Keeping cold water crabs?

[jameS_94]

well........is it possible to keep coldwater crabs?
my dad does sea fishing and he uses peeler crabs for his bait
when he recieves the crabs there all alive and i was wondering if it would be easy to keep a few in a smallish tank and even possibly breed them.
i would set the tank up as half water and half sand with rocks etc.
thing is woudl the water get too warm for them as they are coldwater crabs ?


thanks

[cl0wn]

hhmmmm, would have thought it would be ok as they are used to living in rockpools were the water would be warmer just a simple set up. maybe lit by led's to reduce heat. give it a go, won't cost you anything.

[grumpy_banghai]

Fit a chiller! :D Grow them big & eat them.

[jameS_94]

will set it up tonight and post pics later :D

[TheCoralGardenLtd]

Never tried our native species myself, but have a couple of cutomers who did. General feeling is that a chiller is required, bUT with just crabs that may not be such a problem.
Let us know how you get on.;)

[jameS_94]

right all set up and will have pics up within the next ten mins :D

[jameS_94]

the water still a bit murky but its settling down nicely ;)

[TheCoralGardenLtd]

That is actually quite cool!;)
Hope they do OK.

[cl0wn]

they look awesome!!! can we have a fts please? also what lighting are you using. good job that man. just go down to the coast with a bucket and stock it up!!!

[jameS_94]

thanks :D
its only a small tank at the moment but if it all goes well i have a spare 3foot tank that is waiting to be used :cool:
the lighitn is only a T8. i will keep them off as much as possible as the heat will soon add up maybe its worth getitng some cheap LEDs to use as lights . i will get a FTS later :)