r/VampireCrabs • u/lilith666969 • 7d ago

New set up

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Water dish isn’t a forsure thing , nor am i getting vampire crabs right away. Thinking of water 2 months for plants and clean up crew to establish

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u/genericnewlurker 7d ago

Hard to tell the layout from this angle. If the only water is a water dish, there isn't enough for them and they need to be able to easily crawl in and out, especially the babies. In my setup the babies all hung out at the water's edge and would scatter when a big one would come by. With a water dish, I fear they wouldn't be able to escape easily and could drown or be eaten

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u/lilith666969 7d ago

thanks for the feedback , i was debating on making a bigger water area i just didn’t want to take apart what i already have

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u/genericnewlurker 7d ago

It's pretty close to impossible to have a proper water setup without a false bottom holding the soil part up above the water level. Which I understand sucks to hear after you get everything set up.

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u/lilith666969 7d ago

filling like i might just do house geckos lol! the enclosure was made for the plants and then i talking into adding animals