But im no expert on crustaceans (though i do have a 17 year old hermit crab) Would this be a terrible idea? Do you think she would know to "lick" it? Could she "lick" too much and die? I figure she'd be fine since shes in the water most of the time. So the question is, can i give some to the crab? Can i safely put a chunk on her rock and have her not die? It seems relatively safe and possibly beneficial to give her some to satisfy her dietary needs. Being the weirdo i am i shoved some in my mouth and then thought maybe i can give the crab some.
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Now, more to the point, i was sitting on the floor staring at her for a while and i noticed a bag of rock salt next to me. So i justified putting her in my tank and opposed to the petstore or some ignorant owner. Well i got her anyway, as the petstore carrying them was keeping her in a cramped freshwater tank. My dad put together an aquarium for my kid and i wanted a crab, well i wanted a blue crayfish but those were $25 and the crabs were $3 and they were equally as cool if not more so.ĪNYWAY i did do research beforehand and i DID know brackish is preferential if not essential. I just really don't know of any reliable aquarium communities. From their beautiful dark shells to their practically glowing red claws, the Red Claw crab has become something of a designer pet. I am currently housing her in brackish water due to this species being found in mangroves.I know this isnt chameleon related AT ALL. In this world, there are over 4,500 species of crab, but none are as breathtaking as Red Claw Crab. I will get a new pic of her as soon as I get new batteries for my camera.
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I am still not sure how to sex these crabs, but I am assuming it's a "she" judging by her claws. Red-clawed crabs are nocturnal but require 10-12 hours of daylight during summer and 8-10 hours during the winter months. Visible from the inferior surface, females have a wide abdomen, nearly the width of the abdomen, in which she carries her eggs, when gravid, whereas males have a very narrow abdomen. She now has 2 new legs, 1 new pincher, and a fairly clean exoskeleton. Red Claw Crab, Red Crab, Thai Crab Synonyms edit edit source Sesarma bidens Sexing edit edit source Males are more brightly coloured than females. Thousands of new, high-quality footage added every day. She was missing two legs, a pincher, and had some funky stuff growing on her exoskeleton. Find royalty-free RED-CLAW-CRAB stock footage, videos and clips in HD and 4K from Shutterstock. Here she (?) is about a week or so after I got her (?): I also want to keep the black lava rock in her tank. I want the branches to come out of the water so that she has access to dry land. Then, I want to get some branchy driftwood and tie Java ferns to the bottom-most branches.
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Feeding 3-5 times a day is usually enough. My in-the-near-future plans for her tank is to replace the pea gravel with play sand. Red claw crab, Sesarma Bidens - Picture by Radio KJ Fluid artemia is a good choice of food for the crab larvae when they are newly hatched and very small. So, I threw together the 5.5 gallon with some natural pea gravel, black lava rock, an ornament, and some marine salt I had sitting around. That, and I hate being glared at by an empty gives me the creeps *shudders*. After I moved my bee shrimp colony from their 5.5 gallon to their 10 gallon, I decided that it was finally time to get a crab.I have had land hermit crabs and marine crabs, but the just weren't "cool" or interesting enough for me.