atmmachine816

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you have inspired me Robodude i now want fiddler crabs and am doing research right now but how do you clean your tank

atmmachine816

you do know theiy like a half and half set up with half land and half water so maybe if you bought more gravel and piled it up on one of the sides* with a slanted side so they can get up and out they would lilke it better not sure just doing a lot more research

you do know they like to be near water but not completely submerged in it and like to be in brackish water

RoboDude

Thanks Isabella!
ATM, sorry for the late response, I think that to clean the tank is simple. Just remove the crabs into a little container with a tiny bit of water, and remove all the water with a bucket. Then, of course, put more in! In terms of the gravel, that's exactly what I have done. It's an easy way of doing it, and it looks nice. And about the brackish water, I know what site you were on. It's not accurate. Trust me, they DON'T need brackish water. They live for a maximum of 2 years in freshwater.
8)Robert

atmmachine816

no you dont know where i have been since i have been to many different and all the sites say the maximum life expectancy of fiddlercrabs in FW is 6 months so time will telll thats all

RoboDude

OK, then. I've heard they do fine! A friend once had one in FW and it did fine, anyways, good luck with the fiddlers.

EmpPleco

Yes both of you guys -- Good Luck with the fiddlers

atmmachine816

well i have yet to get them yet. I think i can convince my mom to get them instead of another tank better so right now i am doing my research and going to keep them in a half and half setup and brackish water but still doing research but robodude where do yous go to the bathroom i havent found anything where they do that and how to clean it up

RoboDude

Well, I haven't actually seen any poop yet (remember, this is a new tank) but when they do poop, it's specks that are very small. I don't believe they "use" that often anyways!

atmmachine816

so you are saying they are small waste producers

RoboDude

Put it this way, you are gonna need to clean their tank every 1-2 weeks, because, well, they're CRABS, but you know, they only eat like 2 pellets every day, and they're like tiny!

RoboDude

P.S. Sorry for the overuse of the word "like"

EmpPleco

how are your fiddlers doing ?

RoboDude

Sorry for the LONG wait, they are doing good. Today I'm going to clean their tank. They're interesting little hooligans!

RoboDude

They're doing great! And also, I got rid of my bully fish (Honker) and, in his place, got 2 more Cories!

RoboDude

I've changed around my crab tank, and fish tank. May not be able to post any pics, though. Too much work!

0morrokh

Hmmm, those sound pretty cool!....
I doubt I'll be able to smuggle in more than 2 fish aquariums, but I supose a crab tank doesn't quite count as a fish tank!
Do you have any good links to fiddlers?

RoboDude

I believe this is helpful: http://exoticpets.about.com/od/hermitcrabs/index_a.htm but I'm not sure! You can try it. And it says Hermit crabs, but it's actually for both hermits and fiddlers.