What can you feed your freshwater crabs that you found at the lake?

Answer 1

Crabs will eat pretty much anything that fish will eat. Best choices for food would be Algae Wafers and sinking pellets. They especially love shrimp. Shrimp pellets are an excellent choice. It's not a matter of what kind of food you feed them, but rather, the quality of food you feed them. If you really want your crabs in optimal health, feed them the best brands. A good, high-quality brand you often find in pet stores is Hikari. Other brands like Nutrafin (Hagen), and Tetra are also good.

Answer 2

the eat passing nutrients and dead plants floating round in the river but if kept in a fish tank they like to eat fish flakes

Answer 3

It depends on the crab. Certain species of crab live off of algae or seaweed. Crabs such Porcelain Crabs filter planktonic food out of the water, but will also eat bits of meatier food.

Answer 4

Mostly all crabs eat diffrent kinds of fruit like Hermit Crabs they can also eat fish so you can try to to feed your crab fish.

Answer 5

They eat the little fish in the water.