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I've decided to set up a tank for soem crabs so while I am away I have been busy collectiong some, no ID on the first two, I'm calling them Aussie vampire crabs for now. What do you guys think of them?

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Not the sort of announcement to make in polite company Matt :P

nicely coloured little fellas.... are you going to set up a habitat tank for them?

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I'm just so excited is all :P

For now it's a bucket with brackish water and sand lol. I'll be setting up a marine iwagumi tank, I got some macro algae from an LFS that was growing as a carpet in their display tank. I'm sending two pairs up to Sarah as well.

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Ohh i think they are really cute !! do they try to nip your fingers at all ? how do you catch them i tried taking photos of some once and theyd dart away as fast as they could =(

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@Joan

Can these be adapted to freshwater Matt? pretty cool looking crabs.

Nope, they can survive for short periods of times in it though, it's not good for them though. They can go brackish though.

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I just watched the video. Wondering if it actually consisted of a mouthful of crabs or there's something funky in my tea...

Um, I hope this is the first and last time I ever say this but; congrats on the crabs... :)

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They don't nip, they are very placid. They run though. You need to be really sneaky and stalk them or some don't reach a burrow in time and you can grab them. Can't see your videos guys :/ oh if you go catch them wear heaps of mossie repelent. I've still got bites :(

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Not sure that's right Matt. I think having lots of Mozzie Repelent on may hinder the chance of catching the crabs in the first place. :-)

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