My first vivarium

[Junneh]

Thanks mate. But I dont see my females' color in the page.. will try to snap some pic later.. they are always in hiding.. hard to find them

[Junneh]

Some pics of my crabs... Couldnt snap any clearer pics because they are hiding well... The crab hiding near the driftwood is the one I have been mentioning earlier.. Its totally brownish with brownish/red claws.. Not sure if its a inferior red devil or another variant... If its not a red devil... I have 3 different variants in my tank..which isnt good news to me..

[Cardinal Tetra]

Its hard to tell the colour of the crab in the 3rd pic. Maybe you can take another pic of it when you have the chance. Different variants is ok I think as long as they are healthy.

[Junneh]

Well, the only issue I have now is aggression between different variants and the possibility of not interbreeding :c

Ps: tried to sneak up close but crabs always get away

[Junneh]

Quick update.. trying dsm for my mini fissidens on some lava rocks and driftwood.. not looking too good though.. some fissidens turned brown.. No further casualties yet. Most vamps have successfully molted. Monitoring my unmolted 2 purp vamps now. Most of my plants are dying, except for the java fern. Not sure if the plants are in submerged form. I managed to snap some clear pics of the female vamps i spoke of earlier in the thread. Will post the pics later at night. Ciao

[Cardinal Tetra]

Looking forward to seeing the pics tonight. Have you tried using money plants?
Went to seaview this morning but no vampires in stock.

[Junneh]

I believe all lfs get their vamps from the same supplier.. all out of stock..haha.. money plants? Definitely not. I think i must be doing something wrong...to cause the deaths of my plants. lol

[Cardinal Tetra]

Just take note that some picky vamps do feed on plants. I had them clean out a sheet of unknown moss overnight that I had dug.

[Junneh]

Yeah I noticed some vamps feeding on dying plants. I feed them hikari cruisine pellets on alternate days. Hadnt got time to upload the pics ytd.. will definitely do so tonight.. the vamp looks like a hybrid to me. After molting, the 1 claw was brownish red, the other slight purple.. lol

[Junneh]

Part 1

Here's the pics of the vamps I took...any idea what species it is? Lol

[Junneh]

Part 2

Some clearer pics of the 2 mystery vamps..

[Cardinal Tetra]

Thanks for sharing. Pic 1-5 seem like vamps still in juv stage so their colours may not be fully developed yet.

[Luc Tango]

i spoke with the staff at seaview two weekends ago, they said they have no idea when the next batch is coming in. finally got my hands on some from c328, all males though. but, girlfriend wants it. die die must buy if not face the nag queen.

[Junneh]

i spoke with the staff at seaview two weekends ago, they said they have no idea when the next batch is coming in. finally got my hands on some from c328, all males though. but, girlfriend wants it. die die must buy if not face the nag queen.

C328 are u talking about the Geosesarma Dernnele? The purple one with yellow back? No females? Which lfs did u get it from? clementi florist?

[Junneh]

Thanks for sharing. Pic 1-5 seem like vamps still in juv stage so their colours may not be fully developed yet.

I hope its still in its juv...but the size of it seems otherwise. Its much bigger than most of the vamps in my tank.. lol

[Junneh]

Update on crab community...

Reached home and found 1 dead female vamp from 1st batch...died after 1 mth in the tank...it seems it died after molting..

[Luc Tango]

yeah, the purple ones. its from the auntie shop, do not really remember the name but yeah, its the extremely 'messy' one.

[Junneh]

yeah, the purple ones. its from the auntie shop, do not really remember the name but yeah, its the extremely 'messy' one.

Thanks mate. I wont be going down then.. any pics of ur tank?

[Cardinal Tetra]

Couple pics. Latest addition juv red devil female on top of leaf.

[Cardinal Tetra]

Eating together for the first time.
Excuse the foggy glass.