Mini crab ID please :D

[lucasjiang]

I ever kept the thai micro crab, short lifespan, I think max about 2 years. They love to cling to plants, especially fine leaved plants. However, they are very hard to breed, I don't think anyone has successfully bred them in captivity.

As for your crab, it looks like a geosesarma sp, do you have a clearer photo?

[Danialavr]

Ah such a waste those thai crabs dont live long.
Here are more pictures!
Hope you can help me lucasjiang

[lucasjiang]

The stalked eyes kind of remind me of fiddler crabs. It could possibly be a juvenile female fiddler crab? Hence the equal sized claws. However I am not too sure about the ID. It should be a brackish water/salt water crab though, normally those are the ones with stalked eyes. How big is the crab?

[Danialavr]

It is about 2.5 cm from the the tip to tip of the legs. Yeah looking at the eyes they look very similar to female fiddler crabs but i doubt it is a fiddler crab. The ones i bought is a male and a female and they both have same sized claws, checked the sex before i bought them since i wanted a pair lol.
Still clueless as to which species are these.

[Cliftonha]

Hi Danialavr,

May I know where did you purchase the "tank" for the crab?

And also, is it made of plastic or glass?

Thanks.

[Danialavr]

Hi Danialavr,

May I know where did you purchase the "tank" for the crab?

And also, is it made of plastic or glass?

Thanks.

Hi, it is from daiso. Glass container with lids of many colours. They have 2 versions. This is the shorter version.

[seudzar]

Mini crab sold out at seaview

[Cliftonha]

Hi, it is from daiso. Glass container with lids of many colours. They have 2 versions. This is the shorter version.

Thanks, will go check it out.

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[saturnz17]

Hey

I also purchased the mini crabs! However, setup not as nice as yours bro, mine is a very simple setup...they have been with me for nearly a month with water change every 2-3 days as I do not install any filter for them...I feed them with frozen bloodworms and sunken pellets...

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[Danialavr]

Hey

I also purchased the mini crabs! However, setup not as nice as yours bro, mine is a very simple setup...they have been with me for nearly a month with water change every 2-3 days as I do not install any filter for them...I feed them with frozen bloodworms and sunken pellets...

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Hi! Cute little buggers arent they hahahah you should put some depleted substrate or sand so they could burrow and some small rocks for them to crawl under. Spent lots of time observing them, they actually like to hide. Oh and i caught them mating hahah see if any babies appear.

[saturnz17]

Haha! Yes they are really cute! Such little pincers they have!
I guess I have to rebuild their habitat!
See yours so nicely set up...makes me feel tempted to work on it...

How do you distinguish their sexes? I hope they are a male and a female!
Do you do water change as well? also not sure whether they are fresh or brackish water...I just use fresh water...

[saturnz17]

Recently bot 2 more mini crabs from Seaview....

[lucasjiang]

By the way Ive heard these crabs are from China

[Danialavr]

Haha! Yes they are really cute! Such little pincers they have!
I guess I have to rebuild their habitat!
See yours so nicely set up...makes me feel tempted to work on it...

How do you distinguish their sexes? I hope they are a male and a female!
Do you do water change as well? also not sure whether they are fresh or brackish water...I just use fresh water...

I just follow the standard crab sexing method by looking at the underside haha.
My setup for them is quite tiny maybe gonna do up a new one and as for water change, i do it every 1-2 days using a syringe with freshwater. So far so good. Even saw them mating but not confirmed since no babies seen yet.

[Danialavr]

By the way Ive heard these crabs are from China

Cool! If you ever find out the species name do share

[imzf]

only seaview selling ?

[Danialavr]

only seaview selling ?

So far only spotted these "mini" crabs at seaview but sometimes run out of stock

[saturnz17]

Yes agree wif Danialavr...only manage to see it in Seaview...

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[saturnz17]

My current setup for my 4 mini crabs has no filter therefore gotta do water change every 2 days..however I realise the container does smells quite an unpleasant bit...is it because of leftover food, waste and moreover I cover it...no filter as well..dats why the smell...if so....guess I need to redo again this time with filter...


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[Danialavr]

Probably from the food and stagnant water. Just do more water changes i guess hahah i'm looking for a small low profile tank to upgrade their home and maybe add another pair so they have more friends lol