crabs set up and information

[rutter59]

i was at my local fish store and seen crabs and decided i wanted a tank of them but i cannot seem to find any information of them so i was wondering what size tank is recommedned i have a 10 gallon thats empty ATM but will buy a differnt one if needed what kind of inforamtion and links do u have?

[DarrylR]

Fiddler crabs?
Hermit crabs?

[captmicha]

Yeah, seriously, what kind? There's a lot of crabs out there...

[rutter59]

im not shur whats its called if this helps there kept with aferican dwarf frogs at my LFS and one claw is alot bigger then the other

[kanvas]

probably you mean the fiddle crab. it's around 1-2 inch and the males have a much larger claw (often the right claw is the larger one)

They actually are brackish water crab, but can adapt to live in fresh water. 10 gallon tank is good for a few of them. They need dry land though, so you have to make a bank of some sort on the side of your tank for them to climb on.

here're some good link for you (both for fiddler crab and red claw crab)
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rarespecies/a/fiddlercrabs.htm
http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/misc_critters/crabs.htm
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Bug,%20Fiddler%20Crabs.htm

[rutter59]

hmm the LFS of myn has them compleatly under water with no land to go on is that bad

[rutter59]

yeah thats deffently the breed they need salt water? how many can i put in a 10 gallno

[mellowvision]

not salt water, brackish water. I wouldn't start with more than 3 or 4 in 10 gallons... considering you need a land area, you're unlikely to even have 5 gallons of water in there.