Keeping Horseshoe Crabs

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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.

If you buy a horseshoe crab from a local fish store, be sure not to take all their advice at blindly. I have visited a lot of fish stores and questioned them on keeping horseshoe crabs and the advice they gave was in most cases wrong or incomplete. So beware.

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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.

Just let the food fall to the bottom and the horseshoe crab will scavenge for them.

One of the problems with keeping a horseshoe crab is making sure that there is enough for them to eat. One of the most common reasons for a horseshoe crab dieing in captivity is starvation.

Another point to keep in mind when keeping horseshoe crabs is make sure you have a sandy bottom for the horseshoe crab to sift through as it’s feeding.

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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.

The name of the site is That Fish Place. Yeah I know, original name. But they do offer horseshoe crabs for sale and all the necessary equipment that you will need to keep them if you don’t already have a salt water aquarium.

One thing to keep in mind with horseshoe crabs is that they like some sand on the bottom to burrow in. They are great for salt water tanks because they agitate the bottom making it easier for your filter to work more efficiently.

They are not aggressive towards fish so they make a good addition to any salt water tank providing you have enough room to house them.

I’m putting the link to their site below. I hope this helps.

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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.

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