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squall7733
Oct 20th, 2005, 04:13am
Just curious. Assuming I will have a mature Bimac. Feeding him hermits, maybe some snails but mainly shrimp. How much of this will he eat a day?

corw314
Oct 20th, 2005, 05:00am
Gimpy was eating a 2" crab a day. Now my others used to eat a large 3-4" crab every other day. Gimpy is now off her feed as she apparently is making a den and I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't fertile eggs as she was wild caught.

squall7733
Oct 20th, 2005, 09:32pm
Wow, I really have no idea where to buy a 2-3" live crabs in my area.... Any suggestions?

I live in Saginaw Michigan

lockburn
Oct 21st, 2005, 11:42am
I buy fiddlers from Sach's

http://www.aquaculturestore.com/swinverts.html

10 for $13 shipped. Its incredibly easy to get em and store them, and my octo loves them. My octo also grew considerably once I started feeding him these.

squall7733
Oct 21st, 2005, 10:15pm
Thank you!

When I store these crabs in a feeding fish holding tank. Is there anything I should know about?

I know from breeding clownfish, that what the food eats also affects what your feeding it to. Is there any type of enviroment I should set up for fiddler crabs to keep them healthy and plump, what should I feed the food lol. And waht size of tank do I need, can I pretty much stack these guys ontop of eachother without them killing eachother?