Has any one had any experience with these lil snappers?

I am keen to have something other than fish in my tank, ive been looking into shrimp but noticed these at a fish shop

I did a google search but didnt turn up much results

I have a 2 foot tank stocked with Dwarf Gouramis, Rams, Glass catfish, glowlight tetras, panda cory, coolie loach and a plecoooo (all adult size)

Cheers for any advise

Markehhh

Most crabs will try and eat your fish so you may end up with eaten, or mutilated, fish.

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Also they will nip at the plant stems and chop them off and eat them as they eat a fair amount of vegetation.

If you want something that isn't fish in your tank then I would recommend shrimp if you go and buy the latest addition of Practical Fish Keeping or look on their website then there is a big article on shrimps for the aquarium and they breed easily too.

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if they can catch it they will either kill it or do some serious damage. crabs are technically scavengers they are very efficient predators, so its really not worth the hassle or risk to your fish.

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Thats what I was worried about!
Ha and I think the sign on the tank said community (but not sure)
Cheers for the advise, will look into shrimp

yeahhhh crabs are a pain with most other species so should be kept on their own in a tank.

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Like the others said, crabs will catch and eat anything that they can.

On the other hand, my yamato shrimp have been perfect residents in my tanks. Happily grazing on hair algae and whatever else the other bottom fedders don't clean up. Even managed to get them to spawn. The only time they will eat fish is if it is rotting. I remember how I woke up to find one of my tetras dead. Before I could get my net in, the shrimps grabbed it and wedged the corpse under the bogwood and started scoffing it.

However if you are still interested in crabs you could keep them in a small setup. They are very entertaining. And just think of the innuendo value!

I GOT CRABS!

isnt Dotilla myctiroides amphibious also? if so...youd have to enable them to be able to get out of the water at some point...which can be a pain to construct and would give them a diving board to grab whatever else they can from your tank :p

most species of freshwater crabs either want to or need to come out of the water, they'll sit for hours on top of filter or anything else stickin outta the surface.

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These crabs in the shop were stuck at the bottom of a tank, so chance of getting to surface

O golly I don’t fancy that haha, it reminded me of a funny moment

I was at a birthday meal in a really nice restaurant and we had all ordered, the starters came out and the waiter said "Who ordered the crab cakes?" and I said .......... "Oh I’ve got crabs!!!" ....... Silence led to laughter and I’ve never lived it down!!!