is there pure land crab? help needed

[davescube]

Hi, does anyone keep a land crab here?
Im thinking of setting up a tank housed with crab only.. prefer in sand substrate..
I read that some land crab need to go into water periodically to release their egg or for any other reason..

I need help in setting up the tank.. terrarium style would be the best..

 

[syddakyd]

i dont know i found that any "terrestrial crab" i have had seemed to prefer an aqua-terrarium. they really come to live in a habitat like that as opposed to sulking in a corner in a terrarium.

i had a rainbow land crab and 2 crabs labled as vampires but they didnt look exactly like what was pictured. i gave them all away though

 

[syddakyd]

hermits aren't true crabs but are you interested in them or just real crabs

 

[cam191919]

there crabs that live completly terrestrial lives, but even if you could find one, it would be much more complicated to keep than a semi-aquatic

 

[davescube]

Well, I just hope that I can set up a low maintainance crab enclosure...
but i do not wish to keep hermit crab..

 

[Vicious_Fish]

There are a few pure Land Crab species such as the Christmas Island Red Crab, unfortunately they are a protected a species. They will actually drown in water that is too deep because they can't swim. Too bad a few can't be imported for the pet trade, their population seems to be doing well!

 

[Arakkis]

I have jungle crabs what have no deep water to speak of.

 

[DAVIDFBT]

It's like space invaders, except with little red crabs.

 

[cam191919]

thats what i was thinking of, and the crabs that live their entire lives on a huge mound of bat crap. i wouldent want one of those...

 

[Arakkis]

look at a geosesarma species. They live totally away from brackish water and don't need it to reproduce. This is my male vampire crab and below are his babies