Does anyone know how to take care of a horseshoe crab? i already know their diet (mostly worms, shrimp, etc.), but is there anything specific that they need? Should their tank be completely filled with water, or should their be a land area, too? Do they need a special type of water? How big should the tank be? Please, help!
2007-08-20 15:05:12 · 2 answers · asked by rlsejhm 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
These are animals best left in the ocean. They need to have a large area without rocks where they can burrow in the substrate, which isn't a problem at the size when you buy them, but they'll grow to arouns 12" across and 18" long. They don't have much flexibility and the only one I bought kept getting itself stuck in corners in the rockwork and couldn't figure out how to get itself out.
They are completerly aquatic (marine), and will eat just about anything that falls on the bottom. No land areas are needed, just plenty of open bottom. Knowing what I do from the one I've kept, I would raise any live rock off the bottom by using PVC legs to rest the rock upon (three legs per rock) at lest 2 inches high and stable enough that the rocks won't topple if something burrows into the substrate.
Since these are from the ocean, you'd need everything used in setting up a saltwater tank. This means getting sea salt mix and a hydrometer so you mix the water to the correct salt concentration, heater, filter, etc.
2007-08-20 16:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-09 19:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by larison 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Does anyone know how to take care of a horseshoe crab? i already know their diet (mostly worms, shrimp, etc.), but is there anything specific that they need? Should their tank be completely filled with water, or should their be a land area, too? Do they need a special type of water? How big...
2015-08-18 12:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by Dawn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't advise using dish soap on ANY creaure from the ocean. You could try a quick (2 minute) fresh water dip on him. Dish soap is like poison to him. Your salinity should be 1.025 in your tank, test with a hydrometer or even better a refractometer. Make sure that you give him enough sand to burrow in on the bottom of your tank. At least a few inches. The best salt to use is Instant ocean, but make sure that you mix up the salt water before you put him in the tank, and also make sure that the water is warm enough (77-80 F) before you put him in the water. Good luck
2016-03-22 20:59:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horse shoes crabs are saltwater and they can grow very large,a foot or better across..They need to be in a cycled saltwater tank and will live in the sand keeping it clean as they eat all the waste from the sand.They need a very large tank.
2007-08-20 15:20:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