Rock Pool Aquarium

[willowstwin]

I have one thing to say.... HERMIT CRABS

 

[Katch]

+1 for milliput

 

[zephi]

I have one thing to say.... HERMIT CRABS

YES I will definitely get a few hermit crabs. I want something to be able to crawl out of the water and walk around on dry land.

Milliput looks pretty good, and looks quite cheap to buy too.

 

[willowstwin]

We had a hermit crab.. they're awesome a water area, a damp sponge area and a dry area, plenty of shells to choose from and they're happy careful though, they love to escape oh and they love corn flakes (straight out of the box obv, no milk or sugar for crabbies

 

[zephi]

I too have owned hermit crabs, not the marine type though. Yeah they're great and I enjoyed building my vivarium for that. Although back then it was much more simpler with a simple drinking tray buried under the sand.. I enjoyed watching them climb things.

The type I plan to get is the marine type, they're not the same, but at least they climb up things underwater and walk out of the water

 

[saz326]

You could use a nice big piece of polystyrene,

Carve the whole shape of the rock formation out and then aoint it in a mixture of cement and sand to give that rocky effect. You could ofcourse glue rocks to the surface of the polystyrene too.

Or if the poly is not a favourite option, use expanding foam. Line the tank with a plastic sheet/polythene bags - colour of choice for permanet fixture. Squirt some expanding foam into the bag and mould it to the shape you wish to keep. Allow it to set and then use silicone to adhere rocks,pebbles etc to the bag, using it in the same way as a pond liner.

Either way the idea is to end up with no spaces for things to escape into.