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Contest Entry Forum » 2019 December COTM

Home › Forums › Chewin’ the Choya › Contest Entry Forum › 2019 December COTM

Tagged: 2019, contest, cotm, crabitat, december

  • This topic has 11 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 3 years, 3 months ago by Jennifer Frisoli.
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  • November 30, 2018 at 1:08 pm #9098
    Stacy
    Keymaster

    For ease of voting please try to do the following:

    Take and post one clear photo of the entire crabitat to be used on the poll.
    If possible please rename your photo before uploading using this format: 2019MonthCOTM_YourFirstNameLastInitial

    Take and post any additional photos you would like to share to highlight features. A link back to the contest thread will be included on the poll so others can browse the additional images.

    Full rules here:

    Crabitat of the Month

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Stacy.
    • This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Stacy.
    December 13, 2019 at 9:50 am #11237
    Kim
    Participant

    Location: New Hampton, NY

    Dimensions:30-1/4”(L) x 12-1/2”(W) x 18-3/4”(H)

    Volume: 29gallons

    Substrate: playsand and coconut fiber

    Description: 1 larger climbing/hiding cave, 1 smaller coconut hut cave, 2 small water dishes, 2 deeper pools and a green plastic canvas held up with suction cups so they can climb

    Additional comments: I just added the plastic canvas area. I know my tank isn’t perfect but my kids absolutely love it and for me making my kids happy is all that matters.

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    December 13, 2019 at 11:52 am #11241
    jsewell212
    Participant

    Jordan
    Palm Harbor,FL
    75gal
    5-1 play sand/ee, bean farm uth, terracotta hide, three moss pits, one coco fiber pit, ladders and coco huts, doubled paint tray pools with siliconed rocks on the craft mesh for easy removal. Natural wood and bark.I recently added a suspended cholla bridge Corner guards to hangs all the plant, coconut huts and reinforce moss pits.
    I’ve only have this tank up and going to about 2 weeks. Very happy with the end result ( for now, lol)

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    December 13, 2019 at 5:58 pm #11253
    Matt Stephan
    Moderator

    Entry from Leah Crawford

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    December 15, 2019 at 6:12 am #11266
    Chandra S
    Participant

    Location: Indonesia
    Dimension: 120cm x 90cm x 90cm
    Featuring:
    -double decker pools and shells shops
    -organic nets
    -2 massive coconut huts
    -1 natural wood/bark cave
    -1 coffee root’s cave (with termo+hygrometer attached to it)
    -1 natural stone feeding dish
    -2 huge assorted corals
    -2 decorative woods
    -bamboo root brigde
    -rasamala root bridge
    -wooden ladders
    -beach sands + cocopeat substrate
    -etc

    I have this tank for a year, since i moved to Bali. This is my newest tank

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    December 15, 2019 at 7:41 am #11270
    Chandra S
    Participant

    Location: Indonesia
    Dimension: 120cm x 90cm x 90cm
    Featuring:
    -double decker pools and shells shops
    -organic nets
    -2 massive coconut huts
    -1 natural wood/bark cave
    -1 coffee root’s cave (with termo+hygrometer attached to it)
    -1 natural stone feeding dish
    -2 huge assorted corals
    -2 decorative woods
    -bamboo root brigde
    -rasamala root bridge
    -wooden ladders
    -beach sands + cocopeat substrate
    -etc

    I have this tank for a year, since i moved to Bali. This is my newest tank

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    December 15, 2019 at 7:47 am #11272
    Chandra S
    Participant

    This is the double decker pools and shell shops

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    December 15, 2019 at 8:16 am #11274
    Chandra S
    Participant

    Size comparison

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    December 15, 2019 at 8:22 am #11276
    Chandra S
    Participant

    Natural stone feeding dish

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    December 17, 2019 at 10:23 pm #11306
    Jennifer Frisoli
    Participant

    Just redid the crabitat….when I took this picture, the food and water wasn’t in yet. (It was put in immediately after)

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    December 17, 2019 at 10:27 pm #11308
    Jennifer Frisoli
    Participant

    Different angle picture

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    December 17, 2019 at 10:30 pm #11310
    Jennifer Frisoli
    Participant

    We have a molter 🙂 better safe than sorry…last picture. (Added substrate and now the entire tat is at 6” of sub. Still not happy but it’ll do for now)

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