Paludarium 54L - Journal

Sesarma bidens/Pseudosesarma moeshi (Red Clawed Mangrove Crab) was the main reason for commencing this project. Like many other crabs even this one needs access to land. I would like to keep a few of these crabs responsibly, meaning successfully. Happy crab-keeping! :-)

6/25/07

Time for an update

This paludarium has been running just fine. How do I know that? Well the photo above is telling a story on its own ;-) One of the female Pseudosesarma moeshi has eggs again! I have seen 1 male and another female present, but the 4th crab is still somewhere hiding. I wouldn't say it is dead. It is easy to discover a dead crab... follow your nose, it does smell nasty. I am sure it is still alive. Sometimes it is very hard to see the crabs, they prefer being safe behind the rocks.

My Golden Apple Snails are doing fine. 2 of them are very active, while the 3rd one seem to be closed most of the time. I checked and it is alive.
Plants are almost destroyed by the Crabs (eaten). The only untouched plant is the Anubias afzelii for some reason. I perform weekly 50% water change. I feed the Crabs every day exclusively with the Crab Sticks from Hikari.

6/15/07

The Last Puffer appeared again!!!

I am not sure how this is possible, but the last Puffer appeared again. It was hiding somewhere for a long time. It is impossible for it to be stuck inside the filter chamber because the inlet bars are too narrow. I was certain that the Crabs ate it...but no, here it is safe and sound ;-)
I moved it now to my 180 liters planted, more space and no one to harm it.