Ramdin
03-04-2009, 05:42 PM
Mind my bad play on words pls LOL.
We bought two crabs at LFS under the name vampire crabs. They have purple on their back shell and red claws which leads me to believe they are red clawed crabs. I have a tank with baby SA chiclids which will end up eating him one day but we decided to pick em up as my GF thought they were awesome. We figured they would be a nice addition to the tank and then one day a nice snack for the cichlids. Incidently the LFS lady assured me they were fully aquatic which I have since discovered is inaccurate. We had a blast watching their antics last night but were disappointed to find one belly up and missing a leg this morning. The tank is finishing cycling so the ammo is zero and nitrites are 1 PPM which I am using amquel plus to lock up so that shouldn't have done it??? He didn't appear too chewed up other than the leg which I think prolly happened after his fate was sealed.
Any ideas what happened?? Are they hard to keep water wise?? Think 1-3" cichlids got em?? IS there such a thing as a vampire crab for aquarium or is this a red claw?? Gotta search for the other one when I get home from work today as I am sure a body will kill my water in a hurry.
We bought two crabs at LFS under the name vampire crabs. They have purple on their back shell and red claws which leads me to believe they are red clawed crabs. I have a tank with baby SA chiclids which will end up eating him one day but we decided to pick em up as my GF thought they were awesome. We figured they would be a nice addition to the tank and then one day a nice snack for the cichlids. Incidently the LFS lady assured me they were fully aquatic which I have since discovered is inaccurate. We had a blast watching their antics last night but were disappointed to find one belly up and missing a leg this morning. The tank is finishing cycling so the ammo is zero and nitrites are 1 PPM which I am using amquel plus to lock up so that shouldn't have done it??? He didn't appear too chewed up other than the leg which I think prolly happened after his fate was sealed.
Any ideas what happened?? Are they hard to keep water wise?? Think 1-3" cichlids got em?? IS there such a thing as a vampire crab for aquarium or is this a red claw?? Gotta search for the other one when I get home from work today as I am sure a body will kill my water in a hurry.