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    Quote Originally Posted by Butterflychild View Post
    And now im having problems trying to find any more Purple Vampire Crabs.
    I'm sorry for your loss. I have never seen these crabs in any pet stores near me so I wouldn't know where to get one. There is one near by that is called Exotics and Aquatics. That's probably where I could find one, but I'm sorry that is doesn help you or mend your frustration.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
    I'm sorry for your loss. I have never seen these crabs in any pet stores near me so I wouldn't know where to get one. There is one near by that is called Exotics and Aquatics. That's probably where I could find one, but I'm sorry that is doesn help you or mend your frustration.
    Thank you very much for you kindness. Well im still going to build my habitat that i was going to build no matter what. I wont give up and i will find PVC again no matter what lol.

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    Shouldn't be too difficult to find. I think I saw some at the expo I just went to. I wouldn't mind keeping some in the future, they look awesome.

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    very stressful time for a pvc (molting), needs to eat his molt to regain salts and other properties he lost in doing so, whats ur ph? is the water comp hard? best way to keep his salt up is to put a bottle cap full of sea salt on dry land so it can get the salts to harden his soft shell after molting; also look into calcium supp

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    I dont know what the ph was in the bowl of water i had. I didnt know i had to worry about that. I put in crickets that had calcium on them but she wouldnt eat them. I do have calcium but she didnt seam to want anything to do with it. I was told they dont need any salt. Ok do you know what the water ph is sapose to be for pvc and what does water comp hard means. Sorry im a newbie at this stuff. She was in the water when she was molting im not sure wether she drowned well molting or not.

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    proly just died from stress, its normal if they dont have the right nutrients, iv only owned red clawed crabs.. ph sould be 6-7, so i doupht it was that being in a water dish. what kind of water did u use? they have calcium in gel form but yea I dont know much about pvc but thougth i would share some kno how from a former fresh water crab owner
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    I used tap water. So you own fresh water crabs then. I think red clawed crabs are similar to pvc but not 100% sure on that. ty for info

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jdnocente View Post
    proly just died from stress, its normal if they dont have the right nutrients, iv only owned red clawed crabs.. ph sould be 6-7, so i doupht it was that being in a water dish. what kind of water did u use? they have calcium in gel form but yea I dont know much about pvc but thougth i would share some kno how from a former fresh water crab owner
    not the same type of crab at all. unlike your red claw, the geosesarma sp of crabs are primarily terrestrial and have no need of salt or a trip to the ocean to reproduce.

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