Upgrading Zoidberg's tank!

[Striped marsh]

Can't wait to see some photos im sure it's gonna look great and Zoidberg will be very happy in his new home, Are you going to Put live plants in there with him?

[HerpDerp]

I'll have to post some pictures tomorrow when the water clears up a bit. It's super cloudy right now thanks to a combo of the new sand and the old water used to seed this tank. I actually ended up getting a 20 long because there weren't any 15 gallons there. Can't say I regret it . I got 3 feeder guppies thinking maybe food, or a cool addition if he decides not to eat them. They've all survived so far so I'm thinking I may be able to get a few more and let them breed a bit. I'm sure Zoidberg wont mind the occasional snack LOL. And I know my WTFs will like the treat once in a while too.

I tried a couple live plants in the 5.5 gallon he was originally in. They lasted about a day before they were all uprooted and snipped up. He did have some fun jamming them in the rocks on the outside of his cave though hehe. So no live plants for this set up.

[HerpDerp]

I know not many people see this, but I'll keep updating anyways! I don't seem to have a clear "before" picture of his old tank since I only got close ups of him. So here are some pictures:
This is Zoidberg in his first home. It was just a 5.5 and about half full, so not much water in there!

This is the whole tank. It looks a little bare since I only have a few decorations from the 5.5, but I'm going to get some of those tall fake plants so they partially float on the surface. Not sure if you can see, but all three feeder guppies are still alive!

I did half sand and half gravel so he has different surfaces to dig in. He seems to appreciate it. These are some rocks that I took out of a river in northern Maine. I boiled them and cleaned them before putting them in.

I just threw these rocks together without really thinking much of it and he decided to dig under one and build up a gravel wall in the front. I'm very excited to see how he "remodels" the set up.


And after putting this in my bedroom it occurred to me that the trickling from the filter might bother me while I try to sleep. I was correct. I ended up unplugging it halfway through the night. SO I've ordered a high quality corner filter that's powered by an air stone to do my filtration. The water level will be brought down a little bit when I get it so he can poke out of the water if he wants. I also forgot to take pictures of the lid I constructed. I'm rather proud of it actually lol. The egg crate that I had leftover wasn't long enough so I have a second 4inch wide piece that I had to make. I left the ends open on both pieces so they interlock together. I love it because I can drop shrimp pellets anywhere in the tank without having to work around a solid lid!

[IrishRonin]

After keeping several crayfish over the years I have learned one thing. It is their tank and they're going to design and shape it as they see fit. They don't seem to like it when we remodel it for them, every time I would set up my tank as I wanted it my blue would have it completely different in 2 days. They are awesome little critters, a lot of fun to watch thanks for sharing

[HerpDerp]

His 5 gallon never looked the same from day to day! I'm just waiting for all that gravel to end up mixed with the sand. In the 5 gallon he would take all of the bigger white rocks and pile them together so I bet he makes a nice pile of black gravel somewhere in the sand LOL.

[IrishRonin]

yeah there quite the little Architects. I know mine turned all the gravel from underneath my black sand to on top of the sand, and yeah live plants just don't work.

[deranged chipmunk]

looks great Michelle! Zoidberg looks very happy in his new crib sorry, i got tied up in a little project today. crayfish are greatlittle creatures. i never kept any "normal" sized ones. but i used to breed cpo's back in the day. since they were small, they never bothered my plants or shrimp. they would just dig their caves and crawl out to feed. i think i have to get more of those little suckers one of these days now all you have to do in the summer is go scouting areas out and find him a girlfriend and you can have Zoid-ettes....lol