Brackish Inverts Online

[Freedom18]

Anyone know where I can get some brackish invertebrates online? None of the LFS here sell much of anything in the way of brackish...

BTW I'm in the USA

Thanks!

 

[nmonks]

In the US, Frank's Aquarium is probably the best bet. He seems to make an effort to get stuff properly identified, which simplifies your job when it comes to providing good conditions. Sachs Systems Aquaculture supplies quite a nice variety of native brackish water stuff to labs and hobbyists. I hasten to add that I haven't used either store, so this isn't an endorsement or recommendation. Caveat emptor!

http/www.franksaquarium.com/
http/www.aquaculturestore.com/

Cheers, Neale

 

[dizzied]

I've bought from both Frank and Sach's, I can tell you they're both excellent sellers. Unfortunately, either has much in terms of brackish inverts at the moment.

 

[swack]

no idea where you are in the USA, but here in PA we have quite a few petstoroes that sell fiddler crabs

 

[dizzied]

OP's profile says Delaware.

Fiddler crabs are very common, but keep in mind they'll need a lot of land to be happy.

 

[nmonks]

Correct. Crabs generally aren't aquarium animals. Think of them more like frogs or terrapins: animals that need some land, some water. The one exception is the blue-legged hermit crab. This is widely sold as a marine algae-eater. Clibanarius tricolor is the species. It does very well at SG 1.010 upwards.

Cheers, Neale

Fiddler crabs are very common, but keep in mind they'll need a lot of land to be happy.