I think you may have been ripped off. I just started the vid, but that crab you just showed didnt look like a vamp There are 2 similar freshwater crabs, vampire crabs have bright colored yellow/orange color w/ their purple. There's another more common & similar but much duller crab called a Halloween crab, I think thats what you have based on the 1st shot! They are often mislabeled as vamps to increase their price $. The worst thing is that they need brackish water (or maybe salt can't remember) to breed so they are extreme lvl difficulty to breed in captivity unlike true vamps which readily breed in freshwater 😔
@@DarkChaosMC actually. In captivity would be best (as long as conditions are ideal) because small creatures including crabs are often eaten and serve as prey animals, which is the reason why the lifespan will be much shorter than it would be in captivity. I'm sure those crabs would hate to live a life full of worrying about birds, other crabs, parasites, etc.
Vampire crabs are great semi aquatic pets. They are from the rainforest , have lots of colors, and are just really cool to have in a tank planted setup. Awesome setup .
Omg. I am a biologist who dive a lot in my live and spend a large amount in nature. ...do a lot of crafting.... really great art . I am more than impressed...
Never use expanding foam without proper personal protection equipment like gloves. This stuff is poisonous even through skin contact so prevent that as much as possible.
@@nandoism7731 these toxins gas out so that should not be a problem. It is (should be) safe once cured, but you should be careful not to let it touch your skin when it comes out of the spray can. Serpa Design uses the stuff in his builds as well and his animals are doing well.
Thank you for giving me a hobby im interestwd in finally, i love animals and the idea of habitat building but i live with my mom who hates exotic animals so i cant, but this is something we are both happy with and your videos are helpling me escape my depression rn. Thank you so much
The area they can dig in is very small tho. When i kept vampire crabs i gave them a large land area to dig in and they loved it. So many tunnels goin deep underground
This stream construction is GENIUS! I've never seen it done quite this way. So well thought out and crafted. Amazing build, as always. Those are some happy crabbies.
@@TerrariumDesigns You'd be surprised 😉 I've had them climb the glass hook one leg over the rim of the tank then push the glass lid up with their bodies until they slip out underneath. The smaller ones calm climb glass using small amounts of debris. The adults aren't able to do that but they are damn crafty! I would put a tab of tape on each side just in case 😁 Trust me!!
You don’t have to ask for liking a subscribe when you watch something like this you did a wonderful job. Very creative and inspire me to make my own. Great job absolutely loved it.
Brother, your work is absolutely incredible. Im interested in building a no filter aquarium. Gotta be awesome when you realize you built a mostly self contained, successful ecosystem. Yours are the most beautiful, most natural looking tanks I've ever seen.
Just a heads up for anyone looking to get Vampire Crabs 🙂 you can't mix colours (species) they will fight to the death and eventually kill eachother. Males are quite territorial as well so it's best to get a male and 2 females.
Im only 14 but i love nature and i really want to make a terrarium myself. And because of you i know how to make one. And i want to say that in all your videos you make lovely stuff!!
That is so cool. I never had a vampire crab as my pet. Probably my parents wouldn’t allow me. I can only get fish from the pet store my brother is allergic to dogs and cats but you’re lucky I used to have a hermit crab but it buried itself and my mom fought it was sad because it wanted to see its friends so my mom took him back to the pet store❤💬😎😞🥺👍 0:44
You seem so skilled and passionate about making these terrariums. I love to watch your videos, they always bring me peace. And I also started my own little enclosed terrarium in a jar with the tips from you, and it is doing well! :)
The expanding foam trick to shape it is brilliant. I'm used to that stuff with koi ponds and I have nightmares of trying to get it off but being partially dry makes sense
You do amazing builds ❤🎉 I'm in my early 50s and don't have the patience to wait for grow outs 😂 I did a few aquascapes fish tanks and do the fish in cycling, correctly, and have had no losses. But I know I'd really have to wait if I did a terrarium because I'd definitely want it to be better for the terrestrial animals, or semi terrestrial... excellent and beautiful build as usual. It's very nice seeing younger people having the patience, passion and skill to build such beautiful systems. 🎉
Am so happy, beyond ecstatic actually, to have found your channel. Oh the things I am going to build... Hope you have builds for different frogs, geckos and everything else!
Your video has inspired me so much! I was originally trying to figure out how to get a 3:1 ratio in a normal tank and it brought me to your video! I even purchased everything that you were using before this video. I'm so excited to create a cozy place for my future crab friends 🎉
What an awesome build! How did you manage to build the door for this paladarium? There aren‘t any visible hinges, it looks so clean! Keep up the great work :)
This looks awesome. A little too much work for me to think about recreating at this point but maybe someday. A suggestion to others: you probably want to wear gloves when working with spray foam, silicone caulk, and super glue. All of those are hard to get off your fingers.
