red clawed crab
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ask Ken, he has a couple and should be able to tell you what you need to know about them
Congrats on the great find too!
Congrats on the great find too!
i looked em up on the net... they should eat almost everything fish eat...
it has about 1/3 of the tank on land.. and the other 2/3 for him to chill under water... i put in some java moss and he was munching on it..
hes pretty cool
it has about 1/3 of the tank on land.. and the other 2/3 for him to chill under water... i put in some java moss and he was munching on it..
hes pretty cool
Magnolia_360
Fishaholic
Definitely ask Ken he gives really good crab advice. I asked him a bunch about crabs when I had one until it died. 
I made a page on Red Claw Crabs with my experiences.
http
/www.geocities.com/elgecko1989/crab.html
Good luck with him.
http
/www.geocities.com/elgecko1989/crab.htmlGood luck with him.
x-router
Fish Fanatic
Including your fish!iloveyou said:
I had one who ripped up and shredded all my plants ate 3 tetras and generally caused havoc in the tank. There was a thread a while back about people having the same problems with them. They are little f%*£ers.
If they are in a tank on their own that designed for them they are great tho. You can get crab sticks to feed them from your LFS, but they do eat anything.....including your fish if they can
They also shed their skin every now and then which is scarry because the skin looks exactly like another crab
That other thread:
thead
yea he chills by himself.... he doesnt chill in the water much tho.. and whenever i come out of my room, he freaks out.. he like darts into the water... weird... i guess he gets freaked when the door opens and i come out...
hes cool
hes cool
I found that site on google alst night. Very helpful, thanks for the info on it. I have one question though, on my crab for tis gender, one claw is like the male claw and the other is like the female. Do you know what its gender would be?elgecko said:I made a page on Red Claw Crabs with my experiences.
http
Good luck with him.
The gender is easy to determine by looking at the underside of the crab. Males have a flap underneath that is thin and pointy, with the point directly below where their mouth is, the female has a round flap that reaches all the way around to the legs on each side, like a half moon. The females belly flap is not pointy.
The males claws are generally larger, but this can be unreliable because claws that are lost will grow back smaller until the crabs have moulted a few more times.
Personally, I wouldnt keep them with frogs, the crabs could sneak up on them at night, mine were very paceful though and would only pick at fish that were already dead. Others havent been so lucky, but I've had over 8 red claws and haven't had trouble with any of them.
Try to keep one male with two females in a tank at least 2ft long, and make sure there are plenty of caves and holes for them to climb into, or they will fight for the best ones. Although they survive alone, and underwater they do best in a small group with a land area big enough for them all to hang out above the surface. If you give them gravel or sand, they will create little homes in it and re-arrange it every so often to suit their needs.
They also like having bogwood to pick on for tiny organisms and algae. One of the best things you can give your crabs would be dried out, brown beech leaves, ones with no green left. These leaves appear to have benificial bacteria and substances that the crabs thrive on, they will carry a leaf into their home and chew on it for hours.
Feed them bloodworm, hikari tablets for corydoras cats, or tetra mixed tablets for catfish and crabs (the red ones are for the crabs).
Ken
The males claws are generally larger, but this can be unreliable because claws that are lost will grow back smaller until the crabs have moulted a few more times.
Personally, I wouldnt keep them with frogs, the crabs could sneak up on them at night, mine were very paceful though and would only pick at fish that were already dead. Others havent been so lucky, but I've had over 8 red claws and haven't had trouble with any of them.
Try to keep one male with two females in a tank at least 2ft long, and make sure there are plenty of caves and holes for them to climb into, or they will fight for the best ones. Although they survive alone, and underwater they do best in a small group with a land area big enough for them all to hang out above the surface. If you give them gravel or sand, they will create little homes in it and re-arrange it every so often to suit their needs.
They also like having bogwood to pick on for tiny organisms and algae. One of the best things you can give your crabs would be dried out, brown beech leaves, ones with no green left. These leaves appear to have benificial bacteria and substances that the crabs thrive on, they will carry a leaf into their home and chew on it for hours.
Feed them bloodworm, hikari tablets for corydoras cats, or tetra mixed tablets for catfish and crabs (the red ones are for the crabs).
Ken
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