thinking about adding some crab to my fishtank
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By no means am I an expert on crabs but I do know they have been known to hurt fish. Also I remember reading another thread that said, most crabs that are considered to be fresh water are really brackish and you also have to give them a spot where they can get out of the water for a period of time. Again I'm no expert but when you do find a species you like make sure you get a reliable source of info. Make sure your fish are a lot larger, Crabs like to sneak attack the fish while they sleep.
Back in the day we used to see some crab in the LFS called "Bangkok Crabs". There were gold ones (same gold tone as a gold severum) and dark red ones. They were maybe 2-3" across. Very cool crabs, and the ones I had never ate my fish (I did have big fish). They did like to get out of the water though, they were good for climbinb the heater (old HOB heaters) and getting out. Looking back they might well have been more like semi-aquatic. Also they seemed pretty sensitive to heat, I had a heater malfunction and the crab died while all of the fish survived.
I see fiddler crabs & moon crabs for sale also, but I do think they're probably more brackish, and I think the moons like some land to climb out on also.
I see fiddler crabs & moon crabs for sale also, but I do think they're probably more brackish, and I think the moons like some land to climb out on also.
i got a male and female fidler crab in a paladuarium with mountin minnow , guppy some rainbows , corrys.newts and toads
they all seem fine
they all seem fine
A few years ago I thought a nice 4" red crab would make a cool tank addition. I hardly saw him but each time I did, he came out missing an extra leg until he was hobbling around with only 1 leg. It was so pathetic that I euthanized him. The outcome was quite the opposite of my intial worries that he would hurt the fish.
My experience with large freshwater shrimp, crawfish, and crabs was that any fish can be a feeder fish.
