Geosesarma dennerle, or the purple vampire crab, is a species of small land-living crab which is found on Java, Indonesia. Described by scientists in 2015, it is already popular in the aquarium trade, in which all species of Geosesarma crabs are often called vampire crabs. (xxxxx)
Special thanks to @roksyk for showing me this species!
this was a good crab until I saw the name and now it is a great crab
They’ve been continuing to grow well, and maybe we’ll have a new generation soon. That one big male zipping around with the daredevil act has been unusually hyper today, which I’m guessing might mean breeding behavior soon.
I had just accidentally stirred up some sediment here, giving the front glass a little algae removing clean. It’s been staying clearer. The green water tinge from the marine phytoplankton culture they’ve been eating isn’t really visible here, but that seems to be working well so far.
Hard to count them exactly, but they’ve stabilized at around a dozen in that container, topped up to 600mL with about half sea salt and half Kent Marine mix. Considering transferring them to something larger soon.
Honestly Tamatoa has got to be the prettiest pet I own. I love his colouring and it’s just as impressive in person.
And lets just say that whenever we have guests, someone always manages to steal the show.
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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