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I just wanted to say I've been watching terrarium and palladium videos for over a year now. But it wasn't until I saw your sci-fi set up that I decided I needed that in my life! I've bought the tank and equipment. I found a local shop that has vampire crabs and plants. So wish me luck. This is my first attempt. Hopefully, I've learned enough from you to succeed. Thank you.😊

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support! I really appreciate it! If you get stuck with anything just drop a Dm on Instagram or Facebook and I'll give you a hand ☺

@Davy-lf4cj

3 ай бұрын

Good luck mate

@happyface98765

3 ай бұрын

Hey just wanted to tell you to make sure your tank is properly cycled before you actually add crabs. Best of luck

Bro , i could watch your enclosures forever!

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

😊 I've been watching the ramp up and ramp down times quite a lot lately the crabs seem to appreciate the simulated sunrise and sunset.

I just had a joint, the music is spot on thank you!

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

☺Thanks!

@Davy-lf4cj

3 ай бұрын

😂

Also helps that our water quality is so good in Australia

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I'm in Poland 😅 From my experience though we over do the chlorine in Australian water at least where I'm from up in FNQ

Witam serdecznie dziękuję za pokazanie pozdrawiam z Polski miłego wieczoru życzę

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

dziękuję🙂

wow, the Grey Rock Ravine looks so good now :0

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Will be due for a big trim soon. I have no idea on crab numbers at the moment either 😅

So great that you've had such good results with your new lights! I always like lights with multi colored leds for growing plants. Beautiful paludariums and crabs! Hope you're having a nice weekend 🙂👍

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Tara 🙂 Things are slowly warming up here which is nice and it's nice to finally have some better auomation on the shelf. I think the crabs will appreciate the subtle ramp up and ramp down as well.

Spectrum really does make a difference. Don't underestimate a bit of UV as well, and green spectrum too.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I always figured it was quite subtle but it's basically been like adding steroids 🤣 green would be nice but I've only seen it in really expansive models and brands. But a man can dream I guess!!

@curvingfyre6810

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem I'm planning on adding it myself with some RGB bulbs at some point, or if I find any green party bulbs at a thrift store. Plus, having multiple fixtures lets you target certain areas with certain intensities and colors, which helps if you're cohabitating plants with different needs. Especially with moss cause it can burn so easily.

@wesleyson21

3 ай бұрын

​@curvingfyre6810 Nicrew makes a WRGB light that's fairly inexpensive. I get them on Amazon in the US and it's what I use on all my enclosures. Their newest models have a built in timer with ramp up and ramp down.

@curvingfyre6810

3 ай бұрын

@@wesleyson21 Interesting, how reliable do you find the timer? I've had bad experiences with built in timers in the past.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@wesleyson21They were one of the other options I had a look at as well before settling.

I love all the ferns!

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I wish I could get mini tree ferns to create something from the dinosaur times.

Its amazing work

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️😊

The struggle with the big power plugs are so real. The thermostats I run sometimes can't have another appliance right next to each other. For my snakes I have 12 slot extension cord.........just because of the space.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I'll have to upgrade to a 10-12 slot as well and space everything every second slot. These Sinkor ones will at least let you put a normal plug between them but I have a few other things connected that won't allow anything to fit next to them so you lose a spot...

Looks really good!

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Cheers! It's got a really natural feel to it now. Smells like the forest when you open it too so everything is in perfect balance. I hope it stays this good for a long time.

@australianbiotopes4563

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem I had a large one on my patio, I used to hate cutting it back but with those ferns occasionally you have to, but they look nice and fresh when they come back and it doesn't take to long once the roots are established, I had to pull mine down as termites got into the stand, we have them bad here, I have since built a new one and now have a steel stand for it, but I still have to set it up, they are very relaxing, My last one had an open top so I used to get parrots coming in for a drink but every time I ran to get the camera they would take off, the new one is closed in so that won't happen again.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@australianbiotopes4563 I hope you plan on making a video of it! I'll be sure to check it out. Termites are such a pain in the A$$ you're lucky you clued into the situation before the stand crumbled and destroyed everything. What sort of parrots are you getting in your area? They are such pretty birds but a lot of people don't like how chatty they are.

@australianbiotopes4563

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem I get a heap of parrots but the most common is the Rainbow Lorikeet, they were the ones that would come down for a drink, we get them Cockatoos, Corellas, King Parrots, Pale headed Rosella, and Crimson Rosella, they are the most common.

great .

