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From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Off topic: crabs
> In a message dated 8/20/01 8:29:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bockhouse_at_earthlink.net writes:
>
> << Well, for starters, will they eventually stop trying to escape? >>
> What do you mean "escape"? What are you keeping them in? In an aquarium a
> couple inches of freeboard should be enough to keep them in. Blue crabs
are
> swimming crabs and seldom leave the water on their own. They can get
around
> on land but are clumsy and usually go back to water as quickly as they
can.
>
> Moontanman
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