Supercrab's Crabalot

An adoption from my neighbor. This big purple pincher was given to me after my neighbor saw my tank. He was in a very small plastic critter keeper (maybe 3 gallons) with two other crabs for about a year with no salt water and no water dish to submerge in. Actually I do not think he got much water at all seeing that the dish was bone dry when she brought them over. Fed only on commercial food too. I have one of the other two crabs, unfortunately one died before I got them. This big guy seems quite hardy and has changed shells twice. I have ordered some new shells for him as he is bigger than the shell he is in. He was in a heavy black and white murex shell when I got him and immediately changed to a turbo when I put them in with him. The other crab has also changed shells but is only medium in size. I am happy with the these crabs. The big guy has been up and down the tank and does not seem to be troubling any other crabs...knock on wood. I do not know the sexs of them yet so I am just guessing. Now I am just waiting for the temp and humidity gauge to fall off under his weight :-)

Well It has been a while now since I have had the 125 tank up and running. Temp is constant at 80F and Humidity is constant at 80-85%. I have changed the Tiki hut out for a large mushroom ( see last picture) because I am afraid of mold on the coconut with such high humidity over a long period. I will use the Tiki hut to cover molters who have just come up and may need some darkness. Otherwise I keep it out of the tank. So here are the pics.


Right side with the water dishes. The larger shells are here.

Left side with the smaller shells on second level. Tiny shells on the lower level. We used tape to write all the crabs names, my kids helped and they decorated it with little crab drawings etc.

Below taken from the right side straight across the tank.

This is the Mushroom I now use in stead of the Tiki hut.

The size is better for my bigger crabs.