#29gal

[lockawayknight]

// observe,

[turochamp]

crabitat critiques? !!!

i was recently acquired four ~1 inch shelled hermit crabs. I work at a pet store, and it was someone coming in at close with them and saying they had nowhere else to go.

This 29 gallon was my cornsnake's baby bioactive enclosure (no isopods!). The coconut fiber is all new, but I left the drainage layer of hydroballs in there. There's a beatup pothos in there and 6 inches of dirt on the higher side (once I have sand it'll be 6" all around). Heat mat and screen lid.

I'm going to get a hygrometer and glass lid, play sand, sphagnum moss, a hamster saucer, and more appropriate shells (i have 7 in there, but many are too small or large, as they were just what I had onhand)

Any other suggestions? They're all purple pinchers and two are in painted shells. I will be going overbudget for the little guys already tho so a bigger tank won't happen for a while.

I've considered asking my responsible pet knowledgable friends if they'd like to adopt a pair of them so its less crowded in my 29gal, but is splitting them into groups of 2 advisable?

[tauforged]

strongly contemplating moving my crayfish to a 20long as opposed to the 29gal, as he doesn’t use the vertical space pretty much At All and having a shorter tank would make it possible for me to move the tank stand somewhere where it’s not getting constant direct sunlight 🤔🤔🤔 much to think about

[bufomancer]

Awesome I'll send some other people some questions too! I'm just trying to get a general pool of ideas to make final decisions from haha. I'm going to be upgrading my 12 guppies but I'm debating on going up to a 29gal (30inx12x18) and I'm just curious if there's any suggestions that would go well with the lil guys. I desperately want to keep the tank understocked, but if I have something that large I thought it would be nice to have something simple for the bottom space. If I can't make up my mind they'll just be staying a solo guppy tank though so there's no bad suggestions xD even if you don't have any ideas thank you for considering the question ❤️

Also all my gups are girls so keeping babies safe isn't a worry for me xP

Off the top of my head I can’t think of anything I’d recommend for a tank that size to pair with guppies.

A lot of bottom dwellers tend to be shoaling fish, or else on the large side.

You’d be best off if you really want another species to look into a solitary or pair fish, about 2-3 inches, that does well in higher pH environments. Possibly some kind of cichlid could work, but I don’t know any specific species I’d recommend as I never really got into cichlids. But you could seek out a cichlid group and ask! You’d also want to ask about the risk of them eating your guppies.

There are some higher pH catfish out there but iirc they tend to be too large for a 29 gallon.

Snails would be my foremost recommendation.

[letsgetsalty]

There’s only three shrimp in here but they manage to make it feel full 💚

[happyscales]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the size of this crypt? Ft. my hand and my Betta for reference. I’ll have to see if I can find any old pictures of this tank...

[gouramissimo]

my one-eyed baby having a nice flop on the marimo

[l3irdl3rain]

Advice from someone else with an axie and cats. If you stop by a hardware store you can get something called egg crate ceiling tiles. You can use that to make a top for the tank, and just cut out bits for where the pump is gonna be sitting, and if you need any tubing. It's working well for the 29gal I currently have for my axie (tho she will be getting an upgrade when I finally get my own place and have space for it), and the cats have gotten on top occasionally and not fallen in, which is good for everyone involved.

Ahh thank you! I’m honestly not worried abt my cats at all because they’re all too old to jump that high. I need to get an actual lid for the 75 gallon tho bc it’s so close to the bird’s perch. If I don’t it’s definitely going to get all kinds of feathers and bird dander in the water and I can’t imagine that’d be good for it. I have the stand set up there and the side closest to the bird perch already has quite a bit of dander on it lol.

Not to mention when the doorbell ring it scares Chester and he’s definitely jumped off the perch and “flown” away (its more like falling with style). I’d hate for him to wind up in the tank if I didn’t have a lid on it.

[geraskier]

hey not to sound totally oblivious but can i get some opinions on if someone is flirting with me or not. the goldfish person from the fish store, the one with the actual goldfish tattoo, definitely recognizes me and is always very friendly. i keep having to run back to that store for something bc fishtanks are money pits so i've been there at least once a week for a bit.

at one point we had a nice chat about goldfish and i showed him pictures of p.b., and he saw the trans flag sticker on my phone and said "me too". and then when i called the store to see if he specifically had room to take p.b., the person who answered the phone told me goldfish guy's name in the context of "oh [redacted] isn't here but i remember him saying his tank is full". THEN the next time i saw him working he rang up my purchase so i was like "hey you're [redacted], right? i remember you have a bunch of goldfish, how are they?" he seemed surprised but i couldn't tell if it was cause i knew his name (employees don't wear nametags there), remembered he had goldfish, or that i specifically remembered the names of some of his goldfish.

and then every time i have seen him since then, over maybe 4 or 5 visits, he's made a point of saying "oh it's you! :)" and we talk for a minute or so. my relative that has bettas was with me one of these times and she said, quote, "he was making eyes at you the whole time we were standing at the register". when i went to have my 29gal water tested a few days ago, he came right next to the help desk and started working on a tank display and we talked some more. now this is a HUGE fish store so walking from one section to another is a bit of a hike, but i also don't know that he wouldn't have been doing tank displays next to the help desk if i wasn't there.

i am super not good at telling if people are dropping hints that they're flirting or if they're just trying to make friends. he's cute and i wouldn't mind getting to know him better but i also am not at a place where i want anything romantic. i've been in multiple situations before where my being excitedly friendly at people i think are cool was received as flirting...i think i did that again here but also if he's reciprocating that's neat i guess??? help

also i don't want to make him uncomfortable by trying to be friends if it's unasked for bc retail workers can't tell customers to fuck off

[amazingpetenclosures]

Once I move my millipedes into my 29gal, I'm going to have a nice 12"×12"×18" Zilla terrarium just lying around with nothing to put in it. The only caveat is that the lid is custom made with acrylic and there's only a small hole for ventilation to keep the humidity high enough for my millipedes, and it's siliconed to the tank, so ventilation will be low. I was thinking of raising dubias for my beardie in there, but does anyone else have any ideas that wouldn't require eventual upgrading?

[unkillability]

new project

[tauforged]

bought some freshwater clams for the crayfish tank. running theory is either they’ll establish in the 29gal and help keep the water clearer, OR thingu will find a way to pry them open and eat them. either way the results will be interesting

[letsgetthisblog]

Petco is having their dollar per gallon sale on 10/20/29gal tanks! And also almost all of their Aqueon tanks are half off it you're a pals rewards member! It's happening until the 22nd of this month

So I got Darcy a lovely rimless 5gal for $14 as well as some more plants! I'll post a pic once the light bar comes in (nuts that it's more expensive than the tank lmao but I shouldn't be surprised)

[farmerlesbian]

Pets???!?!

Pets!! 

There’s Solea the black lab x dutch shepherd, Astro the tuxedo cat, and three fish tanks - 29gal, 10gal, 5gal! 

The 29gal has a bunch of corys - 4 panda corys and we just got 5 leopard corys today. ~8danios (theyre so fast), also a few absolute monster amano shrimps who i love. 

the 5gal is planted with a bunch of lil red cherry shrimp it is gorgeous and they are so cute and peaceful.

the 10gal is planted and currently has no residents... mod horseshoe cannot decide what to put in (we recently lost the betta that was in it 😢)

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[happyscales]

29 gallon, November 17 2017