small freshwater crabs

[Batasio]

Hello,
lately some small colourful freshwater/terrestical crabs (Geosesarma spec., called "vampir crab", "mandarin crab", "tomato crab"...) came from Indonesia to Germany. Does someone have information about the biotopes or their reproduction? Can someone help me to get such crabs? I'm also interested in other freshwater/terrestrical crabs.

http://www.mimbon.de/crustaceans/crabs/image005.jpg

http://www.mimbon.de/crustaceans/crabs/image006.jpg

http://www.mimbon.de/crustaceans/crabs/image007.jpg

http://www.aquarium-glaser.de/maxtools/upload/69b05deec507c157a7009c52ffb4d1f1.jpg

http://www.aquarium-glaser.de/maxtools/upload/69b05deec507c157a7009c52ffb4d1f1.jpg

Regards from Berlin, Jörn

[Batasio]

Hello,

first pict's of


Geosesarma spec. "vampir":

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9880/geosesarmav1f2yd.jpghttp://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5184/geosesarmav3o7ll.jpghttp://img209.imageshack.us/img209/249/geosesarmavmw17uc.jpg


Geosesarma spec. "orange":

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1658/geosesarmao1f1tl.jpghttp://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3582/geosesarmao2o8dp.jpghttp://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7103/geosesarmaom23af.jpg


Geosesarma spec "tomato":

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4825/geosesarmat1f0hf.jpghttp://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2567/geosesarmat1o5tc.jpg

Regards from Berlin, Jörn

[Frank]

Intresting species.
I like the vampyr crab.
Nice colors

[leen]

Hello,

I also have these pretty Geosesarma sp. "Vampire-crabs" and they breed in fresh-water. I had about 50 little (0,3 cm) crabs. I don't know exactly how long the pregnancy was for the mother......


Greetings Leen

[three-fingers]

I would be very interested in these if i could import a few here from Germany :rolleyes: .
Do they need land to come up onto? How about water stats? And how big do they get? Germany gets all the cool inverts in Europe :( .

[leen]

When you visit The Netherlands you can buy some of these crabs from me! :joking:
Maybe i can send you some when the wetter is a little better?

[fatboy]

I would be very interested in these if i could import a few here from Germany :rolleyes: .
[...]
Germany gets all the cool inverts in Europe :( .

Yep, Germany is the place to be in Europe if you're into shrimp, crabs, crays etc. :p

Do you know a few online shops sell to Britain? I bought my shrimps and aeglids from a german website and have had no problems. Shipping is safe as long as it's overnight and the animals are properly packed. To get them from Germany isn't any more stressful on the animals than buying off ebay.co.uk. The only downer is that the sites are in German and it's a bugger even using google language tools to translate. :(

I'm going to ask if I can post a link to the site I've bought from.

[three-fingers]

Really?:D Cool, i've seen loads of great sites, but assumed they would only post to Germany.
What did you buy?

[roisu]

Very Interesting~ lovely color and size~ Do they need to walk on land or just living in water? I wish I can feed those crabs

[leen]

They love to walk on the land above the water so i would make some land for them.......i don't know if they can live only in the water.......
In my tank they are 80% of the time above the water.

[roisu]

i see.~~ so i guess it must be so much funto set their home in tank, I like to feel them much and look at their life style....in HongKong there isnt any around the fish market~ May be i need wait for them to come to HongKong??

[Maolo]

Yep, Germany is the place to be in Europe if you're into shrimp, crabs, crays etc. :p
And reptiles/amphibians too!