Crab food...

ames8534 · 07-10-2005, 06:44 PM

ok as i posted before i have some crabs...that like to eat fish...the lady at the fish store told me that i can buy feeder fish for them...but i dont want a buch of them swimming around it takes away from my other fish and takes their food and all that, plus i think crabs are scavengers right...so wouldnt they eat dead things to if thats the case would it be ok to put like 1 dead fish in every so often and hide it for them to eat. Hes about 2 inches and growing so hes prolly looking at my other fish by now to catch some...any information would be much appreiciated...thank you.

blakeoe · 07-10-2005, 09:21 PM

what kind of crabs are they? I have had red claw crabs but they never could catch fish. they eat leftover food that sinks to the bottom and i would feed them some sinking shrimp pellets every now and then.

ames8534 · 07-10-2005, 10:55 PM

im not exactly sure...but i mean hes pretty good size and i can catch him every so often climbing plants and waving his big claw at fish and my lil one will eat off the bottom but the big one seems to be to big for that or something idk..

blakeoe · 07-10-2005, 10:58 PM

is he kinda brownand blackish with one big claw or red with two big claws?

ames8534 · 07-12-2005, 10:27 PM

hes got one big claw and kinda brownish

blakeoe · 07-12-2005, 11:23 PM

that's a Fiddler crab: may or may not need a basking place, brackish water, eats anything on bottom of tank.

**Fishfirst** · 07-13-2005, 12:32 AM

fiddler crabs are usually caught in the act when they are doing what they are supposed to be doing... unless you saw him grab a fish with his claws that was perfectly healthy, he was just doing his job and cleaning up a fish that wasn't doing so hot.

blakeoe · 07-13-2005, 08:37 AM

agreed! i don't know much about fiddler crabs but my red claw crabs would never catch a healthy fish!

ames8534 · 07-13-2005, 09:21 AM

wow...so they like catch sick ones thats pretty cool

thanks for the help guys ill look into it..

Thunderkiss · 07-14-2005, 02:42 PM

Shrimp pellets

07-10-2005, 06:44 PM	#1
ames8534 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 34	Crab food... ok as i posted before i have some crabs...that like to eat fish...the lady at the fish store told me that i can buy feeder fish for them...but i dont want a buch of them swimming around it takes away from my other fish and takes their food and all that, plus i think crabs are scavengers right...so wouldnt they eat dead things to if thats the case would it be ok to put like 1 dead fish in every so often and hide it for them to eat. Hes about 2 inches and growing so hes prolly looking at my other fish by now to catch some...any information would be much appreiciated...thank you.

07-13-2005, 12:32 AM	#7
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,534	fiddler crabs are usually caught in the act when they are doing what they are supposed to be doing... unless you saw him grab a fish with his claws that was perfectly healthy, he was just doing his job and cleaning up a fish that wasn't doing so hot. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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07-10-2005, 09:21 PM	#2
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	what kind of crabs are they? I have had red claw crabs but they never could catch fish. they eat leftover food that sinks to the bottom and i would feed them some sinking shrimp pellets every now and then.

07-10-2005, 10:55 PM	#3
ames8534 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 34	im not exactly sure...but i mean hes pretty good size and i can catch him every so often climbing plants and waving his big claw at fish and my lil one will eat off the bottom but the big one seems to be to big for that or something idk..

07-10-2005, 10:58 PM	#4
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	is he kinda brownand blackish with one big claw or red with two big claws?

07-12-2005, 10:27 PM	#5
ames8534 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 34	hes got one big claw and kinda brownish

07-12-2005, 11:23 PM	#6
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	that's a Fiddler crab: may or may not need a basking place, brackish water, eats anything on bottom of tank.

07-13-2005, 08:37 AM	#8
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	agreed! i don't know much about fiddler crabs but my red claw crabs would never catch a healthy fish!

07-13-2005, 09:21 AM	#9
ames8534 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 34	wow...so they like catch sick ones thats pretty cool thanks for the help guys ill look into it..

07-14-2005, 02:42 PM	#10
Thunderkiss Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 376	Shrimp pellets

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