Freshwater crabs?

[Irred]

no. you would just be slowly killing them.

upsetting tbh. It would be NICE if the "big box LFS" would properly label the animals they sell you. Labeling these guys as "Properly suited for a community aquarium" isn't my idea of honest business practices. I can honestly say I am FINSIHED purchasing animals from these stores

 

[Mgamer20o0]

people in the store has no idea. they are no trained. could be they came in as fw could be the suppler

 

[captmicha]

I agree. I was looking over the animals. For example, those plecos that get huge are very popular. So many people get them. I wonder what happens when they get too big for their aquariums.

It was nice to see that they had labels saying how large fish would get... But then they said things like a Caribe needs an at least a 30 gallon aquarium. They get to be about two feet. That's a pretty tight squeeze.

 

[Irred]

Good point Mg....either way, I will be doing ALL my research on these forums first before purchasing any more animals from anywhere. Lesson learned.

Sad thing is though, that any PetSmart I have ever gone to, always has these guys for sale. These guys get purchased everyday by people who probably dont know they are brackish water and make the same mistake I have. Somewhere along in the corporate chain, they should wake up and start properly labeling their animals....take some responsibility

 

[jpappy789]

Good point Mg....either way, I will be doing ALL my research on these forums first before purchasing any more animals from anywhere. Lesson learned.

Sad thing is though, that any PetSmart I have ever gone to, always has these guys for sale. These guys get purchased everyday by people who probably dont know they are brackish water and make the same mistake I have. Somewhere along in the corporate chain, they should wake up and start properly labeling their animals....take some responsibility

Good idea!:thumbsup:

 

[Sarra]

I researched my RCC's before I got them. Unfortunately, there IS sometimes mis-information on this forum as well, which resulted in a clown loach dieing. I researched it afterwords, and found out that not ALL loaches are strictly FW.

 

[colojimb]

Darn!

My wife saw those little crabs in Petsmart too and wants some.

Kind of misleading of the LFS to keep 'em in the freshwater tanks with no land to get onto.

 

[excuzzzeme]

I agree. I was looking over the animals. For example, those plecos that get huge are very popular. So many people get them. I wonder what happens when they get too big for their aquariums. . . .

Unfortunately there are some people think releasing them into the wild is humane treatment and too often do so. In many states there are hundreds of non-native fish being caught and the native fish are disappearing due to loss of habitat or becoming prey. It has spread at an alarming rate in California and Florida. New laws are being enacted to help prevent the proliferation of these non-natives. Some states are starting to require a permit to keep fish.

As responsible pet owners I think it is incumbent upon us to try to educate foolish owners as much as possible and introduce some professionalism into the hobby. Our willingness to spend dollars in pursuit of having an artistic aquarium shows the degree of seriousness we have in this regard. Taking it one step further by helping to educate others is a responsibility we must accept if we are responsible owners also.

I apologize for being off-topic, but I wanted to respond to a very good question.