Large crab in tank with others

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Sher346
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Large crab in tank with others

Post by Sher346 » Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:41 pm

I have a large tank with small and medium ones. I do have one large one that seems to be hanging off the shells of certain medium ones. I have put him into a tank by himself but really would like to put him back with the others. I would appreciate help in doing this process since I have never had this problem with crabs in the past. I brought some home from vacation and they all were fine for a month and then this started. They are in a 75 gallon tank


Geranium
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Large crab in tank with others

Post by Geranium » Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:16 am

Did you isolate the new crabs? Is this big guy a new one?

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Laurie LeAnn
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Large crab in tank with others

Post by Laurie LeAnn » Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:14 pm

Mating season could be going on just could be having one girl in the bunch? Try giving EVERYONE in the tank a bath in their own water( wash a crab dump water,get more water for next crab. This makes EVERYONE smell the same.

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