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

😊

Your so underrated!

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated! ☺

I subbed a few weeks ago, but haven't commented because crabs and paludariums are out of my jurisdiction. 😉 I enjoy your builds, though, and it's always good to get ideas. Never heard of Sinkor, but since I am looking into replacement lights for a 2nd hand Juwel Rio 125, I might look into it. 👍

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Cheers for the sub! What's keeping crabs and paludariums off the table? 🤔Trying not to have too many tanks going? Sinkor have been around for a while here in Euope and have quite a big range of sizes and spectrum options. They have a WRGB range as well but they are a bit more expensive. I bet adding green to the mix would probably increase growth even more but then I'd be trimming ferns non stop!

@frankvermeulen4621

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have 2 tanks running, and I'm setting up 3 others with plans for a 4th, for a total of 6. At least for this coming year, haha. I mean, I am not adverse to setting up a paludarium at some point... Never say never.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@frankvermeulen4621 We all seem to end up in the same place don't we! I started with a 5 gallon shrimp and and said that would be it.... I have 11 tanks at the moment.... 😅

Little news from my vampires crab... There is a big mystake ! I didn't hit it at the beginning and yet, I ordered for 5 Geosesarma Dennerle ; I have three dernnerle & the problem is that they gave me two males Geosesarma noduliferum in addition, with red pincers & white eyes. So a problem will arise, I have two females, but they are Dennerle one male , plus these two others who are males too. So the risk is the hybridization of the two species because they are compatible to the reproduction point of view. So, I don't really know what to do... On the one hand I'm not the good Lord, but I'm very curious to see what nature is capable of doing with the crossing of the two species, perhaps a crab plus robust, because it seems that those, which have the red pincers, are more larger than the Dennerle, but on the other hand all the aquarists would say it, it is a bit of a heresy to cross the species, except that in botany That always gives something better, so the balance leans a little more towards letting mother nature do its thing and we'll see. P.S : In any case, they are quite shy, but they seem to be very sociable, when I manage to observe them without them seeing me, they are often all together or not far from each other, but each has their own little corner, the majority have dug burrows to sleep in, another sleeps in Bromelia plant =) And I noticed that they did like chickens, they eat small quartz gravel.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

If you can make a smaller tank for the species you have fewer of. If you mix them there's a very high chance that they will all kill eachother before any hybridisation. It won't always happen right away but it will happen eventually sadly. Make sure you email them back about the problem.

@fredericcolombier5380

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem Ah, I honestly didn't expect to read this, ok, they risk killing each other, ok, I'm going to call the store directly and see if they can exchange them for me, we'll see that tomorrow it's already almost 7 p.m. in my country, thank you in any case for taking the time to answer me =)

Is this the tank that's got a lot of vampire crab 🦀

@leekaifengmoe9604

3 ай бұрын

And what kind of vampire crab u got

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I don't actually know how many are in this tank these days. They bred constantly and I slowly sell them (local pickup) every so often. So the numbers stay in a healthy range.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@leekaifengmoe9604 The big tank has Geosesarma dennerle, the fern jungle has Geosesarma Hagen and I have 3 other tanks with 3 different species as well. You need a different tank for each species otherwise they fight and kill eachother. Sadly you can't mix them in a single tank or it's just a death sentence. But I will be revealing the other 3 species as the videos for those builds come out.

@leekaifengmoe9604

3 ай бұрын

Ok I'm excited to see your video 😁

What is the brand of tank that you have? Those are awesome and your build is amazing!

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!! The big one is a custom made tank. I just gave the dimensions to a local glass guy and he put it together. The other tanks are all the cheapest aquariums I could find! They do the trick very well but a font opening tank is 1000x easier to film content with so I prefer it 🤣 But if you aren't filming it doesn't really matter too much which type you get.

Did you ever test the Nicrew LED lights? I was thinking of buying those to build an aquarium/terrarium shelf.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

It was a toss up between those and these Sinkor ones. I picked these because they look a lot more streamlined and minimalistic, especially with the adjustable legs. You can slide them up and down the entire length of the light. I probably should have showed that in the video actually 😅. Hindsight now though. In an extreme example you could mount a 90cm light on a 30 cm tank if you so really wanted to.

@glassyGREEN_

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem That is interesting, thanks for your answer :)

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@glassyGREEN_ No problem 😊

Those lights look good. Where did you get them from?

