Fidler Crabs (Behavior)

[votek]

I have a 10g tank that I look after for my parents. We were laughing pretty hard the other night cause one of the fidler crabs was ontop of one of the rocks doing some kind of weird "dance" with his claws.

Anyone else seen this?

 

[RENEGADE]

yeah they do that to get females to notice them (i think) it funny to watch

 

[elgecko]

As RENEGADE said it can be to attract females and also to show other male crabs that this is my territory.