Rainbow Land Crabs (Cardisoma armatum)

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Hi,
Does anyone want to buy a rainbow crab off me? He's only 7 months old (if that) but he's very big, and i think he would be better off in a tank by himself where he would have more space. He's very colourfull as he's just molted, so his shell is clean and bring.

All you need is a tank with a filter and heater (24 - 28 (i've had it at 26)) and a place where he can get out of the water as well as in the water.

If you're interested reply here or email me at smrobinson2002@aol.com. We can sort out how i will get the crab to you. I will sell the crab for £5 but if I have to travel a long way then it will be a bit more to cover petrol costs.

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Re: Rainbow Land Crabs (Cardisoma armatum)

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Hello again!! If anyone still comes here.

My crab just molted and i got some half decent footage of it. Gonna put it on youtube and share the link here.
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ohhh please do!!!

it is much appreciated!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32qoPG3aNQA

Its sped up as the whole proccess took rather along time.

He's looking alot bigger today
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That video was very cool, and it's good to know that you still have your crab. Do you have more than one, or just that one in the video?
I still have fond memories of mine and I wish I hadn't gotten rid of them. It looks like your set-up is mostly water, but that must be okay for him as I think you've had yours for a rather long time now, haven't you?
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I only have the one now. One of them mysteriously died, and the other i had to give to a pet store because he got too big and was ripping the legs and claws off the other one. the set up is mostly water as i cracked my other tank so still waiting to get a new one and build it properly
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I only have the one now. One of them mysteriously died, and the other i had to give to a pet store because he got too big and was ripping the legs and claws off the other one. the set up is mostly water as i cracked my other tank so still waiting to get a new one and build it properly
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Re: Rainbow Land Crabs (Cardisoma armatum)

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other i had to give to a pet store because he got too big and was ripping the legs and claws off the other one
2 males?
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Yeh they were all males, i asked for 2 females and a male but they sent 3 males lol. They were fine when they were young but just monsterous when they grew up
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I'd say that's typical of most "animals", once they mature, males usually do not get along.
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Wow, now that was cool watching it all in fast motion.
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Re: Rainbow Land Crabs (Cardisoma armatum)

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Just to make sure, these are the crabs from Africa and they are freshwater right?

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Not sure if they are from Africa, I'm pretty sure they are from a few places actually I just can't remember where lol.

They are freshwater but tropical, I have my water at 26 and you need a filter.
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They actually are African, hence the tropical conditions needed. They really need land more than water, so they can make tunnels, as that's what they would do in the wild. :D
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so, they are freshwater? I read somewhere all crabs are brackish water so I'm still confused.
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