So when you see them wiping their eyes and what appears to be eating, they are wetting their eyes. Crabs hold water in their mouth area (don't know the term for it) that they use to wet their joints and eyes on occasion when on land. Also the Crabs you have with big bright purple claws are males and the ones with smaller more reddish claws are females.
Petko:"I didn't think I could get them. I ordered them and two weeks went by before I got an email saying they were shipped" Also Petko: "Oh I'm not ready for this I don't know if the water is right for them or if they can squeeze out of this enclosure. Or which ones might be male or female".
You need to read this . the small one needs to to stay together cause the bigs ones like to eat the small one cause I have vampire crabs and ghost crabs and hermit crabs but all vampire and ghost crabs a cannibalism. But everything else is right but the water climate needs to be 70 to 80 degrees and PH level 7.5 to 8.0. But other than tht ur doing a good job. But if u see this dont change them yet jus see how they act and when water comes out there mouth therr SCARED or ANGRY
The Vampire crab that you call the prettiest one looks like it has a big smile on the back of it's shell, they are really cool by the way, i can't wait to see more videos on them, well done for getting them.
They look so gorgeous! As a tip from an Aquarian: get some razorblade ti scraoe the front glas in order to have good sight on them and in regards to the very fluffy sand, get a sucking pump to clean everything up. Since you offer them food, they are going to poop in the water and Plant parts keep falling down as well as the wood is slowly decomposing, so you definitely want to clean the ground up. Keeps the water nice and clear and u can enjoy the pretty little fellows even more! Greets from Germany!
I got a back injury and have been miserable up until I clicked on this video. I started laughing at the title and it kept me smiling all the way through. Thank you! That was fun and I NEEDED THAT!!
Moving in the crabs made that enclosure pop. It is absolutely beautiful. It has lush greenery, which make the colors of the crabs stand out even nore. I would love to live in there if it was human size, that is.
Aw, how sweet. I have been waiting for them. They are pretty cool and cute. And I love the enclosure. Might be difficult to spot the small crabbies in there, but of course it is good for them to have a lot of space. Hope they will be doing fine in there; keep us updated. A feeding clip would be great.
First of all very entertaining video. Secondly I kept this crabs for the past 4 years and I have to say I really like the setup u have for them. Lots of space and hiding places outside and in the water. The hiding places in the water are really important cause this species of vampire crab molds only in water. You also got relatively lucky on that purchase cause I could identify at least 3 females (probably 4) which is really good considering that it is recommended not to keep more males than females in an enclosure. And like you already suggested the prettier crab is a male while the other was a female. As far as feeding goes like mentioned in the vid they eat everything but personally I had a lot of success feeding them Drosophila hydei and/or small crickets once or twice a month. It is so fun to watch them hunt. greetings from Italy
I'm sure he does. He is CONSTANTLY blowing my mind with his grasp of english & our slang😲 He has shown his vocabulary to b superior to many native english speakers! 👍😁
You can't imagine how much joy you bring me watching you unboxing your creatures. I have a really stressful job so everyday when I get home I watch one of your videos and everything is perfect in my world.
The second one you opened looks female, and yes they constantly graze as they walk. I was lucky enough to have mine breed in captivity. They are actually decent hunters and will track down pinheads, springtails, wood lice
Here in the US we have an animal shop called Petco, your love for animals and name Petko is a perfect play on that. I don’t know if you’ve been told that or not but if you haven’t I’m glad to be of useless service :]
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this yet but the different looking one....his claws are that colour and so small because hes growing a new set.at some point that guy or girl lost its claws.thats what lobster and crabs and shrimps and other crustaceans look like when growing apendages back after losing them.love your videos petko.keep it up man.im actually TERRIFIED of spiders.i CANNOT OVERSTATE how afraid i am of them but i cannot stop watching your videos lol.i love them.very compelling!!!
Good luck with the Geosesarma genus. I have recently acquired 5 crabs myself and it's been a blast. Water wise, ph 7.0 to 8, hard water for moulting and a bit of water movement because they live by the river. Cheers!
I'm in love with the crab that has what looks like a smile on it's back! The really purple/yellow one. With its eyes and the smile on it's back, it looks so cute and happy, then look from the front it looks angry! Hahaha I love it 😍
Vampire crabs after a long and exhausting, most likely confusing trip from the seller to this guy and after being dumped into their new home first thing they do: “Start munching on everything” Imagine you being transported in a cardboard box with no light inside a plastic cup and being dumped into water, your first thought being like: “Yeah, let’s just put everything in sight in our mouth...” no need to accommodate or etc xD
I see why you wanted the Vampire Crabs they are so pretty and so cute. Glad you found someone that could ship to you. Thank you for sharing them with use. GOD BLESS from America 🦀
You can get medication for crab infestations. Tehehehe. All jokes aside this has been a long awaited group of friends and I'm happy you finally have them!
