ContraBoss posted:

Sometimes, I like to fan a slice of pizza over the tank and watch his antennae go apeshit as he searches for a pizza-flavored carcass.

ContraBoss posted:

Anyways, I really dig your war-crab concept and would totally put something like that on my desk, or cubicle shelf etc...

Back to CRAAAAABS!!!!


Did you know those little red-claw crabs they sell at pet stores and aquariums aren't meant to be totally submerged all the time in fresh water? Anyone who had these little fellas quickly found out how quirky and mischievous they can get when they constantly try to escape or make a home out of the aquarium filter housing unit. That's because they need to breathe air! They do not thrive underwater, they simply need access to water at all times, like an amphibian. Even then, it's supposed to be brackish water! Oy vey!

ContraBoss posted:

***INCOMING CRABS!***

Here are some random photos from the past 3 years of my crabitat:



Here is Smee riding atop of Jojo, something not so uncommon that happens to him.


Maggie Moo is ever vigilant. Whenever I let Jojo roam, I have to lock her out of the room, otherwise she immediately takes the opportunity to bat around the poor crab like one of her toys!


Captain Snips! She's a feisty little rear end-pirate. Whenever I pick her up, she retracts into her shell like they typically do, but starts angrily trying to grab anything she can in her big claw. Even when I set her down on my palm, she's determined to get a piece of my flesh in her grip. I can't stop getting owned by crabs!


This is a more recent pic of Smee and the crabitat. She's grown quite a bit and has moved into even larger shells this past year. I sprinkle chia, birdseed, and quinoa into the terrarium and they readily sprout on the moss, providing a really enriching environment for the crabbies. It's basically a little ecosystem in there. There's pillbugs, crickets, small spiders, springtails, nematodes and fungus gnats that thrive in there and sort of complete a little cycle in there. The crabs obviously poo poo, and anything they don't eat that isn't too big or gross gets broken down by the various scavenging organisms in the tank, which makes for some fertile substrate for moss I gather from the woods and periodic seeds I throw in there for food and decor!


This is the best pic I could get on my phone of my current setup. My goal is to make a bigger, crabbier paradise someday once we move out of our apartment.

I'm going to upload a video of one of them changing shells, but I gotta edit out my dumb-rear end remark first.

gender illusionist posted:

I'm loving how they use their giant fight claws to daintily eat fruit

ContraBoss posted:

That's a great question with an even greater answer!



..........Pure..........loving..........MAGIC!!!!



Nah, but seriously, I believe it's a combination of their curly abdomen, their 4th and 5th pair of tiny legs that help grip inside the shell, and finally a pair of appendages on the tip of their abdomen called, "Uropods".

Here's a basic anatomy overview of just about all hermit crabs, marine or land types.

poverty goat posted:

The man with the pet crab eats _____ videos also has a bunch of weird videos of himself exercising his hands and using them to crush things like a crab

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElnuKAXeS9u9Z_yn5bA-GA

gender illusionist posted:

This dumb crab is extremely cool

my cat is norris posted:

https://twitter.com/NaturelsWeird/status/927555697180577792

Improbable Lobster posted:

All arthropods are just crabs with various degrees of shell and pichers

ekuNNN posted:

poverty goat posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsm1yiMk_6s&t=31s

cool crab

my cat is norris posted:

I think I'm done messing with the tag at this point, I think it looks pretty cool as is! Plus the original image isn't in layers so flipping its components would be more than a minute's work and I am so so lazy, so lazy.

Sponge crab looks so pettable...

my dog died im sad posted:

This is cool. What game is it from?

Also, if any poster who cares for their own hermit crabs/other crabs could point me in the direction of a basic care guide that would be awesome. Depending on what they require I might get into crabbin.

ContraBoss posted:

This isn’t meant to discourage you, but more of a heads up that it’s waaay more than what the buffoons at most major pet retailers will inform you of.

mobby_6kl posted:

Yeah I wanted to get crabs but sadly I don't think they'd make it in the cichlid tank and would murder my shirmp in the small one. Maybe another tank is the solution

ekuNNN posted:

LingcodKilla posted:

My biggest victim from last season.



My head collection.

Bip Roberts posted:

http://i.imgur.com/TuwtHbi.gifv

ekuNNN posted:

Lockwell posted:

Does anyone else keep any other sorts of crustaceans? I also have crayfish and I consider them honorary crabs.

Former DILF posted:

cause i already got my fill going down on your mom

my dog died im sad posted:

Today I learned about a crab called Hoplophrys oatesi aka The Candy Crab.

It's unique colors allow it to hide among soft corals. Apparently it will also attach coral polyps to itself to maximize the effect. Kind of similar to what the Sponge Crab does.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplophrys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlRO_MSvDk

Bell_ posted:

I paid, but some were gifted. A mod put it up on the site, at the very least.

Also, the leopard crabs are too cute. I came into this thread thinking of a crab as one of my favorite things to eat or drink, but I've really fallen for the diverse collection of crabs shared in this thread, especially the gimmicky ones and every hermit crab.

Free Drinks posted:

Bonus:

A crab-knife video I don't remember ever seeing:

https://i.imgur.com/VxLQ7oF.gifv

Go get 'em little guy!

Edit: that came out bigger than I wanted, how the hell do you shrink .gifvl?