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jourdy288 · Mar 14, 2009

Freshwater crabs? Are there any?

fifefish · Mar 14, 2009

jourdy288 said:
Freshwater crabs? Are there any?

type into google freshwater crab
theres your answer

jourdy288 · Mar 14, 2009

Well, I heard about lake Tanganyika species, but I don't know about others...

Note to self, search for freshwater crab on Google, not freshwater crap...

fifefish · Mar 14, 2009

jourdy288 said:
Well, I heard about lake Tanganyika species, but I don't know about others...

Note to self, search for freshwater crab on Google, not freshwater crap...

haha nice one

jourdy288 · Mar 14, 2009

Heere we go:
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kribensis12 · Mar 14, 2009

WOW, i knew we had crayfish, but not crabs! Well, we do have freshwater dolphins........

3ndl3r · Mar 14, 2009

Rainbow Crabs (Cardisome armatum) are FW. If you want more info on them PM me

three-fingers · Mar 14, 2009

If you mean truly aquatic freshwater crabs, then the answer is yes, but they are small, rare and expensive. Google Limnopilos naiyanetri. It would cost me around £50 to order some from Germany

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If you mean small purely freshwater amphibious crabs, then yes, but same as above: profile.

Mikaila31 · Mar 14, 2009

three-fingers said:
If you mean truly aquatic freshwater crabs, then the answer is yes, but they are small, rare and expensive. Google Limnopilos naiyanetri. It would cost me around £50 to order some from Germany .

If you mean small purely freshwater amphibious crabs, then yes, but same as above: profile.

Argggghhhhh! I keep seeing those on the Aquarium Glaser list. I want some so badly. They are $7 each though and the price of express shipping form the importer :crazy:

. But someday........someday.....

drobbyb · Mar 14, 2009

jourdy288 said:
Note to self, search for freshwater crab on Google, not freshwater crap...

TylerFerretLord · Mar 14, 2009

Ah, the age old crap/crab conundrum. Why so many people misspell it that way the world will never know. :lol:

But yes, there are a bunch of freshwater aquatic crabs but very few are available in the hobby. Best option is the species three-fingers mentioned because it does not appear to be too aggressive, which is a problem with many crabs.