> In a message dated 8/20/01 8:40:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bockhouse_at_earthlink.net writes:
>
> << What's the best diet for them? Do they need much plant matter? How
about
> temperature? How long will they live? I take it they need some kind of
> hiding place? Do they prefer full sea water?
> >>
> Blue crabs will eat almost anything but prefer animal protean, fish being
the
> preferred source. They can and will eat everything from detritus to you if
> you hold still long enough. I honestly don't how long they live but I
would
> assume several years. Most of their hiding is done by burrowing in find
sand
> or mud and waiting for something small enough to overpower to swim by. Yes
> they do prefer full sea water but will live in freshwater if it has a high
> concentration of calcium. the largest Blue crabs I have ever seen (13"
across
> from horn to horn) were caught from freshwater. They usually stay much
> smaller in salt water.
>
> Moontanman
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>
>
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