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by jrosler04
Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:42 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Moving with crabs
Replies: 59
Views: 36901

Re: Moving with crabs

I am preparing to move about 15-20 miles from my current home.. I have my crabs in a 55 gallon & I have several down for molts..what should i do with that? I don't know where they all are & I hate to dig them up..

any suggestions??
by jrosler04
Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:11 pm
Forum: Food
Topic: blood worms
Replies: 8
Views: 5172

Re: blood worms

My crabs eat about a tablespoon of bloodworms per day! As soon as I put them in, they come out & start chowing down..rarely are there any left the next day.
by jrosler04
Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Crab Behavior
Topic: Mixing Species- Safe or Not?
Replies: 13
Views: 5730

I have a tank of mixed species (although I am very unsure of what they are!) :oops:

I know I have a few PP's & I believe at least 1 is a ruggie (of course, I could be totally off) I hope to get really good & clear photos in the future...
by jrosler04
Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:05 pm
Forum: Molting
Topic: Surface molt. Need help...
Replies: 10
Views: 2287

Just a quick update: I got home tonight to find this little one had finished the EXO, and was running around like crazy, I saw it drinking from the clam shell in ISO with it, and it was bouncing (literally) off the walls of ISO, so I lifted it up, and it went over & started munching on a piece of ch...
by jrosler04
Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:41 am
Forum: Molting
Topic: Surface molt. Need help...
Replies: 10
Views: 2287

Ok. Thanks.

I have a variety of stuff out for the other crabs, being that they are all new, I can only locate 1 other (above ground) I can see where 2 or 3 of the others tunneled down (1 under driftwood, & 1 under a hidey)
by jrosler04
Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:24 pm
Forum: Molting
Topic: Surface molt. Need help...
Replies: 10
Views: 2287

Wanted to add, just peeked in to see him happily munching away on the Exo. :) hopefully this means he has a good chance of surviving?
He must have been very happy with the warm humid tank, as he was in a very warm, but very dry tank before...
How do I know when he is ready to be released from iso?
by jrosler04
Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:59 pm
Forum: Molting
Topic: Surface molt. Need help...
Replies: 10
Views: 2287

Thanks. I decided to go ahead & just put a little shell of fresh water under there. I used a little plastic storage container that has mesh sides, but is solid color (not opaque) and as soon as I set the water in & covered him, I can see his legs & claws coming out of the shell. His shell appears to...
by jrosler04
Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:22 pm
Forum: Molting
Topic: Surface molt. Need help...
Replies: 10
Views: 2287

Thanks so much! I appreciate the help! :) Should it be fresh or saltwater? I will do that & hope he pulls thru. He chose to molt directly under the bulb... (it's a red reptile bulb) I hope he does too. I guessed that he was molting this morning, because he was very pale & white looking... I don't ha...
by jrosler04
Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:45 pm
Forum: Molting
Topic: Surface molt. Need help...
Replies: 10
Views: 2287

Surface molt. Need help...

On of the smaller crabs I brought home yesterday was very still once he got home. I had appointments to have my foster dogs spayed & neutered today, and have been gone a good part of the day. (11 hrs) I got home & the Exo is beside his shell. And I think he's still in there. I know the others may ki...
by jrosler04
Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:41 pm
Forum: D.I.Y Projects and Equipment
Topic: Any cheap ideas?
Replies: 16
Views: 8457

I just set up a 55, and I am honestly surprised at how cheap it was!! I hit dollar tree for vines & found some green leafy vines wrapped around a fake wood vine for $1 each, I got 2, and they are about 4 ft each! I also bought a few leafy flower assortments to just stick in the sand behind the drift...