Reply With QuoteThese crabbies are fully aquatic?
How are they going to be fed and they look like land-based to me.
I just got the below crab from a LFS. they are only as big as a 10 cents coin max and are already adult. i have 1 female that is already carrying eggs. They are just soooo cute.
These crabbies are fully aquatic?
How are they going to be fed and they look like land-based to me.
interesting! i have a empty guppy tank just thinking of something to add in.. can pm me how much you bought? and is that your crs tank?
Ya. Let everyone interested to know where to get them.
i got them from a LFS along Hougang ave 8. near the macdonalds. very limited stock. shop's name is natural view.
they are semi aquatic like most crabs. full freshwater. so far they take frozen bloodworm well.
this is my spare 1 ft tank
They don't look aquatic to me because the hind legs are missing the flat paddling thingy? Perhaps thats why they are all hanging on top of your pipe above the water? Too long in the water, they drown.
Eugene (^_^)
De Dwergcichlide Fanatiek
Now swimming: Plecos and Apistogrammas
does anyone know their scientific name or common name?
The first picture is amusing...
Remind me of a sinking shipnow where is the captain?
Yeah, you are right about that. Certainly doesn't look like an aquatic one. By the way, isn't most freshwater crabs more terrestrial than aquatic?Originally Posted by genes
They probably will try to grab onto any fishes they can with their pincers when hungry... I would keep them in seperate tanks instead.
Eugene (^_^)
De Dwergcichlide Fanatiek
Now swimming: Plecos and Apistogrammas
do yo think they could live together peacefully with shrimps? or will become food for them?
Should we create a desert biotope for them and an oasis in between?
BTW AVA now very strict, bet these are legit
Wow. Crabs and shrimps. I
for the shrimps.
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I frequent there too. went there yesteday,boss david show me the crabs and he told me that one of his regular brought away one crabbie heavliy pregnant
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anyone got the scientific name? want to do some research on it.. might be keen on getting some though..
I do not know the name for them too. i am keeping them in a separate tank from my shrimps with baby guppies in it. been feeding them frozen bloodworms which they take without any problem. they spend most of the time on the dry area rather then in the water and are expert escape artists. they are able to climb onto silicon tubes and make their way out of the tank.
yes.. that would be me. Muahahahaha!
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i think they can hook their sharp legs on on the tank's silicon and climb out too..
Care to update us your crabbies?
Never create what you can't control
I'll take a shot in the dark and suggest this to be Geosesarma sp. "Orange/Mandarin", which is not an aquatic crab, but a terrestrial one. So I would suggest to provide some significant amount of land area for them. Supposedly from Sulawesi (perhaps also other parts of Indonesia), G. sp. "Mandarin" is actually not new in the trade, but may be new to our shore.
Look like your crabs?
http://www.aquarium-glaser.de/en/fis...product_id=900
http://www.insektenkoenig.de/shop/in...nkrabbe590.htm
http://www.panzerwelten.de/v/Geosesa...in/2008-10-04/
http://www.odenwaldexoten.de/crustacea.html
Don't know if the crab expert has time to have a look to confirm this or provide some suggestions.
Thanks Moderator for the links to these excellent websites.
they are doing fine in my tank. so far there is not casulty and no succesful prison break as of yet.
from my observation, they stay mainly on land but will go into the water to forage for food.
the berried female has yet to deliver her load. it would be interesting to see how the crablets look like.
I think Quixotic got the name correct. haha. somehow i am not good with scientific names.
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