabitat: ( 40 Gallon Breeder / 200 Litres )
    Description of Substrate: playsand/EcoEarth little over 11″ deep
    Description of Tank Items: Coconut fiber climbing “backdrop”, 3 pools.. 2 saltwater (one large made using plastic ice cream containers doubled. River rocks, undesirable shells, and fake ivy for ease of entering and exiting. 1 smaller saltwater pool that I got from a ” hermit crab starter kit.”) and a corner water dish for conditioned freshwater, mini crock dishes now for feeding, hallow round log, one fake plant, net, coconut hut, 2 baskets filled with Moss for “shell shops”, a few real rocks that are smooth, a couple pieces of cholla wood, shells of various sizes, 6″x 35″ uth snake strip, a thermo/hydrometer with probe, screen top with latches that is wrapped in plastic..duct tape..then foil, and an UVB bulb in a deep hood.
    Comments: I’ve recently (as in today) added an uth that covers the ENTIRE length of the back of the tank. Also added the new probe that will be more accurate than my old one. Besides that Ginger (Strawberry) is new.

    February 29, 2016 at 1:11 pm #4505
    Stacy
    Keymaster

    Rachel welcome! I work in St Louis πŸ™‚

    Mary glad you were able to get your photos to go through!

    February 29, 2016 at 8:09 pm #4509
    Beth
    Participant

    40 gallon
    Coco huts cholla logs mopani wood plastic plants, 2 faux caves 2 cork bark tiles cork bark half log Eco earth aragamax sand oolite. Tank is 3 ft long 31 in high 18 in wide

    February 29, 2016 at 8:12 pm #4511
    Beth
    Participant

    Second pic

    February 29, 2016 at 8:16 pm #4513
    Beth
    Participant

    Another pic

    February 29, 2016 at 8:59 pm #4517
    Mary
    Member

    Updated pic

     photo IMG_20160229_190544766.jpg

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