White Claw Towuti Crab (Syntripsa flavichela)
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Celebrating the White Claw Towuti Crab: A Marvel of Sulawesi's Waters
What we admire about the White Claw Towuti Crab:
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Distinctive Appearance: The White Claw Towuti Crab's striking combination of a dark, mottled body and contrasting white claws is visually captivating. Its unique appearance immediately draws attention and adds aesthetic appeal to any aquarium.
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Inquisitive Nature: These crabs exhibit curious and active behavior. They can often be seen exploring their surroundings, foraging, and engaging in interesting activities, providing constant entertainment for aquarium enthusiasts.
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Suitable for Smaller Tanks: With a manageable size of 1 to 2 inches, White Claw Towuti Crabs are an ideal choice for smaller to medium-sized aquariums, making them accessible to a wide range of hobbyists.
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Low Maintenance: While they require a stable aquatic environment with quality water parameters, White Claw Towuti Crabs are relatively low-maintenance in terms of care, which can be appealing for those new to crab keeping.
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Versatile Diet: Their omnivorous nature allows for a flexible diet, making it easy to provide them with a varied and balanced food regimen. This adaptability ensures that they can be well-nourished in captivity.
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Unique and Enigmatic: These crabs are not only captivating to observe but also intriguing due to their behavior and distinctive biological characteristics. They bring a touch of enigma and wonder to the aquatic world.
- Temperature: 76° - 82° F (24° - 28° C)
- pH: 7.5 - 8.5
- KH: 5 - 8 dKH
- Minimum tank size: 20 gallons
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Diet: Omnivorous diet, consuming both plant matter and small aquatic invertebrates. Feed on high-quality sinking pellets, fresh vegetables, and protein sources like bloodworms or brine shrimp in captivity.
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Social Behavior: Territorial by nature, so select tankmates carefully. Peaceful, small, and non-aggressive fish are suitable companions. Avoid larger, more aggressive fish to maintain a harmonious environment.
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Origin: Native to Lake Towuti in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its unique aquatic biodiversity.
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Average Adult Size: Grows to a size of about 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) when fully mature. Ideal for smaller to medium-sized aquariums.
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Average Purchase Size: Typically available for purchase as juveniles, approximately 1 to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 3.8 cm) in size. Juveniles are suitable for acclimating to your aquarium and observing their growth into their adult size.
For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.
UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.
Shipping Schedule for this service
Current Handling Time:
1-9 business days
Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.
Shipping Rate
Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.