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BellyDraggers
12-22-04, 09:58 PM
Hi all

Just wanted to show you people our new little friend...His name is Bob

http://publish.hometown.aol.com/bellydraggerreps/images/mvc-214s.jpg

http://publish.hometown.aol.com/bellydraggerreps/images/mvc-213s.jpg

These guys are so cool he eats right from my hand and is very active in his cage likes to climb aboslutly everything he can..LOL

He kinda reminds us of something from a old horror movie..haha

Scotty & Les

Rikki
12-22-04, 10:00 PM
Cute!

Slannesh
12-22-04, 10:17 PM
Very cool,

what species is it? Housing requirements?

BellyDraggers
12-22-04, 10:27 PM
Slannesh -
We bought it as a Purple Moon Crab (Gecarcinus quadratus)

As for houseing he is a in a tank with a substrate 6 inches of wet sand as the bottom layer, with a 6 to 12 inch layer of a sand/soil mixture on top of that. He has branches for climbing and for hiding. He has a 2 water shallow bowles one for food the other for soaking in and then a misting twice everyday.

Scotty & Les

Slannesh
12-22-04, 10:28 PM
Sounds cool! Any idea how big it'll get?

Youkai
12-22-04, 10:41 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they need to be able to at least get to a dish of brackish water?

BellyDraggers
12-22-04, 10:47 PM
i have done research on them and i have not read anything about them needing it....

Scotty & Les

chas*e
12-23-04, 12:23 AM
I had a girlfriend who had them before...got some cream for it...went away in 2 weeks.
lol...just kidding...can't wait to see it in the flesh/shell...scotty