Which filtration is best for Vivarium?

[cllui]

Hi,

I'm a newbie in Vivarium and thinking to keep some Vampire crab soon.
I have few questions would like to ask and hope some of the Sifu here can help me out...
- how many crab can I keep in 30x30x30cm and 60x30x30cm tank?
- which filtration are best to use if i planning to do a 50:50 ratio land and water setup?
* UGF with small canister filter like -
http://www.a-charming.com/product/list/b0059.htm
* small canister filter
* HOB filter like Aquaclear
* Sponge filter
- do I need a strong light?
- do I need a aquarium fan?
- can I keep some shrimp, tetra, cory or cpo on the water part?

Thanks

[delhezi]

Those are hard... You want to google about their compatability, accounts vary from death and disaster to communion.

[dkk08]

Let me try my best having kept quite a few Vampire crabs and still have about 6-8 Vampire crabs with me...

- how many crab can I keep in 30x30x30cm and 60x30x30cm tank? >Well for a 1ft cube tank you can easily keep 4-8 crabs, the trick is to give them ample hidding places. You can actually use those pyramid style hideouts CRS/Shrimps keepers are using for them too or you can DIY your own by using PVC pipes or Bamboo with hollow centre
- which filtration are best to use if i planning to do a 50:50 ratio land and water setup? >This can be subjective as it really depends on your scape and setup, for my tanks they're all link to a sump with 2 external cannister to give them that extra filtration but if your tank is 1ft cube then I would say modify a Hang on Back so that it can suck the water from a lower water level
* UGF with small canister filter like -
http://www.a-charming.com/product/list/b0059.htm
* small canister filter > cannister filter will be ideal too as cleaning of the filter will be easier too
* HOB filter like Aquaclear
* Sponge filter
- do I need a strong light? > Vampire crabs are actually very shy when the lights are on so depending on what plants you intend to have, I would say for a 1ft cube tank a PL or T5 (24w) would be sufficient
- do I need a aquarium fan? > Again can be subjective cause my crabs tanks are in the 26-29 degree range
- can I keep some shrimp, tetra, cory or cpo on the water part? > Yes you can, cause in the water section I've a few Otos that I have kept for a long time

[cllui]

Thanks dkk08!!!

I think I'll use 60x35x40cm tank with eheim 2213.

Will try to post some pic soon...

Thanks