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Red clawed crabs eat guppies, neons, german rams at night?

R_Boy


Last edited by Rookie_boy at 03-Jan-2006 14:46

not 100% sure with a crab, but with crayfish i often get mixed results, but from my past: any thing with claws turned out negative.

i would say probably. as in the wild they would feed off of fish as well as other stuff.

Last edited by BettaChris at 03-Jan-2006 17:01

Ok great,
R_Boy

I wouldn't mix the fish with the crabs, as at night, while the fish are resting, the crab might be hunting.




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Fish are natural food for crabs I would not suggest keeping them together.

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Red Claw Crabs shouldn't even be kept with any of those fish in the first place because they require brackish water and access to land in order to live for more than a few months.

But they are not good at catching live, healthy fish, even at night. They are slow and have small claws, and they don't really pose any danger to fish unless they are injured, sick, or otherwise weak.

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Oh ok, so cannot get those crabs,
Thanks anyway,
R_Boy

I have kept red clawed crabs together with xray tetras, neons, bettas,peppered cories, polka dot loaches, common plecos, upside down cats, amano shrimps, guppys swordtails, and baloon mollies.
I have had no incidents at al when my crabs 'hunt'
Red clawed crabs as with most other types of crab, are scavengers, they keep the tank clean, eat excess foo, filter through the substrate, eat snails and algae, and are your best friends, they will eat crab pellets out of my hand and even climb on to it while they do so.
I would say do it. Red clawed crabs are excellent, the only thing they attack is eachother, you either have to have loads or little. They are verry sensitive to Nitrites.
So in conclusion, I have been keeping red clawedcrabs for 6 months now, and they are fine with the fish that you have said, along with the above fish.
EDIT: Oh and they are not brackish water but do require land accsess.They can be kept in brackish or Freshwater and have a good life. If you have broad leaved plants that reach the surface they will climb up them and sit on the top, PM me for more of my experience on keeping them.


Last edited by br0ke_1T at 04-Jan-2006 08:51

They are a mangrove frequenting species and generally prefer salt in the water. Almost all aquarists with long-term experience regarding this species swear by moderate brackish salinity.