Pure land crab setup?

**davescube** · 5th Nov 2008, 16:41

Hi, does anyone keep a land crab here?
Im thinking of setting up a tank housed with crab only.. prefer in sand substrate..
I read that some land crab need to go into water periodically to release their egg or for any other reason..

I need help in setting up the tank.. terrarium style(freshwater) would be the best..

**luenny** · 6th Nov 2008, 10:34

Hmm ... I have never keep land crab before so can't help you. But if you do set up the terrarium for land crabs, can you please post pictures?

**Jungle-mania** · 6th Nov 2008, 23:39

I have seen such setups before, It is the same as any terrarium, just that you need a pool for it to submerge itself for a while. You need a strong net cover to over the tank, many of them are really good climbers and escapist.

**Quixotic** · 7th Nov 2008, 01:20

Too bad it's in German, but you get some ideas from the pictures. These guys have really really great tanks for the terrestrial crabs. Although not always possible, try to find out the actual species of the crab first as some species may have their own unique requirements.

http://www.panzerwelten.de/main.php
http://www.panzerwelten.de/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=3

**David Moses Heng** · 7th Nov 2008, 02:24

Originally Posted by Quixotic

Too bad it's in German, but you get some ideas from the pictures. These guys have really really great tanks for the terrestrial crabs. Although not always possible, try to find out the actual species of the crab first as some species may have their own unique requirements.

http://www.panzerwelten.de/main.php
http://www.panzerwelten.de/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=3

Great site.

Pity it is in german but the pics are beautiful. Thanks!!

**luenny** · 7th Nov 2008, 11:46

I saw 2 tanks of crabs in Y618. They are a few different species in there. You may want to check it out if you're shopping for crabs. Nice website by the way. Love the setup.

**davescube** · 7th Nov 2008, 23:54

Seems like all the crab is brackish to me..
Never have any experience on keeping brackish livestock before..

anyone keep crab in freshwater?
I wonder if we still need filtration when the water is of very little amount, maybe we just change the water weekly?

**Quixotic** · 8th Nov 2008, 01:08

Not all of them. As far as I know, Geosesarma spp., Parathelphusa spp. that are mostly freshwater crabs.

Use Babelfish or Google language tool to translate from German to English. Although it is not perfect and reading can be difficult, there are pointers that can be picked up from those pages.

Have fun.

**Shaihulud** · 12th Nov 2008, 09:44

I bought a vampire crab, it is a land crab. It supposedly even gave birth to fully formed crab at the fish store and they had the little itty baby crabs to prove it. I keep it in a partially 2/3 submerged enviroment with lava rocks emergent with moss and fern growing on the rocks.

**pl_cec** · 14th Nov 2008, 23:24

Originally Posted by Shaihulud

I bought a vampire crab, it is a land crab. It supposedly even gave birth to fully formed crab at the fish store and they had the little itty baby crabs to prove it. I keep it in a partially 2/3 submerged enviroment with lava rocks emergent with moss and fern growing on the rocks.

Possible to reveal the lfs shop?.

**kodzzz** · 15th Nov 2008, 15:21

there are crabs like fiddler crab which you can catch along beaches during low tide

**pl_cec** · 15th Nov 2008, 15:32

Originally Posted by kodzzz

there are crabs like fiddler crab which you can catch along beaches during low tide

Think those are salt water, no easy to keep.

**Isotope** · 16th Nov 2008, 16:18

try land hermit crabs

**Shaihulud** · 19th Nov 2008, 10:25

I bought it at C328, but I have seen it being sold in Y618. It has orange eyes and a purple body, it is also a good explorer, so keep the tank very well covered, mine died from that, it climbed up the silicone in the corner.

**Isotope** · 20th Nov 2008, 23:51

hey there is this red colour crab at at C328 in a tub. the head shape look like a land crab. could this be the Christmas island crab?

**guqin** · 24th Nov 2008, 21:53

The Christmas Island Land Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) is a protected species. It is doubtful that it will be found for sale locally. But who knows? Maybe someone found a way to export them?

**fisherw** · 24th Nov 2008, 22:51

I was at Plaza Singapura last week and went by the aquarium "store" in the basement. There was a tank with crabs marked "Christmas Island Crabs" or words to that effect. Can't tell if they were the real McCoy but they were red.