Red Claw Crab
Perisesarma bidens
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Brackish, with a dry beach. They will pick at fish and each other. This is not a community invertebrate.
Brackish crab with a beach. Not a cleaner.
Needs brackish water and land/basking access — not fully aquatic.
In the tank
- Watchable in a paludarium. That is the job.
- Water
- brackish
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Swims
- Bottom
- Adult size
- 2.5 in
- Minimum tank
- 10 gal
- Group
- Can be kept singly
- Temperature
- 75–82°F
- pH
- 7.5–8.5
- Diet
- Sinking pellets, frozen foods, leaf litter.
- Beginner
- Not a first fish
How to keep them
- Land area. Brackish water.
- They pick at fish and each other.
Tankmates
Best in a species setup.
Avoid
Freshwater community tanks.
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