I’m a crab person now I guess

jamest0o0

Chameleon Enthusiast
My Caribbean land crab (cardisoma guanhumi). My beast that was way bigger than I expected and changed all my plans. Honestly I think crustaceans are awesome, but if I could find a suitable home to truly give this guy what he needs I would consider rehoming him. Not because I don’t love him, but because he’s just so massive and is a serious commitment. And I refuse to not give my animals the best that I can…. For example I just bought a 220g reef ready tank off Facebook which is going to be probably a years long display project for our basement. My wife isn’t too thrilled, but she’s interested in helping landscape the tank.

They need deep substrate to burrow, salt, and freshwater. Warm and very humid temps. Loads of food variety as well.

This current tank is for functional purposes(75g)...not that pretty, hidden in our office. The 220g will be a naturalistic set up with a sump for the saltwater section. It will be tough, he loves digging complex tunnel systems and is not graceful(he’s like a bulldozer that’s fast).

We call those little tanks his hot tubs as he likes to sit in them. I have a fan, mistking, and uvb lights on timers for him as well with 3 humidity/temp sensors to keep it around 80-90 degrees and 80-90% humidity.
 

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Very cool, but sounds like a lot of work keeping multiple different areas for him. Better you than me! 😂 It sounds like with the 220 gal tank, you’ll be giving him what he needs.
 
These guys are so cool - I used to live on St. John and they were terrifying when I saw them!
I bet that was nice! And yeah they are a site to see in person for sure.

I love the purple shell with yellow eyes paired with the goofy shy/skittish personality. I wonder what it’s like to get pinched by one 🤔
 
Very cool, but sounds like a lot of work keeping multiple different areas for him. Better you than me! 😂 It sounds like with the 220 gal tank, you’ll be giving him what he needs.

The fun part is there’s crab supplies of some sort in almost every aisle of a pet store. Heck most stores.

I feel like we need a chameleon asap because we can’t just be a family with 2 cats and a crab… that seems insane for some reason. It needs to be bridged with a reptile or something
 
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