Hi guys. This is my first bioactive tank and I think I messed up setting it up. The soil is staying pretty wet and I think this will cause problems long term right like bacteria and rotting the plants?
I have 3 vampire crabs in here I got the end of January. Luckily none have died yet, but my worry is they're so sensitive to stress that if I mess with the tank they could just die. Otherwise I would just go head and redo the tank
I just wanted advice since I am new to this. I asked in the vampire crab reddit but no responses yet so wanted to check here
Thank you guys
by insulinworm
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You should ideally have about an inch of space between your water level and your lower soil level. This is to prevent wicking. You could lower your water depth to about half of what it is now.
If you have the time and effort to do so – switch out the wet soil for new soil.
A trick is to shove some tampons in the soil, but only after you already lowered the water level quite a bit. You can also increase ventilation for a while to aid with drying out the substrate.