Crab in african tank?

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Is there any crustacean that could go in an african tank. More specifically any crab species?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

They will eat them all

 

[Munger22391]

I have 3 red claw crabs in my 55g with my Cichlids and they have never messed with them. I put a small floating dock at the top of my tank next to one of my air lines for them to climb up to and get out of the water and they stay up there most of the time. oh and I have 5 cichlids around 3-4"

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

I have 3 red claw crabs in my 55g with my Cichlids and they have never messed with them. I put a small floating dock at the top of my tank next to one of my air lines for them to climb up to and get out of the water and they stay up there most of the time. oh and I have 5 cichlids around 3-4"

Cool, my scape comes out of the water that's why I asked

 

[bettaowner]

Crayfish are good tank mates for aggressive fish. I believe there is a species of Malawi crab.

 

[Munger22391]

Cool, my scape comes out of the water that's why I asked

yea as long as they have a place to get out of the water they should be fine, an electric blue crayfish would work and are really cool to watch just make sure it has a cave to get away from the fish when he molts I had one when I first started my tank and didnt have a good hiding spot for him and was eaten after his 2nd molt

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Crayfish are good tank mates for aggressive fish. I believe there is a species of Malawi crab.

Found the Malawi crab. They can get 6 inches plus. That's a lot of crab! I have a ton of crayfish but most are tiny. I have two blues, an orange, a red, had a white though I haven't seen him in a while. Maybe I will add one of my blues when he's bigger or look for some red claws

 

[bettaowner]

How big is the tank. Some freshwater prawns might work.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

How big is the tank. Some freshwater prawns might work.

125 gallons

 

[zach103]

I had this guy in my tank. He was in there first and killed most of the tropical fish so I switched to cichlids and they left each other alone. He died after climbing out if the tank to go for a walk.