Ornamental crabs have also become one of people's emerging pets
The improvement of people's tastes in pet keeping is also a great improvement, now, ornamental crabs have also been developed to become one of the people's emerging pets, but now there is not much information on ornamental crab keeping, and people's knowledge of crabs is still mostly on the dining table, so from the species, what are the ornamental The crab is worthy of our feeding it?
One, the red chelid crabVery common and very cheap crab, in fact, two kinds, all red scientific name of the red chelid crab, red pincers scientific name of the Chinese imitation of the hand crab. It can't be bred artificially because it is spawned in estuaries near the sea, and the larvae live in the sea, but the adults that are sold are perfectly capable of being raised in fresh water. The best is shallow water just not over the back, put a piece of rock exposed to the surface of the water to facilitate it to breathe; no stone water level is also low, do not recommend deep water, it is easy to lack of oxygen. Room temperature can be, omnivorous partial meat, turtle food will also eat, but try not to feed apples, melon peel and so on.
Feeding difficulty: very simple, many children can raise to molt, here to add a point, all the crabs molt do not artificial help, and crayfish, the same?
Two, stream crab? Mostly Sawtooth Wahoo crabs, but there are other varieties as well. Again there are many species and some are very ornamental and can be bred. There are bluish individuals that are similar in color to the blue crayfish (very rare), and the Sawtooth Creek Crab and several similar species are not difficult to keep. On stream crab keeping:? ?1. Temperature:Keep the temperature not to make a big change in temperature, the temperature difference should not be more than 5 ℃
?2. Food: food is very mixed, basically eat everything, just do not feed chocolate and so on
?3. Environment: mimic the native land, too dirty mud can be sand or something to lay, as long as the imitation of the stream on the line, it is best to have the conditions to put some of the stones in the stream, pay attention to keep the water clean is very important!
?4. Aquascape: about the stream crab tank aquascape is actually not so necessary, mainly for viewing the whole thing can not hurt, there is a little trick Oh ~ sometimes in the stream of sand (gravel) can be better than the bought.
Remember! Never scrub stream crabs, just keep the water clean so the crabs don't get dirty, and sometimes scrubbing them can result in cutting off their own limbs. Three, leopard point crab Some places also called Sulawesi leopard point crab, but the Sulawesi crab generally refers to a variety of devil crab, this does not belong to, not only can not determine whether or not it is really from the island of Sulawesi, habits are also completely different. So they are discussed separately. This is one of the few species that can be raised in deep water (still need sufficient oxygen, crabs are like this, otherwise the molting time may be tragic. If the crab has been no problem, keep a period of time suddenly died, the most likely is the lack of oxygen), can reproduce. General room temperature is no problem, insurance can be added; omnivorous partial carnivorous, large more or less will hurt grass and shrimp, can be mixed with pelagic fish or larger fish. There is a native crab that looks a lot like it, didn't test how they are related.? Four, rainbow crab ? In recent years there are only varieties, native to West Africa, very little information, the scientific name according to the translation of Taiwan called armed round axis crab. Larger, more aggressive. Belonging to the land crab, you need to use wet sand, which is buried in a large water basin, so that the crab can freely enter and exit. Ordinary land and water tank water is on the high side, not suitable. Because it is a land crab in the more water-dependent species, so in the water for a long time is also fine, some information even said that you can aquaculture, but at the same time also said that in the wild they basically do not go into the water, only in the stagnant water to replenish the water, we are still mimicking the native environment is better. Omnivorous, presumably better on the vegetarian side, also easy to clean up. Cannot be artificially bred.? V. Purple ground crab? One of the most terrestrial crabs, it is said to be a close relative of the mass-migrating Christmas Island red crabs that have been in the news. The degree of dependence on water is very low, mainly from food and environmental water intake, only laying moist coconut soil can also live for a period of time, but like the above, want to raise a little longer or need to seawater pots to replenish the salt and minerals. Cannot be propagated artificially. Need to hide things, omnivorous, can feed fruits and vegetables and fish and shrimp. Breeding difficulty: actually did not find anything difficult, but this crab should live longer under natural conditions. Now it is still very niche, and many people do not provide seawater, so it is difficult to figure out how long it can be raised artificially. They are said to die easily when molting.