Little Red Crabs

[ScoutCarcer]

What are those little red crabs at the pet store?

 

[The-Wolf]

red claw crabs Sesarma Bidens
http/www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Bug,%20Red%20Claw%20Crab.htm

 

[jackobean]

hi those little red crabs i would of thought are hermit crabs for reef aquariums

 

[tuna]

do they look like lice?

 

[ScoutCarcer]

No there Red Claw Crabs. What do they get along with?

 

[@ombomb]

Community tanks or nipped fins.

 

[ScoutCarcer]

Community tanks or nipped fins.

Huh?

 

[The-Wolf]

What do they get along with?

they can be quite nippy so fish like guppies, bettas etc are not goo tank mates.
you really need small fast fish with short fins so danios tetras are good tank mates.
avoid botias and any large fish as the crabs will proberbly become a meal with them.

HTH

 

[CFC]

Its actually likely to be the other way around, a full grown adult red claw crab will happily grab onto and hold bottom dwelling fish up to a few inches in length and small fish have no chance. In our early days of fish keeping we made the mistake of mixing crabs and fish in a community and lost several fish before we realised the culprits and removed them.

CRABS, LOBSTERS, CRAYFISH and PRAWNS DO NOT MIX WITH NORMAL COMMUNITY FISH

 

[-*-MicHAeL-*-]

mine is fine in a community aquarium and sits on top of the filter all day

 

[utahfish]

they do better like most other inverts in species only tanks.