i found all my crabs above ground so i took the chance to fix their substrate issue.
first i put the cocofiber into a homer bucket with 5 pints of water (1 more than a gallon). i made me and the kids lunch... swelling takes a couple minutes.
i broke up the dry pieces and mixed them in a little better. then i started removing everything from the tank including the crabs...
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as you can see as i was pulling things out i was still discovering what messes they made...
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including ripping straight through the screen to turn over the soil (and leca) a little better lol...
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once i had everything out i started replacing the coco at what was to be the lower end under the water bowl. notice the uth pads and the foil tape...
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water bowl placed neatly...
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at that point everything is standard procedure so i just kept moving along with(out) pics...