my mom's friend gave me a blue crab. he's curently in a small bowl in shallow freshwater...
anyone know anything about them?
anyone know anything about them?
This has nothing to do with Aquaria Central but...
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If it is acctually a blue crab then it is most likelt from the alantic ocean and will get quite large. Ive never heard of anyone keeping them in the aquarium. Do you have any pics or other info on it?
it could be a crayfish though too. they fact that it's actually in freshwater and living kinda leans twards that
if it's a crayfish, i'd go ahead and add it to your main tank. he won't live long in that bowl. there are tales of them eating fish, but most healthy fish are far too fast for them to catch and you should be fine.
let it get beeg, wait til it molt, den dip it in yo' egg n cornmeal n fry dat suckah up.
hooray for softshell crabs.
and fake cajun accent typing.
hooray for softshell crabs.
and fake cajun accent typing.
echoofformless
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Um I can see mistaking crayfish for lobsters and vice versa, but crabs look entirely different from both of those.
The two do look a lot different, but as was pointed out, Blue Crabs are definitely a saltwater species. The only time I have ever seen them in freshwater, it was boiling....
wataugachicken said:
Oh man, yeah. You can do dat. If you don' wanna wait, you can go to da mercantile and get you some o' dat Zatarain's Crab Boil from dem. You gonna put dat in de water and get it boilin' good.... Dat way you you aint' gonna have to wait for him to molt, no.
(Been down the Bayou a time or two myself... LOL)