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I got these from "Invital" here in Europe. They are really good value for money put out some really good results. I'm not sure about US retailers though but Google Sinkor lights and something should pop up pretty quickly.

@anselmocat

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem thanks. I’m in Ireland but invital doesn’t ship here 😒 I’ll have to do some digging 🤣

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@anselmocat Swing one of them an email they probably have a reseller or something somewhere close by. They are pretty big here on the mainland.

hey, I had a question about your paludariums. Do you do any water changes? In my current tanks I've noticed that a lot of the times there is a bit of evaporation, so i usually just add some water here and there instead of doing an actual water change, I wanted to see what your thoughts on this were? Especially since water sections in most normal sized tanks cant hold that much water since we go by the 80/20 rule I was somewhat worried that me not doing water changes may have a negative effect on my tank. Thank you!

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I do a change of about 50% every 2 weeks sometimes 3. I also top up the evaporation. I have noticed that the crabs love water change day as well. For the next couple of days after a water change they all seem to come out and sit in the water for a while. Sometimes it will trigger molting as well. The water tests perfect all the time so it probably wouldn't need changing but it's so quick and easy I always make sure to do it. Plus the crabs react well to it too.

@happyface98765

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem sounds great! It obviously felt like I should be changing it (don’t worry tank is still cycling, no crabs in there) but since I’m getting close to being ready I did want to clarify! Thanks for always responding

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@happyface98765 it's handy having water that stays clean for weeks so if you're just too busy to do a water change or if you go on holidays you don't have to stress about it. The other thing that water changes help with is removing mineral build up after evaporation and topups. Over time the water can get quite high TDS without water changes.

We're do you get your paludariums from mate?

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

The big one I got some local glass guy to make to my dimensions. The rest are just the cheapest aquariums I can find.

hey , Can a female vampire crab lay eggs twice in her life time ?

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I'm no scientist but I assume so. I've never kept them separated to find out exactly. That's a good question though.

@sasikafish

3 ай бұрын

i ask it cse , i have a male red devil vampire crab , one of my friend have a female but she laid eggs onece . so in the mean time there is no place to buy them locally . so , will she breed with my male crab again and lay eggs ? @@IndoorEcosystem

Where did you get lights from? Uk or Poland? If I search web it directs me to Polish websites.

@IndoorEcosystem

Ай бұрын

I'm in Poland at the moment and used .pl they have .cz and a few others I think. I'll see if i can dig the rest up. They are expanding across Europe though from what I understand.

@IndoorEcosystem

Ай бұрын

So i had a hunt around for locations: Czech republic: invital.cz Slovakia: invitalshop.sk Poland: invital.pl Hungary: invitalpet.hu Slovenia: invital.si Germany and Austria are on the way. They seem to be expanding pretty fast so I wouldn't be surprised if the lights hit more retailers at some stage. They kind of burst on to the scene here semi recently, at least that I have noticed.

What happened to your Lepidothelphusa?

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

I never actually got hold of any locally unfortunately (refuse to order them online) The Lepidothelphusa projects were quite a big collaborative effort between myself and some guys from Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Korea and the UK. I'm still very much on the lookout for some though as I have an even better tank style concept for them planned. I'm going to an exotic animal expo this weekend so hopefully I'll spot some!

First 😆☝️

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

A return to form! 😆

@Cow_Juice

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem Yea!!! Thank you, thank you. 😆 Also I see you've invested in some quality lighting. That's awesome! The plants love it and I bet the crabs do too.

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@Cow_Juice Best value for money light I've stumbled across. The WiFi controls make life so much easier! Plus it's actually really interesting seeing a slight change in crab behaviour in ramp up and ramp down phases. I haven't got enough info yet but I'll do a video on it at some stage once I see some more trends 🙂

@Cow_Juice

3 ай бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem I'm glad you found them. They're game changers for your set ups for sure. The music, especially the one you chose towards the end of the vid, was on point as usual. I love the quality of your work. Your channel is so underrated. You deserve far more views and more subs, more than what you are getting now. I'm glad that before your channel explodes in popularity, I was one of the few that got to see you grow from the very start. Keep staying and awesome! 😃

@IndoorEcosystem

3 ай бұрын

@@Cow_Juice I'm very greatful for the support! Especially helping the algorthim with traction! I'm glad you appreciate the music choices! Because picking music is a tough gig!!