Horseshoe crabs

[pv2mcgee]

Anyone now much about horseshoe crabs? I recently got one and just know they sift through sand in search of food.


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[farfromsea]

My understanding is they will eat up your sand bed and then starve...cool but not good for the tank


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[Sugar Magnolia]

Yep, they are best left in nature. They don't survive long term in captivity.

 

[billdogg]

In addition to the above, they will, if they live long enough, get HUGE, and are really a temperate species anyway.

 

[AlSimmons]

The link below has a small little write up regarding Horseshoe crabs.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/12/inverts

 

[fabulousfavia]

Anyone now much about horseshoe crabs? I recently got one and just know they sift through sand in search of food.


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Yes but if you don't also feed them they will eventually starve. You will have to use frozen food to imitate the worms in the the sand.


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