Soothing Shrimp Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Aside from Bob's Tropical Plants and MzJinkzd, who has micro crabs (Thai crabs) being sold for a decent price? (Less than $5 ea) I see Alpha Pro has them for $5 ea. I see. Anyone else? Edwardnah and Johnnydok 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 5 for 33 shipped http://www.aquaticarts.com/store/aquatic-animals/freshwater-crabs/5-thai-micro-crabs-1-2-detail Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 http://www.eliteinverts.com/thai-micro-crab/ 10 for $50 + 11.50 shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 elite is actually Alpha Pro. If memory serves correct, they took it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBRguy Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 soothing if you google aquatic arts they have some. 5 for 22 or 23 dollars. he is a member on tpt. I have bought shrimp and snails from him before without any problems. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Oh so Garble is Aquatic Arts http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=846897&highlight=micro+crabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBRguy Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yes he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 GBR- Thank you! Good reviews carry a lot of weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 My lfs had them 5 for $12 but only had 2 left. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Ask when they'll have them back in stock, and if you are willing, I can order through you. Elo500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 I have purchased shrimp from Dave and Crystal at aquatic arts, very good customer service and pretty good quality. It looks like they have the best prices in them from any site I have found. I'm actually thinking about placing an order or their zebra thorn nerites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spialz Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I think I'll probably give Aquatic Arts a shot when my tank is ready for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Fyi. Azgardens has micro crabs $2.79ea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Check out the reviews of AzG. Elo500 and aquariumlover10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Wow talk about bad reviews. Soothing Shrimp and aquariumlover10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maylee Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Random question but are these guys shrimp and baby shrimp safe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Yepper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amyers22 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Random question but are these guys shrimp and baby shrimp safe? I have several of these in a tank with snowball shrimp and I have seen one of the crabs kill a freshly molted adult shrimp on three different occasions. I have even seen one try to grab a shrimp that was passing by it. So as far as baby shrimp go, I don't know how safe they would be. I do know from experience that they are not safe with adult shrimp. I had them in my 20g long and witnessed it happening so I moved them from that tank (PRL tank) to my snowball tank which is a 5 gallon and saw it happening again. I'm moving them to a 1.5 planted nano where they can be by themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Wow thanks Amanda for the info. That's the first time I've heard of that happening. Amyers22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Good info. Are you sure those were micro crabs though? I hear they only get to be roughly 1/2" full grown. I have several of these in a tank with snowball shrimp and I have seen one of the crabs kill a freshly molted adult shrimp on three different occasions. I have even seen one try to grab a shrimp that was passing by it. So as far as baby shrimp go, I don't know how safe they would be. I do know from experience that they are not safe with adult shrimp. I had them in my 20g long and witnessed it happening so I moved them from that tank (PRL tank) to my snowball tank which is a 5 gallon and saw it happening again. I'm moving them to a 1.5 planted nano where they can be by themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Here's a pic for size reference, and teh crab is closer to the camera.: Edwardnah and Johnnydok 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maylee Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I have several of these in a tank with snowball shrimp and I have seen one of the crabs kill a freshly molted adult shrimp on three different occasions. I have even seen one try to grab a shrimp that was passing by it. So as far as baby shrimp go, I don't know how safe they would be. I do know from experience that they are not safe with adult shrimp. I had them in my 20g long and witnessed it happening so I moved them from that tank (PRL tank) to my snowball tank which is a 5 gallon and saw it happening again. I'm moving them to a 1.5 planted nano where they can be by themselves. That's nuts. I decided against getting some anyway because I thought they liked to hide too much and were kind of boring when I watched them at the LFS I guess this is why it's a good thing to just keep shrimp tanks as shrimp only for the most part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amyers22 Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 I have several of these in a tank with snowball shrimp and I have seen one of the crabs kill a freshly molted adult shrimp on three different occasions. I have even seen one try to grab a shrimp that was passing by it. So as far as baby shrimp go, I don't know how safe they would be. I do know from experience that they are not safe with adult shrimp. I had them in my 20g long and witnessed it happening so I moved them from that tank (PRL tank) to my snowball tank which is a 5 gallon and saw it happening again. I'm moving them to a 1.5 planted nano where they can be by themselves. Yes, 100% sure. I work at an aquatics store and we got three or for shipments of these little guys. I put them in with our large PFR population and never noticed this happening. I moved some to 1.5g nanos by our register to show them off and stuck half a dozen blue jelly neos in with them and that's when I first noticed them going after shrimp. I figured it was because they were in a smaller space and still decided to get some of my own. I stuck them in my PRL tank and came home to one of them attacking a freshly molted shrimp. After the shrimp died it proceeded to pick pieces of the shrimp apart. So I moved them in with my snowball shrimp and started seeing it again. I watched one of my shrimp molt and just minutes later a micro crab came over and grabbed the shirmp. It did enough damage in that 2.5sec before I intervened that the shrimp died. All of the "attacks" that I have witnessed have been on adult shrimp. I moved them to my nano. They are always out and about. Soothing Shrimp and Steve R. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Wow. I appreciate the info, Amanda. Amyers22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 The crabs I caught are both still doing great. They are also still the same size and they don't seem like they could hurt any shrimp. At least they haven't touched my mutant shrimp with eggs on its face. I've been meaning to go catch more and set up a nice tank for them but this is my busy season at work and it's a 2 hour hike to where these guys are and u just don't have the time and energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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