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PALUDARIUM!!!! You have ROCKED everything we have seen you do!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! And YES!!! How to grow all types of moss, please!!!! We live in Arizona and collecting moss in the wild is well… Virtually impossible!!!!😂😂
Beautiful executed n explained and shot, you are clearly gifted....the whole process is so detailed yet meditative...I wish I could learn in person from u!
Love the video. I'm only getting into planted tanks and now its been opening up to so many other forms like paludariums! Easy subscribe :). Also if you don't mind suggestions, adding some nice crisp b roll before ending would be great. Wanted to see more those crabs.
What do I think? Amazing! I have just set up a paludarium-styled tank, and I think vampire crabs would be perfectly suited. Thank you for showing your amazing work: it was inspiring 🙂 Subscribed, so I don't miss anything else! Looking forward to more 👍
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I think you may have been ripped off. I just started the vid, but that crab you just showed didnt look like a vamp
There are 2 similar freshwater crabs, vampire crabs have bright colored yellow/orange color w/ their purple. There's another more common & similar but much duller crab called a Halloween crab, I think thats what you have based on the 1st shot! They are often mislabeled as vamps to increase their price $. The worst thing is that they need brackish water (or maybe salt can't remember) to breed so they are extreme lvl difficulty to breed in captivity unlike true vamps which readily breed in freshwater 😔
Thank you for this. I’m trying to convince my mom to let me start something similar and if I have all the stuff at the ready it would really help
Maybe some tiny raspboras In here
Plz make a vertical paludarium or terrarium
Excellent! How did you make that glass hinged door?
i love that you explain your differences and always start with "the reason this is important..." rather than just saying "im using x instead of y"
THANK YOU for showing the plant types! I hate when they don’t do that. “Just use what you want” I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO USE
Your vampire crabs are gonna live the BEST lives a crab could ever!😇
I reckon they have a better life out of captivity, but in captivity it’s pretty damn good.
@@DarkChaosMC actually. In captivity would be best (as long as conditions are ideal) because small creatures including crabs are often eaten and serve as prey animals, which is the reason why the lifespan will be much shorter than it would be in captivity. I'm sure those crabs would hate to live a life full of worrying about birds, other crabs, parasites, etc.
Yes
The first ever apex predators
Better than a Supermarket crab? Of course 🗿
Vampire crabs are great semi aquatic pets. They are from the rainforest , have lots of colors, and are just really cool to have in a tank planted setup. Awesome setup .
Omg. I am a biologist who dive a lot in my live and spend a large amount in nature. ...do a lot of crafting....
really great art . I am more than impressed...
A biologist that doesn’t know how to spell okay bud 👌
Never use expanding foam without proper personal protection equipment like gloves. This stuff is poisonous even through skin contact so prevent that as much as possible.
Important advice!
Thanks for the tip. Now it makes me question even using such a substance in my terrarium. I'm worried the toxins will leak into the water and soil.
@@nandoism7731 these toxins gas out so that should not be a problem. It is (should be) safe once cured, but you should be careful not to let it touch your skin when it comes out of the spray can. Serpa Design uses the stuff in his builds as well and his animals are doing well.
Thanks
@@nandoism7731it wont leak anything once its cured
Would love a video on how to propagate both terrestrial and aquatic moss! Having some difficulty getting them to grow...
I’ll definitely work on it:)
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Moisture is key!
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Wow, this is really amazing. This is near the top of the list of favorite builds that you've done. Let's be real, they're all my favorites
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it:)
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Me too😂
great video!
Thank you for giving me a hobby im interestwd in finally, i love animals and the idea of habitat building but i live with my mom who hates exotic animals so i cant, but this is something we are both happy with and your videos are helpling me escape my depression rn. Thank you so much
The area they can dig in is very small tho. When i kept vampire crabs i gave them a large land area to dig in and they loved it. So many tunnels goin deep underground
Yea, I had the same thought.
Hope you enjoy the video!:)
Loved it😁👌👍
This stream construction is GENIUS! I've never seen it done quite this way. So well thought out and crafted. Amazing build, as always. Those are some happy crabbies.
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I hope that door you made is super secure because vampire crabs are escape artists. Also their babies can fit through really small gaps
They will push that glass door open without much trouble.
The glass door has no sizeable gabs at all. It also is takes some pull to actually open so it will certainly not be pushed open by the crabs aha
@@TerrariumDesigns You'd be surprised 😉 I've had them climb the glass hook one leg over the rim of the tank then push the glass lid up with their bodies until they slip out underneath.
