🦀 NANO PALUDARIUM BUILD FOR BABY VAMPIRE CRABS | BABY VAMPIRE CRAB TANK SETUP GUIDE

[@IndoorEcosystem]

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[@clementpigot6561]

I’ve recently discovered your channel and you got me captivated. There is so much efforts made in every aspects of your videos. I love it. I will soon start a tank with your method for sure! Thanks mate! Greetings from France!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thanks for stopping by! If anything random comes up while your planning just drop a comment and I should be able to give you a hand 🙂

[@TerrariumDesigns]

To quality build! Great work😃

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you! I really appreciate it!

[@HAMBURGER-s1l]

Fantastic video....affordable.....but very efficient....looking to build one like this....liked and subscribed. Keep rockin!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thanks man! I've got a bigger build with a super cost effective design dropping on Sunday if all goes well 😉

[@HAMBURGER-s1l]

lookin forward to it.....cheers mate@@IndoorEcosystem..

[@TarasTankFriends]

This was such a nice relaxing build video and very informative, too. Especially loved the ending. Looking at the baby crab next to the springtail on the acorn cap, I'm a little surprised they can eat such large food! 😶 Great video, Thanks for sharing all of it! 🙂👍

[@IndoorEcosystem]

They are quite ravenous little critters for springtails. They make up most of their diet Nd even the adults love to eat them. I wasn't meant to add any babies to this build for a little while but a few dropped in and I wasn't going to fight to get them out ahahha. They'll be fine in there though that's what it's made for. I'll have to add more springtails though to boost everything along now that they have some predators in there already.

[@onehandwashes]

beautiful set up and cinematography

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you very much 😊 still one of my favourite builds to date as well.

[@onehandwashes]

I used to work in the film industry so really appreciate the efforts you go to with lighting and shots! Ive just built my first vampire crab paludarium! Super excited to pick the crabs up next weekend.@@IndoorEcosystem

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@onehandwashes That makes this compliment is better! I have learnt that lighting is the key to everything! What sort of crabs have you decided on for your paludarium? Or are you just waiting to see what they have in store?

[@BoxmanMedia]

@@IndoorEcosystem it really is, great lighting will always trump expensive cameras in my opinion. I've ordered 2 purple vampires. I've got several tropical tanks with fish/snails/shrimps etc but these will be my first crabs

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@BoxmanMedia Crabs are surprisingly interesting. Vampire Crabs are my first species as well. They are pretty shy early on but if you get babies from them the second generation will be a lot more active and less shy. I can hand feed a good portion of mine and i see them roaming around a fair bit. But my first couple of wild caughts were rare to spot for the first couple of months.

[@BellaIsa8603]

Thank you for sharing and information 🙏☺️

[@IndoorEcosystem]

You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@DoorsToHideBehind156]

This is a beautiful setup

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you! This one was super easy to put together as well. I got lucky with a nice bit of wood!

[@SomeGuy-qd3li]

Amazing shots!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you 😊 it's easy with a tiny tank you can move to good light sources!!

[@glassyGREEN_]

Wow, that was a really nice and informative video. You have a beautiful setup for your baby crabs

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you, I had quite different ideas in mind when I started but I changed them after I found this really nice bit of mossy wood. I think those crabs are going to be very happy in there!

[@glassyGREEN_]

@@IndoorEcosystem They definitely will be.

[@ReptileJungle]

Soooo relaxing

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Perfect ☺I was hoping for a nice chill vibe! Glad you liked it 🙂

[@akvaristugur9479]

Nice share my friend ❤

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you ☺

[@kaylou13]

I have baby crabs crawling around of geosesarma penangense, and I‘m so excited about that! Really thinking about such a little extra set up tank for them,…but then again I don’t have a clou how to catch them,…my original big tank is really structured in detail,so I think, maybe some of them might also have a realistic chance to survive without getting separated. As for you being located in Poland, really surprised me, I always thought you were in Australia actually😂 Great work, really really beautiful videos and easy explanations-thank you for that! Greetings from Berlin 🌿

[@IndoorEcosystem]

What an awesome species! I would love to get some of these at some stage! By the sounds your tank is quite similar to my big breeding tanks where they survive quite well without me catching them. The trick seems to be keeping the tank well fed so they don't get hungry enough to each eachother to fast! If you do need to catch them though I use a metal spoon I just put some food in or near the water then scoop them up. So far that's the only method that works. You can't really use your hands when they are so tiny. I get a lot of people from Australia looking for these crabs because of my accent. But they are currently a banned species in Australia. it's an understandable mistake though. It's quite a weird scenario 🤣 I'm actually not all that far from Berlin ☺Perhaps at some stage We could swap some crabs. I might make a road trip of it 🤔

[@kaylou13]

@@IndoorEcosystem sure! Come on over and you‘ll get some of those beautiful babies,when they big enough! They must have hatched something like in January I guess, they‘re about maybe a centimeter today-when I discovered them by spraying my tank in the morning, I first thought, I‘d have some kind of brownish spider crawling in the soil,…😂you created a new species already,did you? Apart from that, which sorts of VCs do you have?🌿

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@kaylou13 Sounds like a potential future plan ☺️ I currently have 5 different species but 3 of those are secrets for future builds 😉 Swing me a message over on Instagram some time.

