I would like to include some crabs in my next aquarium set-up. Are there any crabs that can live with fish?
Hi, I am setting up a 75 gallon bow front aquarium with a DIY background. I would like to include some type of crab in the tank. I have not chosen the type of fish I will stock in the aquarium yet, and was wondering is there is any type of freshwater crab that would co-exist with the fish I might put in the aquarium. Any suggestions on the type of crab and the type of fish I should stock the aquarium with?
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The only true freshwater fully aquatic crab I’ve seen available is the very tiny and secretive Thai Micro Crab, Limnopilos naiyanetri. These guys would be lost in a 75g and eaten by even relatively small fish.
There are other species of freshwater crab BUT they are very rarely found in the hobby and there is a chance that many of them need land and many larger ones will have a slightly predatory nature.
Commonly sold larger crabs like Rainbow, Fiddler and Red Clawed are all brackish, semi-terrestrial and predatory!
Most crabs will be able to live with your fush. Just make sure they are fresh water.
A lot of crab species are very tricky. Keeping these in an all-water setup will be somewhat of a challenge. This might be your best bet. http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile101.html
Another idea for you, get one or two african filter shrimp, big brutes, the size of a decent crayfish but very gentle and would coexist well with a school of mildly mannered tetra for example