View Full Version : I got CRABS!
Vitaliy
05-19-2005, 4:21 PM
I went to check out some fish stores today looking for some African Cichlids I want... and in one of the stores I noticed these little freshwater Red Crabs! Got two of them!
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=510/crab3.jpg
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=510/crab4.jpg
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=510/crab.jpg
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=510/crab2.jpg
They are cheap and awesome! I am so happy!
*runs to play with his crabs*
:grinyes:
piranha45
05-19-2005, 4:25 PM
They cost 1.99 at PetsMart. They are the member title here for members with 10-19 posts. I have lost untold dozens of them, either by having them crawl out of the tank or by my cichlids tearing them apart.
Vitaliy
05-19-2005, 4:26 PM
They cost 1.99 at PetsMart. They are the member title here for members with 10-19 posts. I have lost untold dozens of them, either by having them crawl out of the tank or by my cichlids tearing them apart.
Them crawling out is a common thing? I will need to move some of the plants from the sides of the tank since I dont have a cover on that tank!
piranha45
05-19-2005, 4:30 PM
They crawl out like lemmings on reverse-psychology.
WckedMidas
05-19-2005, 4:39 PM
nice little crabys
Vitaliy
05-19-2005, 4:53 PM
They crawl out like lemmings on reverse-psychology.
You know if they would be alright if I just drop them in a fish tank or do they need to climb out for some air?
piranha45
05-19-2005, 7:36 PM
They are amphibious by nature, AND brackish-watered. Ideally, they should be kept in an environment where they can crawl out of water when desired, and the water should be brackish.
Vitaliy
05-19-2005, 8:26 PM
They are amphibious by nature, AND brackish-watered. Ideally, they should be kept in an environment where they can crawl out of water when desired, and the water should be brackish.
Brakish?! The son of a ***** guy lied to me! :swear:
I guess Ill move them into this empty 5.5 gallon I got... :cry:
piranha45
05-19-2005, 8:31 PM
I've yet to hear of a LFS that's actually kept them in brackish water, dont blame the salesguy, he more than likely didn't know himself. I never bothered to keep any of my specimens in brackish water either.
A 5.5g with a good lid would be a fine environment for the crabs-- especially since its so easily covered, it would better prevent them from crawling out to their dooms.
Vitaliy
05-19-2005, 8:36 PM
I've yet to hear of a LFS that's actually kept them in brackish water, dont blame the salesguy, he more than likely didn't know himself. I never bothered to keep any of my specimens in brackish water either.
A 5.5g with a good lid would be a fine environment for the crabs-- especially since its so easily covered, it would better prevent them from crawling out to their dooms.
... store owner was the one who sold me the crab.
piranha45
05-19-2005, 8:38 PM
GASPS IN HORROR
:P
anyway, you might not even need a motor-powered filter for the 5.5g. the crabs' waste output may be sufficient to allow decor/gravel to hold the nitrifying bacteria. if you have a test kit, use it over the next few weeks, do water changes if the ammonia shows up.
Vitaliy
05-20-2005, 2:06 PM
Well crap. I wake up today and both of them are dead. :swear:
piranha45
05-20-2005, 4:11 PM
check the ammonia level was at. was the water dechlorinated?
Vitaliy
05-20-2005, 4:16 PM
check the ammonia level was at. was the water dechlorinated?
Yeah, everything is fine with the water. I put them in one of my already running tanks. Before setting it up I put them in a 30 gallon with bunch of fish like Neon Tetras... they were hanging around the tank the whole day and they climbed out to get some air on plants a few times too... but today just dead.
rayman45
05-22-2005, 11:37 AM
use them as food
iheartfishies
05-22-2005, 2:13 PM
That sucks.
They wont die at work.
They always gets out though, and we find them crawling around over at the registers.
Sneaky little bastards.