The Sulawesi Freshwater Leopard Crab
Sulawesi Panther Crab a.k.a. Leopard Crab is a freshwater crab from Lake Matanao. It is a beautiful creature with a fascinanting personality. Lake Matano is a deep lake formed from the crater of an extinct volacano. At 500 metres deedp it is the 10th deepest lake in the world. Another species of crab, a cousin of the Leopard Crab , the Pruple Matano Crab also lives here. This crab is the Cheetah of the Crab world, its movements are so fast that its a problem to catch them when changing the aqurium water When the Crabs first came they were small and had no spots, with the suitable tank water conditions and frozen blood worms fed to them, they are now thriving and the spots began to show. Will give them the care they deserve. Like the Crayfish that I keep, Crabs also molt. When they grow too big for their skins, they change to a new skin. But unlike Crayfish which often die in the strenuous effort of molting, and leave a messy old skin with parts missing, Cr...