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I've decided to combine my 6g with the 10g I've never been happy with. When finished it will be a paludarium with the main focus on my fiddler crabs.

First is a pic of the 6g. I'd like to keep the 3 pieces of wood; the crabs get a lot of use out of them. The pot doesn't matter to me either way.



Here is the 10g ]:| Flourite substrate will stay. I like the wood with the java fern, but that could go in another tank. Again, the pot can stay or go. I'd like to keep the java fern that's attached itself to the Flourite, it grows quite well that way.



I'm looking for suggestions on how to arrange the tank, plants, background, anything and everything [/font][/font]

Last edited by Theresa_M at 03-Apr-2005 13:02

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So by my understanding you want to take whats in your 6g and put it in your 10g. right? i hope so unless what i'm about to babble on about is useless.

Firstly i would ditch that tinfoil background. Go black it's bold and will show off your crabs well. deffo keep the java ferns. You don't really want to many tall plants as your crabs are only ickle. however a lily would be cool because your crabs could climb it and sit on the big leaves. That piece of wood with the holes would look cool in the back left. the bogwood in the 10g as a centerpiece. And that slim piece of wood diagonally across the tank. and the floating piece....well floating. Follow the basic rule of high plants and the back and small at the front.

you could if u wanted make youre little crabs a row of 4 caves. Just split those pots in half. cover the tops with silicone and sprinkle gravell over them. The dig em into the gravell where abouts you want. And hey presto a crab cave.

sorry i've never had a paludarium so i can't help much.

FCF

Why not just plunk the fern in the crab tank? I don't see any problems with that, aside from the short period of necessary adjusting between salinities.

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 04-Apr-2005 01:16

Java ferns are probably the only plant you are going to be able to keep as well, because they are the only commonly available aquarium plant that can live in brackish water.







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I have been tossing a few ideas around for a while in my old brain. I will contact you PM as I will require your E/m to send them to you.

Q how many tanks has that upright piece of DW been in.
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You'd be surprised at the number of common aquarium plants which are BW tolerant--Java moss, hairgrass, most hygro (polysperma seems to thrive), sags, anubias, Taiwan moss, christmas moss, bacopa sp... Bear in mind that this is just off the top of my head.

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 04-Apr-2005 02:37