Red Claw Crab Discussion

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Chozoisw33d

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Hi, my brother referred me to this site and said it was a great community..


I have never owned any fish or an other type of animal other than cats and dogs. But when i saw these little crabs at Pet Smart for 2.49$USD i knew i wanted them. They are pretty amazing.
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My set up is :

10 gallon rectangular tank(with less than 2 gallons of water in it, about 4-5 inches deep, they love having land)
Brackish water
Marina C10 Heater (PetSmart)
Penn Plax Cascade 170 Internal filter
A coral decor with airstone inside(it has holes in the top where the bubbles come out, since the holes are spread around it keeps the bubbles from building up as they often do in that shallow of water)
Sand with climbable rocks, underwater sea shells and decor

Crabs:
3; 2 males and 1 female. The largest is only about 3 inches wide though.

Diet : I feed them Top Fin Crab And Lobster Bits, Crickets from PetSmart, Krill.


I am very passionate about Red Claw Crabs and if you would like share your experience or ask me a question!
 
Great to see you did all your research before jumping into it... and X2 for Pictures... sounds like a decent setup you got...
 
I'll take some pictures right now for you guys!

And when you ask if they can go all marine do you mean live in water without land? Or did you mean in full salt water?
 
And sorry it is rigged up on top, but I'm new to this and haven't been able to get a new light even though i got a bigger tank... so i just used the one from the old tank XD
 
Nice little setup you got going... although i thought red claw crabs had one really big red claw? maybe i'm mistaken it for something else...

I have some Thai Micro Crabs in my Paludarium, and have to agree, aquatic crabs can be pretty cool pets to have...
 
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