This gap wasn't here when they first arrived they dug it up and it leads behind the driftwood forest/cave. Almost always 1-2 poking out here
They love to patrol all over the driftwood mountain forest /cave and forage, then retreat back into little hiding spots like this
same crab among 3 pom poms from this video:
https://www.reddit.com/r/crabs/comments/1u7ng7r/pom_pom_crabs_adjusting_to_29_gal/
I was worried they weren't alive still and discovered they love to fully burrow in this moss wall. 10 total but not sure how many are alive. Usually see 3 at a time on the moss wall.
theyre in a 29 gallon with 3 pom pom crabs and 12 striped kuhli loaches. each species occupies a somewhat different area ,seems to be going well so far. pom poms patrol all over driftwood, Thai crabs mostly on moss or living log area, loaches on sandy bottom while sometimes going to upper level planted areas.
Sorry for the low quality I am planning to take some higher quality vids later.
New 29 gallon setup, currently has 3 pom pom crabs, 10 Thai micro crabs, and 12 striped kuhli loaches. Lots of sand, 4 live plants on ground level plus lots of weeping moss and Christmas moss growing that will eventually replace some fake plants, lots of driftwood that makes a big multi path cave in the middle with floating plants growing like red root floater, frogbit, duckweed, and 1 other unknown floater that looks like frogbit but with more texture on the top. The driftwood area is almost complete but going to add 2-3 more small branches for climbing surfaces area and more places to attach moss and an Anubias or 2.
This tank was primarily setup for crabs, shrimp, and loaches, but will likely have some upper level fish like emerald dwarf rasboras and/or sparkling gourami later, but for now I'm just letting things/plants develop with the 3 species that are in there now. I think the pom poms are my favorite though and will eventually max out around 5-6 pom poms in the tank.
The pom pom crabs have claimed the upper level driftwood which has a relatively flat area they can explore and forage with lots of plants and branches close by to escape to. The first few days I rarely saw the pom poms, but now if I go there around night time, almost always all 3 of them are at the top level somewhere, usually partially hidden by a small plant or hanging log up top. Thai Crabs are still missing since day 3-4.. hoping they're okay.
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