The smaller ones calm climb glass using small amounts of debris. The adults aren't able to do that but they are damn crafty! I would put a tab of tape on each side just in case 😁 Trust me!!
I’ll do it just in case, thanks for the heads up!
@@TerrariumDesigns No worries! They aren't smart! But they are cunning 🤣
You don’t have to ask for liking a subscribe when you watch something like this you did a wonderful job. Very creative and inspire me to make my own. Great job absolutely loved it.
Beautiful, I couldn't help but imagine how it would look with a fantasy scene within the ecosystem. Elves, dwarves, dragons oh my
Those crabs are so cool to watch, they look really happy with their new house 🏡
The vampire crabs looks STUNNING in that
Love the crabs, I've never heard of them before. I cant wait for the update video 😊
Its like having a mini jungle anywhere you go you will always imagine, and always will love it. ❤
Brother, your work is absolutely incredible. Im interested in building a no filter aquarium. Gotta be awesome when you realize you built a mostly self contained, successful ecosystem. Yours are the most beautiful, most natural looking tanks I've ever seen.
amazing. love it for the vampire crabs
This tank is gorgeous. I look forward to the updates!
Just a heads up for anyone looking to get Vampire Crabs 🙂 you can't mix colours (species) they will fight to the death and eventually kill eachother.
Males are quite territorial as well so it's best to get a male and 2 females.
Do they need air holes in the tank?
@@BabyL3mur Yep. I have a ton of guides on vampire crabs on my channel if you want more info on keeping them.
My 6-year-old believes this is so amazing and cool. Great job!
Im only 14 but i love nature and i really want to make a terrarium myself. And because of you i know how to make one. And i want to say that in all your videos you make lovely stuff!!
Gorgeous! I love these crabs! They have so much personality, and so much fun to watch!
That is so cool. I never had a vampire crab as my pet. Probably my parents wouldn’t allow me. I can only get fish from the pet store my brother is allergic to dogs and cats but you’re lucky I used to have a hermit crab but it buried itself and my mom fought it was sad because it wanted to see its friends so my mom took him back to the pet store❤💬😎😞🥺👍 0:44
I would appreciate if you would make a video of how to propogate your own moss❤
Will do!😃
Great scape and "easy" to follow, not that I feel confident attempting something like this myself but seems good for the ones who dare.
Thank you!
I’be been binge watching planted aquariums and ran up on your video. WOW!! I’ve never seen anything like it. Gorgeous!!
i would love to see a moss propagating/growing video!
Great!:)
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Awesome build I'd love to see how you propagate and grow your moss I've always struggled!
Great 😃
this is like exactly what i wanted to build, but i didnt know how to make the water stream leakproof. thanks for the tutorial
Amazing setup and the crabs look absolutely stunning! . Really like how you built the steam spillway. Ingenious!.
A fitting home for such amazing creatures. I love vampire crabs and can’t wait to have a few of my own. The tips in this video were very helpful.
Your videos are so relaxing to watch. How many terrariums do you have in your house?
This video was awesome, really love the stream terrariums but this one is even better especially with the crabs
Glad you like it & thanks for watching😃
Moss Prorogation in Tupperware vid would be dope 🤙🏻
I'd love a video on the maintainance of a tank like this. Do you have to do frequent water changes? Spray/trim plants?
You seem so skilled and passionate about making these terrariums. I love to watch your videos, they always bring me peace. And I also started my own little enclosed terrarium in a jar with the tips from you, and it is doing well! :)
The expanding foam trick to shape it is brilliant. I'm used to that stuff with koi ponds and I have nightmares of trying to get it off but being partially dry makes sense
Really like how you built the steam spillway. Ingenious!
You do amazing builds ❤🎉 I'm in my early 50s and don't have the patience to wait for grow outs 😂 I did a few aquascapes fish tanks and do the fish in cycling, correctly, and have had no losses. But I know I'd really have to wait if I did a terrarium because I'd definitely want it to be better for the terrestrial animals, or semi terrestrial... excellent and beautiful build as usual. It's very nice seeing younger people having the patience, passion and skill to build such beautiful systems. 🎉
Such a beautiful terrarium ! i absolutely love it 😍 also the crabs are so cool :D
Thank you!
I liked the vampire crab addition.
first video ive seen on this channel,. excited to see an update!
Beautiful tank love the crabs
I'm going to be starting this very soon , just 90 gallons and an ecosystem - with other creatures n such
15:21 One of the crabs has a smile on its back. Its really beautiful. Also your tank is inspirational. Great work ❤.
That’s cute!
@@TerrariumDesigns Thanks for your kind words ❤
I NEED that moss video!
