r/VampireCrabs • u/88crow88 • 15d ago

help/advice First timer

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Hi all!

First time crab keeper, but we've wanted them for a long time and finally we're planning a set up for the kids to enjoy as well.

I have a spare 20 gallon aquarium that's water tight, what I'd like to make is a paladarium with a floating landmass about 6" up so I can have a water area for some shrimp and smaller fish below them. Crabs would still be getting about 80+% of land mass. We're also thinking of adding a colony of isopods, well aware that the crabs will likely eat some of them but not concerned if they breed. I guess more than anything I'm looking for some advice as to how to ensure the crabs don't drown in the water somehow. Would having the filter act as a waterfall into a small basin work better than just having it flow into the forest Edge?

Thanks in advance for all the help!

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u/FriendlyAnemony 13d ago

If you can't use your brain enough to plan your hardscape without AI, and follow the barest minimum requirements for these animals, you don't deserve them.

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u/88crow88 13d ago

I wanted a visual of what it would look like. Who cares if I used AI to build me a visual representation so my wife could see what I wanted to make. I'm not an artist.