Brackish crabs?

[death-by-reef]

I’m going to the fish store this afternoon with the goal of a new tank. I have always wanted to do freshwater/brackish crabs but never really had time. My plan is a 20g long, semiaragonite sand and an internal power filter. Probably going to do brackish water, can I transplant live sand from my reef to get some bacteria into the crab tank? Thanks for your help

 

[death-by-reef]

Bump, also can anyone tell me if I can put salt snails into Brackish water?

 

[Kasrift]

Bump, also can anyone tell me if I can put salt snails into Brackish water?

I think it will depend on the snail. Typical ones like trochus that we see that are in reefs maybe not, but I know nerites and periwinkles and others that you need a lid for may have different requirements as they could be things collected in Florida near estuaries. Just examples, I'm not sure about those even. Some snail expert should know more.

 

[death-by-reef]

Thank you very much

 

[Kasrift]

Was just looking around and saw that zebra nerites are brackish. https://modestfish.com/nerite-snail...a natalensis,brown stripes along their shells.

The reason I mentioned snails that need lids might be is because those types are puddle jumpers and either travel in tide pools or across land and I assumed some in tide pools might be brackish pools where rivers reach the ocean. Lots of snails are collected in Florida. Maybe even Florida ceriths, I'm not sure. I ordered a huge variety of snails from ReefCleaners so just check the description and email them about it.

 

[death-by-reef]

Was just looking around and saw that zebra nerites are brackish. https://modestfish.com/nerite-snails/#:~:text=Zebra Nerite Snails (Neritina natalensis,brown stripes along their shells.

The reason I mentioned snails that need lids might be is because those types are puddle jumpers and either travel in tide pools or across land and I assumed some in tide pools might be brackish pools where rivers reach the ocean. Lots of snails are collected in Florida. Maybe even Florida ceriths, I'm not sure. I ordered a huge variety of snails from ReefCleaners so just check the description and email them about it.

ok, I’ll ask about that at my lfs