Life expectancy of strawberry crabs?

[hllb]

Just curious if anyone has an idea on life expectancy for this guy: https://m.liveaquaria.com/product/1907/?pcatid=1907

I’ve had mine for nearly 2 years now. I can go a couple of months without seeing her and then she’ll pop up. Just transferred everything to a new tank and she was out cruising around last night. Just curious how long she can be expected to live.

This is Rosa:

 

[vetteguy53081]

A lot will depend on unknown age of crab, tank environment, water quality, diet and sufficient calcium for its shell and molt

 

[Greg P]

+1 ^^
Red boxer crabs have been reported to live up to 5 years

 

[hllb]

Yup, definitely a lot of factors and I have no idea how old she was when I got her. But if the life expectancy was 2 years, I’d know she was on borrowed time. Glad it will probably be longer. I don’t see her often, but it’s exciting when I do!

 

[hllb]

So I spotted her the other night. She’s quite large now! I thought her color looked quite dull:

Sure enough, guess who just molted!

 

[Critteraholic]

Awesome!

 

[hllb]

I hadn't seen Rosa for a long time - probably several months. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed she must have molted:

Then during my evening check before bed, she was out cruising around again, in an entirely different color LOL. She's nearly 3 years old now.