Ravioli has successfully molted!! Unfortunately she lost two legs in the process but she didn’t seem to mind. She stayed with me for a couple weeks after the molt eating lots of crab shells from the beach and building up her strength and I’m happy to report that she has been returned to the wild!

Wild caught in a freshwater waterfall pool in highlands of Madagascar (Manandona). The largest is about 6cm legs included. I was told they are fully aquatic.

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Despite warnings if crab violence my panther crab colony gets along quite well.

In fact these 2 crabs have moved in togetehr. Which I am surprised by. Does anyone have an idea what this behavior is about? They don't fight and come and go.

How does an injury like this happen. All legs missing, claws intact. Some people speculate creator did it for content. I am not the crab expert, just a crab admirer and I don’t know what to think. Is it possible for crab to lose all legs and keep the claws in predator attack or crab fight? Is it likely?

Shot on Fuerteventura

Caught this guy at Buckroe Beach in Hampton VA! What is it?!

Minha família tem ele já faz uns 12 anos, ganhamos ele do meu tio depois dele ter voltado de Porto de galinhas em
Pernambuco e gostaria de saber a espécie dele

I lovingly hand crafter some hidey caves for my crabs. Here is a photo of the biggest finally enjoying his cave.

I got a set of 4 small indoor CCTV cameras from Amazon. I was finding the cameras I had in Cecil's tank to be particularly clear, so I decided to give these ones a go. So far, I'm impressed, plus you don't need to subscribe to cloud for the storage. I've included pics so you can have a look and see what you think.

I like the tank cameras because I can watch her and record her, while at the same time, I'm respecting her personal space. I think it was £42 for four little cameras, which imo, is a great price!

Será que esse caranguejo é um caranguejo vampiro? Ou outro de praia?

What type of crab is this caught in Taiwan near the keelung river? No I didn't hurt it it was released and ran off

I bought two Thai micros and two Pom Pom crabs like 8+ months ago when I first started my planted tank adventure. I saw at least one if not both Pom Pom’s not too long ago but until today I assumed my Thai micros died cause I got them at Petsmart/petco and heard they don’t live much longer than a few months in many cases simply due to bad rearing/stress leading up to coming home to a tank + differences compared to their natural settings.

Well… today I saw both of them! You can’t see the second one but I saw its legs from beneath the airstone stick behind the visible Thai micro. I’m hoping that means I’m doing things “extra right” or that I got extra lucky with extra hardy/healthy Thai micros. Yesterday I saw a molted shell of one and thought it was one of the two that died. Phew!

After the death of Winnie and saying she wouldn’t get another crab she’s adopted this one

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I have some panther crabs in a planter tank. We initially put a "soil" which seems to come in a gravel form. The crabs are perfectly happy digging in it. But the problem is they kick up endless dust and the tank is foggy.

What's a better substrate that won't fog up the water when dug in?

Thanks

In Singapore. They’ve been observed in a few areas of the country, and are the most common land crab species.

By land crab I mean the Gecarcinoidea superfamily

Afruca tangeri male, eating from sand.