Delighted you popped up on my feed. I watch MD and Matt the Fish his mate, Serpa and now you 🤗🤗🤗
Am so happy, beyond ecstatic actually, to have found your channel. Oh the things I am going to build... Hope you have builds for different frogs, geckos and everything else!
no geckos😢
Your video has inspired me so much! I was originally trying to figure out how to get a 3:1 ratio in a normal tank and it brought me to your video! I even purchased everything that you were using before this video. I'm so excited to create a cozy place for my future crab friends 🎉
Absolutely Beautiful. Thanks for the post.
I’m gonna make this one
Do it😃
lookin so sick
very cool
What an awesome build! How did you manage to build the door for this paladarium? There aren‘t any visible hinges, it looks so clean! Keep up the great work :)
yes that is what i was wondering too.
It's just clear tape along the top side of the tank.
pretty sure he uses a silicone bead which is strong enough to hold the glass e ven when he opens it
Beautiful, simple beautiful. Very similar as we can see here in Brasil. Greetings from São Paulo
Best micro-stream construction I've seen yet. Thank you!
Amazing build, i really enjoy your style throughout all of your builds. Keep up the good work.
I dont watch these videos to make a paludarium. I watch these cuz i am bored and these make me feel good ngl.
Glad you liked it:)
@@TerrariumDesigns these kind of videos makes my day. I always wanted to make a paludarium or a terrarium but my budget sucks sooo....
This looks awesome. A little too much work for me to think about recreating at this point but maybe someday. A suggestion to others: you probably want to wear gloves when working with spray foam, silicone caulk, and super glue. All of those are hard to get off your fingers.
This is unreal! ❤❤❤❤❤❤ I love this and am now going to watch all your videos! I made my first terrarium today. 😊
that stream is genius!
great video to learn from....since i am trying to start a red claw crab tank myself, many many great tips thank you
Amazing job man. Your videos got me interested in terrariums which I now find amazingly entertaining and beautiful portraits of nature. Thank you
Those crab are beautiful
I think this is astonishing! My heart is beating faster...
Just bought your book and I don’t regret it one bit. When or If I kick off all credits go to my God and you
nice work, izin download. thanks
Day one of asking for a gargoyle gecko terrarium.
Also great work on this design i love it so much I hope the next one turns out just as good.🥰
Thank you! Love these guys and have never found anything on how to correctly keep them, till right now!!!
This is so cool
aww those crabs look so clumsy and handsome
I love your videos :)
Thank you:)
I'd like to see a video on propagating moss in tubs like that :)
This was such a beautiful tank!
one of the best paludarium video I have ever seen
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PALUDARIUM!!!! You have ROCKED everything we have seen you do!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! And YES!!! How to grow all types of moss, please!!!! We live in Arizona and collecting moss in the wild is well… Virtually impossible!!!!😂😂
Beautiful executed n explained and shot, you are clearly gifted....the whole process is so detailed yet meditative...I wish I could learn in person from u!
Absolutely beautiful. I am going to try the vampire crabs, but I just cant see me even coming close to this. Awesome.
I wish I was miniature and lived in there I would be in heaven
You need more of these critter ones ❤😂
Beautiful setup! You are a great inspiration.
Thank you!
This is insanely awesome. Great work
Thank you!!
Very nice :) maybe you can next time add information about light used for the plants.
I always watch this with high quality
First time here ! I really like the video. Can't wait to see more :)
I'd would really appreciate a video on how to propagate moss.
Glad you enjoyed the video & I’ll definitely work on a video about moss propagation😃
Wow! This is amazing!!! Looks beautiful! You have some very lucky crabs there! Great video!😊
Such Cute Little Creatures 😍 You've Built Them An Awesome Home 🤯🦀
Another banger, keep up the good work!🤜🏽🤛🏽
Thank you!
This is a great Paludarium!
Thanks!
Never heard of a vampire crab before, but consider me invested anyway
Just a fantastic video. You're an artist🦀 & a Professional. Perfection 🤙
I made a youtube account just to subscribe to you, your videos are so awesome! Keep ist up!
Love the video. I'm only getting into planted tanks and now its been opening up to so many other forms like paludariums! Easy subscribe :). Also if you don't mind suggestions, adding some nice crisp b roll before ending would be great. Wanted to see more those crabs.
Great to hear! & that’s a good suggestion:)
Stunning! You have a great eye for details 😊
Thank you!
What do I think? Amazing!
I have just set up a paludarium-styled tank, and I think vampire crabs would be perfectly suited. Thank you for showing your amazing work: it was inspiring 🙂
Subscribed, so I don't miss anything else! Looking forward to more 👍