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Keeping Horseshoe Crabs

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Keeping horseshoe crabs is fairly easy. They are pretty hardy and tolerate a pretty wide tolerance of salinity.

There are some things you do need to do in order to keep your horseshoe crab alive and healthy.

First you need to set up your marine aquarium correctly and with the right equipment. If you have a marine set up already then adding a horseshoe crab is pretty straight forward. They just need to be acclimatized to the new tank slowly like you would do with any new member to your marine environment.

Feeding your Horseshoe Crab

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

In the wild Horseshoe crabs feed on a number of worms, mullusks and seaweed. They will also eat bits of fish and shrimp that fall to the bottom.

They dig around in the sand and mud to find whatever they can to eat. Basically they are scavengers.

If you are keeping horseshoe crabs in an aquarium, you can feed your horseshoe crab bits of clams, worms, brine shrimp as well as any type of sea food as long as the pieces are small enough for the size horseshoe crab that you have.

Where to buy a live horseshoe crab

Monday, September 29th, 2008

I get a lot of inquires about where to buy horseshoe crabs for their aquarium. I don’t sell horseshoe crabs and as I mentioned in a previous post I was going to look for a place online that you can get them.
I checked out quite a few places and I think I’ve narrowed in down to one. I will keep my eye out for others, but for now this vendor is the one I would use to buy horseshoe crabs from.

Buy a Horseshoe Crab

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

I just thought I’d let you know that I think I’ve found a reliable source for horseshoe crabs online.

I will checking this company out before I list their link here. I should know in a few days if these guys are any good or whether I should keep on looking.

One of the things I want to be sure of is whether their horseshoe crabs are healthy and how they will ship them to arrive healthy.

I’ll let you know as soon as I know and if everything looks good I will post the link here.