Great Escape Artis

[jarcher1390]

ive got crabs and i do not knw where they are getting out at has any one had this problem

 

[Opcn]

Freshwater crabs mostly live in marshes, were getting in and out of the water is common place, they can climb up filtertubes or heater cords or plants. however, the amphibian and invertabrate section wold be the place to go.

 

[Navarre]

Its unusualy for marine crabs to leave water. What type of crab is it?

 

[jarcher1390]

they are red claw crabs
fresh water

 

[Navarre]

Sorry but i have no experience with freshwater crabs. However i think you will find that many freshwater crabs are almost as happy on land as well as water.

 

[Riley]

Ive kept a few freshwater crabs before and they are excellent escape artists. For me, they would climb up my filter pipes, up ornaments..basically any way they could find to escape. I once even seen one climbing up the corner of my tank climbig up the smooth silicon on the corners of the tank and I stoped him halfway up. What I had to do was close every possible hole there was with small peices of plastic or carboard. I had a stock lid so there was open holes for heaters and such. Just to clairify, if the problem is them getting out and you finding them outside the tank, then you could try that. Or if the problem is that they are dissapearing and you think that they might be getting out but your not sure, then it could be possible that they are just hiding somewhere really well, my crabs used to hide for weeks at a time and I would think they had died or have gotten out but then about a day later I would see them crawling around.

Riley

 

[Tiggs]

its near impossible to keep fresh water crabs enclosed- anywhere a wire or tube leave the tank is good enough for them to try escaping via.

crabs for freshwater should come with a HUGE warning that they WILL escape - i would take them back and forget about them in the future unless you want to crab proof your tank (prob not worth the effort)

 

[Opcn]

I had a red-claw crab in a tank for 6 months and it never escaped once. I had a piece of plewyglass over the top of the tank with a tiny notch cut for the heater cord and a hole cut for each of the filter tubes, athgouth an internal filter would probably be easier. Also aluminum foil has been used to cover little holes, Goodluck

 

[jarcher1390]

mine climed up the the heater and follwed the cable to the top
you could make a new great escape movie with them