Crabs in a full tank

[mellowvision]

if you saw how much time mine spend out of the water, you'd feel bad for not giving them land.

 

[Andrew225]

Yeah....I'm thinking about setting up a brackish tank, with a small sand bar...If (when) I do, i'll move her over and get her a mate.

 

[mellowvision]

be sure and post pics of that!

 

[bluekrissyspike]

i hope one of you guys actually builds this dome... it sounds totally awesome

 

[cvermeulen]

I keep waiting on one of you guys to do it. I'd go ahead myself, but I have a feeling my other tank inhabitants will make short work of any crabs I put in there, so it'll likely be a waste of time

 

[pixl8r]

Same here. My crayfish or fresh water prawns would dine on crab legs

Maybe after I get some fuzzy claw macros, I'll get another 10g and dedicate it to crabs. I would do fiddler crabs, just because I like the 'crab dance' that you can make them do.

 

[PufferFan]

lol i had this idea too except it was squar and was built into the corner of the tank

 

[pet-teez]

I had

A 90% full 75g tank and used cork bark/driftwood to let them get above water level.
I've attached the only photo I could find so far from back then, it was before I added cork to the surface, they would climb up the driftwood on the left side. The lighting looks terrible on the photo but it was fairly strong.

This is as full as I would put a fiddler crab in, they do not go in fully aquatic enclosures. In nature they spend most of their time out of water.

-Cassie