Looking For clown crab

rob85 · May 6, 2022

Does anyone know a place that has Gaudy Clown Crabs for sale and willing to ship??

reeferguy3303 · May 6, 2022

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Maybe he can tell you when they will have them back in stock

areefer01 · Aug 3, 2023

rob85 said:
Does anyone know a place that has Gaudy Clown Crabs for sale and willing to ship??

Old thread but wow, these are super scarce these days. No one has them and no one knows why they are not being collected. Environmental or something...

Stomatopods17 · Aug 6, 2023

areefer01 said:
Old thread but wow, these are super scarce these days. No one has them and no one knows why they are not being collected. Environmental or something...

Hard to find + low demand.

KPAquatics even noted it was quite a few years since they last seen one hidden under a rock, these crabs are pretty tiny, and not in popular demand due to being unsafe for most aquariums and mostly hidden. They're just not too common and I don't think anyone is looking for them actively, if one shows up it was by luck and they decided to catch it.

Best bet is to reach out to a diver with the licenses and see if he can keep an eye out but I don't know anyone who does that anymore, especially since I think their range is just the gulf and majority of the collecting hot spots is Indonesia and Florida.

areefer01 · Aug 6, 2023

Stomatopods17 said:
Hard to find + low demand.

KPAquatics even noted it was quite a few years since they last seen one hidden under a rock, these crabs are pretty tiny, and not in popular demand due to being unsafe for most aquariums and mostly hidden. They're just not too common and I don't think anyone is looking for them actively, if one shows up it was by luck and they decided to catch it.

Best bet is to reach out to a diver with the licenses and see if he can keep an eye out but I don't know anyone who does that anymore, especially since I think their range is just the gulf and majority of the collecting hot spots is Indonesia and Florida.

Yeah - that is what I sort of figured. I've reached out to KP but has you said not easily found, rare, etc. Thank you for the response. Appreciate it.