is it normal for 13 make me fill my salt water bowl at least 5 times a day?
i checked for holes and there is none
and it is also about 2 liters
im refilling over 5 times a day
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
That seems a bit excessive. Are you refilling because its completely empty or cleaning it out because substrate has been tracked into it? If its empty and not leaking, could the crabs be tilting it in a manner that causes it to pour out? Do you have water pooling in your substrate?
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
Wait, are you saying the bowl is 2 liters or you are refilling about 2 liters of salt water per day?
How hot is it in the tank?
It sounds very excessive, I don't know where that much water could be going each day.
Are you using marine salt water, have you done anything differently recently, is this something new - I think a few more details would be helpful.
How hot is it in the tank?
It sounds very excessive, I don't know where that much water could be going each day.
Are you using marine salt water, have you done anything differently recently, is this something new - I think a few more details would be helpful.
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
I think there's a hole in your water dish. Is the substrate under the dish excessively wet?
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
i changed the bowl and it stoped but there were no holes seen in the old bowl and i checked 10 times!
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
Not always can a pin hole in a dish be seen. What one should do is take the bowl out, dry it, carefully fill it with water, put it on a paper towel and see if it gets wet.
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
i have changed the bowl but i would of liked to keep the old one in since it looked very nice but id rather have dry substrate then wet substrate
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
especially when soaking substrate can = crabs dying
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Re: im refilling over 5 times a day
well thankfully there were no deaths in ma tank