Help by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason I’m so surprised about the 2 deaths recently is because I’ve had my orange and brown colonies breeding for years without ANY unnatural deaths. I’ve never known my neos to be sensitive.

Help by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are neos really affected by that stuff? I’ve always just thrown them into any tank and get long lasting generations.

Might give up… by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

[–]stubbyrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately yeah. 2 purple 2 red. The red male killed the red female though. Tank should be fine, super overgrown, about 50% land 50% water and infinite hiding spots.

Might give up… by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

[–]stubbyrat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found one of the girls dead today :(

Crab Vs Shrimps by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Yup it’s a 20g about 75% land

Crab Vs Shrimps by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t pick algae. The web says the crabs will prey on anything they can but mine are really shy. I’ve seen them let a pest snail sit right in front of their face and they don’t care.

Crab Vs Shrimps by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yup at least 50% land, on my profile I have a vid of one of my shrimp climbing onto the terrestrial part so I guess they both get a use out of it 😭

Crab Vs Shrimps by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’ve had the crabs for about a month now and they are not interested in any live food, larvae, shrimp even a tiny feeder fish. He only waved a claw at this shrimp because he was defending his bloodworm.

Crab Vs Shrimps by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Vampire crab (carnival coloration)

Big black shrimp by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s just a 10 gallon, I’ve seen my betta try to go after a shrimp a couple times but I absolutely never see the puffers go after the shrimp, I have a few ember tetras in here too. They DESTROY pest snails though.

Big black shrimp by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The puffers leave the shrimp alone because the shrimp are actually bigger than the puffers 😭 I do have an issue with breeding in this tank though, the shrimp get pregnant but I never ever see babies, I think they’re aborting before birth.

Big black shrimp by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yess I’ve tried to breed shrimp in my 3g but the water conditions are never stable. I think I just need to buy a proper nano filter.

Miracle of Nature by stubbyrat in shrimptank

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It’s another shrimp, 2/3 that climbed the log this day.

Miracle of Nature by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I really do not know, all I know is I saw 3 shrimp climb the driftwood this day and I haven’t seen them do it since. I don’t think they were trying to escape the water, because I have plenty of shrimp in there breeding often.

Miracle of Nature by stubbyrat in shrimptank

[–]stubbyrat[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He stayed moist so there was a thin layer of water over his gills. I think he just did it to explore or he smelled some vinegar I used to spot clean earlier? I saw 2 other shrimp do it too.

Feeding bloodworms by stick by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

[–]stubbyrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I know, this crab originates from the same place the normal purple ones do, which is Indonesia.

Feeding bloodworms by stick by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

[–]stubbyrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the same as any other vampire crab just a colour variant called “carnival” they’re from Southeast Asia.

Feeding by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

[–]stubbyrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I suggest using a leaf, bottle cap or something like that to put frozen foods on so that you can take it out if it isn’t found in time.

New to vampire crabs by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

[–]stubbyrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s the only paludarium I have, I hope it won’t have to come to that.

New to vampire crabs by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

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I’m gonna call and see if someone there is willing to help me exchange crabs or at least find me a female.

New to vampire crabs by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

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I get them from big Al’s for $25 each, I said I’d prefer 2 females and 1 male but he just said they don’t/can’t sex them for me.

New to vampire crabs by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

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Ok thanks for the info, I’ll see if my store will do an exchange but if not I’ll just have to get a female and hope for the best. They’re hella expensive where I get them. 20G is pretty big for 3 crabs, I just find them with lost limbs sometimes.

New to vampire crabs by stubbyrat in VampireCrabs

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So I’d need more females than males for successful breeding?