greenz7 Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Has anyone kept long arm shrimp with freshwater crabs before? We have a long arm shrimp that is about 5-6cm long and the fresh water crabs are from 1cm across to 5-6cm across. Just wondering how they will go together in a tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Might find the longarms pick on the crabs after they moult. If they get hungry they can turn nasty rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenz7 Posted November 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 ok, thanks Donny ..even though they are well fed, the big long arm shrimp has taken down fish already...including a German Blue Ram (much to our disappointment) I think we'll see how it goes for a bit...otherwise we can always feed him to the fronnies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Mate if you ever feed them to fronnys, hand feed them. They like them so much, it rapidly tames them. Might take a dozen feeds before they realise that its the bold fish that gets the prawn. but eventually one will. I like having frontosa that take food from my hand, makes them a more interactive pet. Those longarms have tiny pincers but they are quite sharp. I had feeder tanks with lots of them in them when I had the octopus......... and they would get in some aggressive exfoliation on my arms when I cleaned the filters. I quickly learnt to feed them first! Edited November 1, 2013 by Donny@ageofaquariums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenz7 Posted November 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Gem already hand feeds the frontosa regularly, though I'll mention about hand feeding them the live prawns. Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
