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Hi, I'm interested in keeping crabs, but I don't know what kind to get. The two kinds i've seen at pet stores are red clawed crabs and fiddler crabs. I am curious as to the differences between the two types of crabs. What water conditions do each of them prefer? Do either of them like to be...

Here is part of a post from a moderator in the brackish section "Marine salt: The first thing that will suprise you is how much salt is required to create brackish water, a 60 litre (15 us gallon) aquarium will use the best part of a 1kg box of salt to bring the SG up to 1.010. Aquarium salt...

What kind of salt can be used to create brackish water? I have read that aquarium salt doesn't contain all the minerals and stuff brackish animals need, and that you need some type of marine salt. Anyone know for sure?

Sorry I can't help you there :/ I've always thought crabs are really cool, but I've never kept anything in brackish water.

I read that the 'mini crabs' that petsmart sells are actually a species of fiddler crab, in which case they would prefer brackish water.

Well my new crayfish is happily hiding in his tank :D . Thanks for everyones input.

Ok thanks for your reply. One more question, do crayfish need to be able to get out of the water like crabs, or are they completly aquatic?

I have some live plants in my 20 gallon i will feed the crayfish some of. I heard the crayfish will eat and/or pull up any plants planted in its tank.

ok thanks for the info :)

Hi, I want a way to get rid of some baby ivory snails, and I was thinking about getting a crayfish. The baby snails I have are about 1/4-1/2 inch. I was going to put the crayfish in a 5 gallon tank and feed it some of the snails. Do you think 5 gallons is enough for a crayfish, and do you think...

Do you think if I got a new tank with a couple of crayfish the crayfish would eat the snails?

Ok thanks for the info :)

I keep the goldfish tank at around 70-75 degrees, and I added some aquarium salt.

Hi, I have two aquariums, a ten gallon goldfish tank with two goldfish, a black moor goldfish, and a black apple snail. I also have a twenty gallon tropical with 4 brilliant rasboras, 4 ghost shrimp, and too many ivory snails. I started with four big snails, and recently a bunch of baby snails...