Wal-mart Krabs?

Question

I bought a crab at walmart and i was wondering what kind it was because i forgot. what kind could it be they are really really small about the size of a hermit crab and they eat grits.

Answer 1

I don't know any crab that eat grits, but I shouldn't be surprised to see WalMart feeding that to them.

Chances are if it was for a fish tank, it's either a fiddler crab (see photo: http://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/JPEGS/Uca%20perplexa%20Yellow%20hand%20fiddler%20crab.jpg ) or a red-claw crab (http://www.clhs-chawks.org/loc_web/animals/arthropods/images/red_claw_crab.jpg ). Both of these aren't for freshwater - they need to have some salt in their water, and they both need to be able to get out of the water and onto land. And they're very good at escaping from your tank if they have any electrical cords or air tubing they can climb. Just so you know what to expect.

Here's a caresheet for each of the ones I mentioned:

http://www.freewebs.com/fiddlercrabcare/
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile101.html

Answer 2

If it was a walmart crab in a cup hermit crab then it's either a purple pincher or an ecuadorian those seem to be the 2 species they carry most often

Answer 3

its a fiddler crab that is wrongly labeled freshwater. it needs brackish to survive and even saltier to thrive -- here is some information on keeping one -- they don't mix with fish at all -- any and all fish will be dinner --

http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/fishcareandhealth/a/fiddlercrabs.htm

Answer 4

How about a picture? My crystal ball is on the frissssss

Answer 5

I got crabs at Wal-mart as weLL!!!

Answer 6

Why don't you call Walmart and find out?

Answer 7

yeah man, always use the toilet paper rings!!