[@samanthagaddis8785]

So is this only for when they’re babies since you used a different water ratio? When they mature do you have to move them? Thanks love the video

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Yep this is way to small for adults. It's great for babies and as they get bigger you just move them across to a different bigger tank. Babies use the water a lot more so thats the reason the ratio is a little different. The molt a lot as the grow so water is really important.

[@kuncororathariw4548]

Nice thank good luck guys👍

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Thank you! 🙂

[@isaacvarela667]

Do you have any more info about why babies are bad with leica? I have leica in my tank and don’t know if babies in the drainage layer will spoil the water in the future. Thank you so much for the videos!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

By bad I mean, it's just hard to get them out of it if you ever need to catch them. They hide in it and if you ever break the tank down they can get crushed in the leca removal process if you're not really careful. But that's the only real issue and why sand or small gravel is best for a baby tank.

[@Terboven-Aquaristik]

very nice

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Cheers! 🙂

[@bresalibera7169]

What kind of light would you suggest to keep plants healthy and make crabs feel at ease?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

A small low wattage light is perfect so thing around 3 to 5 watts is plenty. Even passive sunlight or spill over light from another tank is fine

[@DragonBulma89]

with how many months they start to spend more time in land?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Usually it comes down to size. Some grow a lot faster than overs but I would say between 3-4 months usually. They just slowly start to venture inland a little more.

[@elmox4993]

What temperature do you have in this palundarium?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

I kept it at between 23-27C night/day. That's the best range I've found for baby crabs. You can go a little bit further either way but this is my happy middle ground. I have full guide videos on heating if your more curious.

[@elibarsukov4870]

Very nice and simple setup! I have a question: how often would you need to perform water changes? Or is the bioload low enough to just stick to top offs?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

It works really well for baby crabs even if you just make it in a small plastic container. I still do about 10-20% weekly for a tank like this with a really, really low bioload. With aquatic plants like salvinia you can easily go a month though.

[@elibarsukov4870]

@@IndoorEcosystem great! thank you 🙏

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@elibarsukov4870 You're very welcome 🙂

[@leejessica943]

How do u keep the moss wet and alive?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Just spray it with water a couple of times a week. With a kid in the tank it's all you need to do.

[@shannarafryer3111]

How do you get the baby crabs separate from the adults

[@IndoorEcosystem]

The easiest way is to just remove the adults to a new tank. Then you don't have to try find all the babies. But if that isn't an option I scoop them up using a spoon. Don't use your hands for them though you'll sqush them very easily.

[@gbj6581]

How do you maintain the water quality and do you need any flow in the water? Do you have to suck out all the water and refill it every so often?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Keeping the water good quality is the same process as with fish. You dont need any flow or a filter with tiny little crabs. Some floating plants help keep things safe as well. In this one I do a 50% water change every week.

[@gbj6581]

@@IndoorEcosystem cool good to know thanks. Your content is great! Keep it up 👍

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@gbj6581 Thank you! I really appreciate it!

[@sophiawilliam4315]

What about pump and heater?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Pumps not required for a small bioload of babies. Aquatic plants do all the required work. Heating depends on your situation but I usually use a tiny heat mat on the back or side of the tank.

[@kilofpantofel]

Very nice setup ;) Do you have some lid on the top of it?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

100% That's a requirement for Vampire Crabs. No Lid! No Crabs!

[@ijustshatnered757]

@@IndoorEcosystem for real i had one get out and dry up overnight through an opening the thickness of the cord for my tank heater

[@mindgames88]

@@IndoorEcosystem can you show what lids you used?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

​@@mindgames88 Just a small peice of acrylic plastic. Here's a picture: imgur.com/a/0mgEUqQ I've drilled a row of 3mm air holes in it since I took the picture though. Just to make sure it gets air. Lids are super easy you can use anything you like just make sure it's sealed around the edges though because the small crabs can stick to the glass and climb out. Here's an example: kzbin.infoDjVijxTdxVo

[@ngdang]

❤❤❤what kind of is it 😮

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Kind of ? 🤔

[@ijustshatnered757]

got salvinia in my other tanks because the dont grow fast enought to keep up witht the one crab i have in my 20 gallon. im convinced they only eat the salvinia even tho i try to feed variety

[@IndoorEcosystem]

🤣That's pretty funny! I have a crab that is similar. It drags them back to it's little den but I don't think he's eating them that fast!

[@ijustshatnered757]

@@IndoorEcosystem yeah theres a trail of salvinia leading to its burrow

[@imhappyvr]

where can I find that sand?

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Any aquarium shop should have it, its just plain white sand. Probably the most common in the hobby.

[@imhappyvr]

ok thx@@IndoorEcosystem

[@imhappyvr]

where can i find a vampire crab@@IndoorEcosystem

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@imhappyvr depends where you live. They aren't available in every country. Some they are a banned species.

[@imhappyvr]

oh i live in sanantonio@@IndoorEcosystem

[@MatthewGPhotography]

Why is their setup nicer than mine 😂

[@IndoorEcosystem]

😅😭😂

[@dudusiagata3117]

Regards👍

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Dziękuję ☺

[@seanadkisson582]

With sand I always worry about getting a bacteria bloom in that bottom right corner. Blooms like that can wipe out a colony.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

I've had the best luck with sand so far clay balls work well for normal set-ups but babies find their way into it and end up growing or getting stuck and dying. Really small grained gravel works well too. Haven't had any losses to day. Maybe some cannibalism from the ones that get bigger fast!