what type of crab are those? do they require land area? brackish water? They are sold in big buckets around flushing and china town in nyc as seafood. I am thinking about keeping 1 in a eclipse 12 and want to know the requirement. Any crab experts?
what kind of crab are sold in chinatown/flushin NYC?
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i live in flushing as well, so i know what your talking about. used to eat them but now not so much. and yeah, those are blue crabs, caught mostly in the Atlantic Ocean. they are marine animals and are wild caught at that. it would be hard to replicate the environment in which it was found. harder to feed or to supplement with addtional stuff. then again, i've never really thought of keeping them as pets because i know they would die after while in freshwater. you may ask around though, there may be a group of people doing this.
icecubez189 said:
ah they are saltwater crabs?!?! wow amazing how they survived for so long in a bucket on top of each other then. yeah dont think i have the time to keep a saltwater tank for the crab. Was thinking it's freshwater crab
gagaliya said:
For what your planing on, the only difference maintenence wise between a freshy tank should be checking the salinity and having to mix the saltwater.
