Purple Vampire Crabs For Sale
Vampire Crabs are an awesome species for a bioactive, live-planted paludarium enclosure! They are fun to watch and eat just about anything!
Photos taken November 2024
For sale in our Bracknell reptile shop
Age: CB24
Sex: Unsexed
Handling: Best kept as a display pet, but can be infrequently handled
Suitability: Well-researched Beginner
Lifespan: 2 to 3 years
Diet: Omnivorous (insects, vegetation, pellets, dried shrimp/ fish)
Natural Habitat: Alongside streams in forests of Southeast Asia
Enclosure recommendations
The minimum size enclosure for a group of up to 3 crabs is a 60cm long glass terrarium, with a large, shallow freshwater area and easy access to land to replicate a stream cutting through a forest.
Deep substrate should be provided, with cork pieces, plants, branches and rocks for plenty of hiding areas.
Thermostatically controlled heating should be used to create an air temp of 24c, with a submersible heater also placed within the water set to 26c. A 12hr light cycle should be provided using LED or UV lighting.
The water should should be filtered or changed daily.
Vampire Crabs are an awesome species for a bioactive, live-planted paludarium enclosure! They are fun to watch and eat just about anything!
Photos taken November 2024
For sale in our Bracknell reptile shop
Age: CB24
Sex: Unsexed
Handling: Best kept as a display pet, but can be infrequently handled
Suitability: Well-researched Beginner
Lifespan: 2 to 3 years
Diet: Omnivorous (insects, vegetation, pellets, dried shrimp/ fish)
Natural Habitat: Alongside streams in forests of Southeast Asia
Enclosure recommendations
The minimum size enclosure for a group of up to 3 crabs is a 60cm long glass terrarium, with a large, shallow freshwater area and easy access to land to replicate a stream cutting through a forest.
Deep substrate should be provided, with cork pieces, plants, branches and rocks for plenty of hiding areas.
Thermostatically controlled heating should be used to create an air temp of 24c, with a submersible heater also placed within the water set to 26c. A 12hr light cycle should be provided using LED or UV lighting.
The water should should be filtered or changed daily.
Vampire Crabs are an awesome species for a bioactive, live-planted paludarium enclosure! They are fun to watch and eat just about anything!
Photos taken November 2024
For sale in our Bracknell reptile shop
Age: CB24
Sex: Unsexed
Handling: Best kept as a display pet, but can be infrequently handled
Suitability: Well-researched Beginner
Lifespan: 2 to 3 years
Diet: Omnivorous (insects, vegetation, pellets, dried shrimp/ fish)
Natural Habitat: Alongside streams in forests of Southeast Asia
Enclosure recommendations
The minimum size enclosure for a group of up to 3 crabs is a 60cm long glass terrarium, with a large, shallow freshwater area and easy access to land to replicate a stream cutting through a forest.
Deep substrate should be provided, with cork pieces, plants, branches and rocks for plenty of hiding areas.
Thermostatically controlled heating should be used to create an air temp of 24c, with a submersible heater also placed within the water set to 26c. A 12hr light cycle should be provided using LED or UV lighting.
The water should should be filtered or changed daily.
