Sunday 2 February 2014

Coenobita brevimanus, New Arrivals

The latest addition to my crabby family in a new, third setup is four beautiful but battered Indos. These little guys are sadly missing a few bits including legs, leg segments and one eye but they are already showing an improvement in energy levels with some TLC. Within ten minutes of entering their tank one had swapped into a beautiful tapestry turbo. Their appetites are definitely huge, the largest has already shown an obsession with peanuts and all the food put in is being demolished overnight.

The smallest in the temporary ISO tank they went in for the first night, Smartie has a lot of leg missing as well as only one eye.
This is the largest crab, Peanut, who is in desperate need of a moult but has been building up a moult sac very quickly.


This little one is missing a leg and the front half of his little claw but is the most active of the lot and has the largest moult sac ready.

Last but not least, this one is in the best condition and had just changed shells.