It was called being young and dumb and not having acces to good research. I had gotten the poor thing from petsmart. I had it in a 29 tall tank with screen top. I used gravel under the soil, like you would for a little live plant container. After selling the poor thing because I couldn't care for it properly and was cleaning out that tank I was gagging the whole time. I learned my lesson. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH, then research again. I now have access to a lot of info that I didn't then. Last I heard that little crested had been bred a few times and was throwing gorgeous babies lol. I had bad dial up that took3 days to load 1 page lol and there wasn't as much info out there at the time.