| They can be very entertaining pets, as well as great | | | | and a thermometer. Also the lights in the room should |
| scavengers that can help to clean out uneaten food | | | | be dimmed, and aquarium lighting cut out all together. |
| from your aquarium. Crabs will feed off of dead and | | | | 1. Gently open the bag and place the invertebrate |
| dying organic matter, such as leftover food and dying | | | | into the empty bucket with the water from its |
| plants in the aquarium. Some people just like to keep | | | | shipping container. |
| crabs in the aquarium because of their unique looks | | | | 2. Add a cup of aquarium water into the bucket. |
| and the way they interact with the other aquarium | | | | 3. Repeat step 2 for 45 minutes at 5 minute intervals. |
| inhabitants. In this article I will be going over a few of | | | | 4. Carefully remove the invertebrate from the bucket |
| the things you will need to consider when keeping | | | | and place them into the aquarium. Making sure to |
| your own crabs in your aquarium. | | | | place your new pet near the hiding places in the |
| Crabs come in many different shapes and sizes and | | | | aquarium. |
| certain crabs are suited for certain aquarium types. | | | | 5. Remove the water from the placement bucket |
| Make sure you do plenty of research when picking | | | | 6. Fill in any misplaced water in your aquarium with |
| out the proper crabs for your aquarium. Some crabs | | | | your conditioned water. |
| can actually attack and eat some of the smaller fish | | | | 7. Keep aquarium lighting and room lights dim for at |
| in the aquarium, so make sure you do your | | | | least 12 hours. |
| homework before you make a costly mistake. As | | | | After you acclimate your new crabs to the aquarium, |
| long as you pick your fish and crab species wisely | | | | you can start to enjoy all that they offer to your |
| you should have no problem at all when housing them | | | | aquarium dynamic. Most crabs are generally easy to |
| together. Crabs are also sometimes escape artists, | | | | care for and are low maintenance. You can |
| so make sure that you provide secure housing so | | | | supplement your crabs diet with bloodworms and |
| you do not have a loose crab running around the | | | | brine shrimp. Owning crabs can be a wonderful thing |
| house! | | | | as long as you know how to properly care for them. |
| After you pick out the right crab for your aquarium, | | | | If you have any more questions that I did not cover |
| you will have to begin the acclimation process which I | | | | in this article, the web is a great tool for research. If |
| will go into detail about here. For this process you will | | | | you are still having problems finding the answers, you |
| need the following tools; a net, a plastic container, an | | | | can always speak to a helpful customer service |
| empty clean bucket, a bucket of water the same | | | | representative to answer any more questions you |
| condition and temperature as the aquarium water, | | | | have. |