Some strange force made me finally get a red claw crab. I didn't realize it at the time, but it's missing one leg on each side and a claw. Hopefully, some TLC and time away from other crabs will help it regenerate a new claw and legs by the next molt.

Has anyone had any experience with these? I am finding conflicting advice on whether or not to house them in fresh water or brackish. I've got mine in brackish right now.

I'll get some pics up as soon as I can.

A pic!




The temporary tank he's in now is a 2.5 gallon. It's one of those 12" x 6" glass boxes that comes with a glass lid from PetSmart. As you can see, there is natural pea gravel, lava rock, and then just behind the crab, you can see that green thing, which is a tank decoration. It does have access to air and dry land. I am also in the process of making a floating island from 2 wine bottle corks tied together with Java moss tied to it.

The crab will soon be moving to my empty 5.5 gallon. I am waiting for a 20 gallon long from someone, and I am doing the tank shuffle again. The 20 long is for 5 juvie Apistogramma hongsoi. I am also getting sand for the 5.5 gallon so the crab will have something to dig around in and to sift.

The crab has been eating shrimp pellets so far.

Never kept crabs before so cant offer any advice apart from i once new somebody who had a problem with missing small fish, turned out the crab was the culprit so becarefull what you house it with

Oh, come now clunk....

Word has it you're no stranger to crabs...

LOL /smacks Gary

clink, she is in her very own tank. I may throw some guppies in the tank with her once I move her to a 5.5 gallon tank. Yes, the guppies would be for her to "have some fun with".

OH! Since I posted that pic of her, she now has a little nub of a claw and two little tiny nubby legs!!! LOL

I'll get some more pics of her soon. Her tank is getting a remodel and move after the bee shrimp tank.