How Much Time Do Fiddler Crabs Spend On Land?

[teddscau]

I'm turning my 10g tank into a fiddler crab tank. I'm setting up a tropical resort/cabana theme and I was wondering how long they'd stay on dry land. I'm going to offer a small brackish "pool" outside one of the cabanas. That cabana is going to be accessible via a rope bridge. Do you think they'd be willing to spend quite a while up there if there was a small pool to soak in, a nice place to hide, and fresh food and water? Thanks.

[Lady Hobbs]

Your 10 gallon must be a lot bigger than my 10 gallon. Not sure how you can do all that in such a small area but I'm anxious to see finished photos. Never had fiddlers so will also follow this thread with interest.

[teddscau]

It's going to look really good. I've spent hours planning the layout. I hope there's enough water for them. I think the important thing is that their beach area is to their liking. I read they can spend months on land as long as the sand is nice and moist. I can't wait! I built the platform for their cabana out of popsicle sticks and super glued them together in a parquet design. Almost done building it. I'm building little pot "covers" also out of the popsicle sticks. I dug up a baby fern and some other little plant. I put them in two of the pots I got with my aquarium plants I got a couple of weeks ago. All those plants need are shade (I'll provide that through a lattice shade structure) and damp soil. I've been studying the art of bonsai so I should beagle to keep them small and healthy :) I'll keep you updated.

[teddscau]

Oops, stupid iPad auto correct. I meant to say "be able", not beagle.

[Aeonflame]

They spend most of their time on land foraging. They usually retreat to the water or into their holes to escape predators.

[teddscau]

Thanks Aeon! I was worried I was going to have too much land.