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Old 21-07-2009, 04:37 PM
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A glass tank perfect for crabs (in my opinion) has just come into my posession. Does anyone keep them here?
I'm not sure what type - suggestions welcome! Something nice and easy to start (would prefect "classic" crabs over hermit crabs) and any guidelines info and caresheets please?

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Old 21-07-2009, 04:48 PM
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There's a few options:

Rainbow crabs:
Rainbow crab, Cardisoma armatum | Practical Fishkeeping magazine
Most likely to be in almost every fish shop.

Red Claws:
Red Claw Crab, Red Clawed Crab Care, Freshwater crab, sesarma bidens
Most likely to be in almost every fish shop.

Panther Crabs (Parathelphusa pantherina). Not much info on these at all atm, they're recently discovered.
Not too common.

Then there's Aegla sp. which are just AWESOME!
Aegla sp. argentina .:. Freshwater Aquarium Aegla Species Information Page
Hardly ever seen, though.
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I know someone who kept a lobster thingy and that was difficult, you could get some crabs that live on land and water then it'd be more exciting.
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i agree, blue lobsters are awesome and very clever...
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Careful with the crabs, they easily climb out as I discovered the hard way, he was okay though. The other one carried around hundreds of eggs and died shortly after.
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