I've also had a red claw crab and fiddler crab in an aquarium. they need a lower water line to prevent them from escaping and if need be seal up any openings with some window screen or wire mesh material to prevent the Houdini within them from preforming the great disappearance act!

-Brandon[/quote]


Maybe the guy who started this thread should use your idea with the wire mesh. I know the crabs like to get up into the filter for more air and thats basically where they always hang out, so why not put some wire mesh at some point in the filter so they dont get sucked in any part of it. Wire mesh will give them protection from getting sucked in and also a good place to grab onto and hang out.

Also, for those with escape artist pets, wire mesh if always the answer. I have had several pets over the last 20 years and every cage I have ever had had a wire mesh top.

I buy from a guy in New Jersey,

Belleville Wire Cloth

They always have had the stuff that I need.