Thinking about adding freshwater aquarium crabs? These little scavengers are interesting and bright pets. So bright, in fact, that you'd better be sure to seal off all avenues of escape. Aquarium Crabs are smart little buggers and will find any hole or crevice in your tank hood and make a break for freedom. What they'd do with that freedom is questionable. They just know they want to be out in the big bad world.
The freshwater aquarium crabs range from one to four inches in length and can live up to around two years. They need an aquarium that has one square foot of floor per crab. If you try to fit in too many pet crabs, they will not get along. (Think back to being jammed into a college dorm room with 3 people you didn't like that much. It's just like that, except you have pincers.)
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Like fish, freshwater aquarium crabs need a water filtration system to maintain good water quality in their aquarium. Water should be kept between 70 and 82° F. Keeping your water quality stable is vital to the health of your freshwater aquarium, so be sure to test it often. If you do not have testing supplies, your local pet crab store will often test your water for free. You will want to change 10-25% of the water in your tank twice a month to ensure good water quality. Remember, your pet crabs and fish use that water as a toilet and a dining room table. Prevent it from becoming nasty: keep it cleaned.
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The most common type of aquarium crab is the fiddler crab. They are nocturnal creatures, so you probably won't see much of them during the daylight hours. The easy way to tell the difference between a female and male fiddler crab is to look at their claws. Male fiddler crabs have unevenly sized claws, while females' claws are equally sized. Because the males are uneven, they swim funny. (I'm pretty sure the female fiddler crabs laugh at this or find it endearing in some way.)
Aquarium crabs need a varied diet to be sure they get complete nutrition. There are flake foods, dried foods, and pellet foods as well as frozen and live food options. Since these pet crabs are nocturnal creatures, you'll want to drop the food into the tank at night. Don't forget to thaw any frozen foods before tossing them in - crabs do not like popsicles! After all, when was the last time you found frozen food floating in 70-82° F water?
Crabs love to explore their aquarium environment, so be sure to give them lots of décor. We're talking rocks, plants, commercial pieces. (What crab doesn't want his own pirate ship?) They love to climb and will even shimmy up the air tubes, all MacGyver-like. If there's a hole in your aquarium hood (like the hole where the tubes go in!), your pet crab will try to escape through it. Ungrateful little crab? Or is he just unaware of the dangers of the outside world?
If your plans include a freshwater aquarium with fish and aquarium crabs, you'll want to do some more research. Sometimes they will not be good tankmates! Either the crabs will be aggressive toward the fish or the fish will try to eat your pet crabs. It doesn't matter who starts the fight; it's not going to end well! Talk to your fish store to see which fish will get along with your crab. Aggressive fish like Cichlids will attack and eat crabs while crabs will eat small fish, especially the kind that rest at the bottom of the tank. Introduce new friends to the freshwater aquariums slowly so everyone has a chance to get to know each other all casual-like.
The good news about aquarium crabs and other invertebrates is that they're resistant to disease for the most part. A crowded freshwater aquarium causes poor water quality which will cause a decline in health. If you keep a healthy amount of aquarium residents and maintain your water quality, you'll have a great freshwater aquarium with happy fish and freshwater crabs.
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