Limnopilos naiyanetri

http://www.aquarium-glaser.de/en/fish_details.php?product_id=1068

These look like they are going to be a great species to keep in my opinion. They are suitable to be kept with dwarf shrimp, are true freshwater, stay around 1cm or so, and can be bred in a freshwater tank.

I should be receiving quite a few of these, hopefully as early as later next month. Once they arrive i'll post some pics.

Look forward to that very much! May I ask where you are ordering them from?

I've been looking at them too, but at the moment I don't think I can justify spending so much on getting just a few little crabs under 1cm sent from Germany...imagine if they never survived the journey .

I havent decided yet, maybe from Germany, but also maybe from an actual supplier of them (in Asia) that actually offers faster shipping, and guarantee's live arrival, or they will reship them, they would be a little more expensive from there though.

look too much like spiders for me *shudder*

I'll be receiving 13 of these next week, from within the UK for cheaper than it would of been to get them elsewhere. I'll try to get some pics after they arrive, but it may not be possible due to their size.

Did you manage to get any pics of the crabs Kevin?

I got some pics, sorry about the quality, they were taken with a mobile phone.

very nice, how active are they? nocturnal?

where did you get them and how much? i have a tank screaming out for them. do you have any links on how to care for them?

They hide a lot, but do seem more likely to be active at night.

I got my ones from a seller on ebay, the price worked out as £5.80 each plus postage. I dont know of any care sheets yet, as these are fairly new in captivity. Theres a thread about them on this German forum though with lots of info,

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.panzerwelten.de/forum/showthread.php%3Ftid%3D811&ei=oJcBSoX_G5SsjAf4r5n9Bg&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpanzerwelten%2Blimnopilos%26hl%3Den

The young are free swimming zoea, so would probably not be safe with anything other than snails. Im keeping my ones with a horned nerite snail.

thanks for your help. i`ve just ordered a batch and asked for delivery next week. how are yours? any problems?

They seem fine so far.

got three of these yesterday to see how they do, so far so good :p
If they are well in a weeks time ill be going back for another few, maybe 6 if i can afford it :p


they have a little scuffle with the dwarf shrimps every now and then, but not to damage them, just to see them off there moss :p

I have had a look on ebay bu cant see them listed, can you tell me what to search under, they look superb for my tank