Keep Fiddler Crabs Alive for WEEKS With This Easy Setup!

Being able to keep a whole bunch of Fiddler Crabs at home is a major benefit for fishermen! There’s nothing worse than spending half an hour tracking down and catching bait. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a habitat at home where you can stockpile your crab stash and bring home your remaining supply? Save tons of time and never buy crabs again with this super easy crabitat hack!

Honestly, it’s pretty easy and Fiddler Crabs are low-maintenance pets that pretty much take care of themselves. We just need a few key supplies!

• Medium to large size tub to house them
• Bait bucket to collect them
• Shady and safe place to store the crabitat

Where Do You Find Fiddler Crabs?

First, let’s figure out where these crabs like to hangout. Fiddler Crabs are known to love backwater and bay beaches full of grass and other cover that they can hide in when they leave their holes and forage for food. These crabs will only come out of their little holes in the areas during low tide. Low tide is KEY to finding thousands of Fiddler Crabs roaming about.

Preparing Their Habitat.

Once you’ve arrived at your sandy, grassy beach at low tide, you’ll need to prepare their new home BEFORE you fill up your tub with your new friends. Take your container that you plan to house these crabs in and fill it with at least 2-3 inches of wet sand. This sand will be under water during high tide but dry during low tide. This is very important. Collect the sand that the water COVERS during high tide!

What Do Fiddler Crabs Eat?

The reason you want this very wet sand is because the Fiddler Crabs get all their food and nutrients naturally from the top layer of wet sand. This is why you need the natural sand where they live. This sand will be super wet and full of nutrients. Take the top 1 inch of this sand and they will be extremely happy. You will not need to feed the crabs as long as they have plenty of fresh, damp sand. If you can’t easily get more sand, you can feed them with hermit crab food. Although, I have never personally tried this.

Now, once you’ve captured a few dozen crabs and emptied them into your tub full of 2-3 inches of wet sand, you’re good to head home. Once you arrive home, you’ll want to keep them in the shade and out of the direct and hot sun during Summer. You’ll also need to keep them inside a garage during the dead of Winter. Avoid baking or freezing the crabs! Keep them at a comfortable temperature at all times.

Now, your first tub full of fresh, wet sand will last you up to a week or two. You sand will dry out faster during Summer so this time frame depends on the conditions as well as where you store them. After that, the food, nutrients and moisture will dry up. You’ll either need to add more damp sand and saltwater or replace the sand all together. If you keep your crabitat full of fresh, wet sand then you will keep your crabs alive for as long as you want!

Here’s a Couple Bonus Tips

Don’t fully cover the tub of crabs. They will emit gasses and if they’re covered too much, not only will it stink really bad but the gasses they create will kill them. Also, if you’re far from sand and saltwater and can’t replenish as much as you’d like, simply soak a towel in saltwater and leave that in the tub. That’ll hold moisture for a long time. NEVER replenish with fresh water.

I hope this Fiddler Crab crabitat guide helps you save time, money and the headache of constantly catching your bait the day of your fishing trip. Treat these crabs like family and make sure they’re comfortable and they’ll catch you epic fish all year long!

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-Greyson