14:06 sometimes they do fight a little when one crab goes into the 'cave' of another and in the beginning when everyone picks a hiding place (atleast mine do/did)
I love this update ! Hopefully there's side which is surround by Thor, despacito, Felix, the frog communal and the vampire crab at the middle with 360 view enclosure just like the balfouri communal enclosure in the future for DD season 4. 😍😍
I can understand your excitement over these guys! They’re beautiful, and super-cool. Surprisingly chill for creatures with such hyperbolic common names. Congratulations, mate!
ive never had vampire crabs, but ive got a fair bit of experience with marine crabs including emerald crabs, pom pom crabs, anemone/porcelain crabs and hermit crabs, and my experience is they are all very hardy, but mischievous scavengers, and always go where you dont want them to, including in my case i had one climb up the silicone in the corner of the tank and out! but also they are incredibly fun to watch, mine also steal food from everything else and squabble amongst themselves for food! the biggest issue ive had with them is with moults, i have only ever lost crabs due to fighting or through moults, they need calcium, magnesium and hardness along with trace elements to moult properly, i would assume this carries over to vampire crabs? this will get absorbed out of the water over time so water changes will be helpful for them as it will replenish this, someone who has vampire crabs will correct me if im wrong about this however :)
Haha I misunderstood the title at first but then I remember last night I saw a video of you saying you wanted to get some vampire crabs so I connected the dots 😆
I had these like 5 years ago, I could find sooo little info about them, I’ll link my videos of them soon. They were super fun, I got them to breed in my tank set up.
I used to breed these. Great fun. You will see little babies in around a year if you don’t disturb them too much. Good luck. I now keep Rainbow crabs. Bit bigger and more fun.
These look to be different types of vampire crabs. The ones with the dark purple and yellow back spot look to be purple vampire crabs and the other ones with the reddish claws look to be Orchid vampire crabs. These crabs are very territorial and will be aggressive to other species.
Petko shaking the package at the beginnig of the video as shouting "Vampire crabs! Vampire Crabs!" Crabs In The Package: What the hell is going on? Is that Doomsday? Later In The Video: I guess we're all dead boys. This definitely is Heaven.
As soon as I got to the point to where you finally saw the crabs and went ooohoohoohoohoo I got a Pampers born to be wild ad. Talk about perfect timing.
They look so cool...😎🤩 I'm really happy that you were finally able to find someone who could ship them to you. Definitely a great new addition for the Dark Den... They are really cute vamps..😍 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
Haha the title of this video... i was skeptical. But I love your videos i couldn't resist. :) I've learned so much from you and have a new passion for tarantulas and bugs. My mom hates coming to my house because of my collection hahaha I just laugh and joke with her.
watching these kind of videos is great now I have two channels to watch I love exotics lair and I'm a new subscriber to the dark den now love these accents and these amazing animal's
@The Dark Den If you thought Vampire Crabs are stunning, Check out these Fellas: Cardisoma armatum. In german they are called Harlekin Krabbe, which translates to Harlequin Crab. But I couldn't find any under that name in english. So if u look up the latin name, u will certainly find pictures of them. ;-)
I laughed so hard when you said you had crabs but I'm not happy with you at all dude.. I think you've given me one of them ideas that's gunna cost me money again 😂 awesome video and I'm now looking into getting some, they're freakin' adorable
shaken, not stirred crabs 🦀 kinda feel sorry for those little guys! No wonder there was some skiddishness 🤭 hope all are happy and doing well! 🤗 cute video!
I’ve never heard someone say “I have Crabs” so excited
Imagine walking in on that
I've been wanting crabs so fucking bad. Everytime I got to PetSmart and see crabs I yell CRABS!♥️ 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
There are so cute I never see grabs like that with that color. Wow so cute. 💕
@@heidiwilliams7024 ya they are usually "ugly crabs" like he points out with minimal color lmao
I am so glad they aren't genital crabs!
This is the only I Got Crabs video i will ever want to click on YT.
Same, unless I know others are experts/"know how's" xD
hahahahaha
Damn I was gonna make the same joke. No matter you'll get my like instead.
🤣
And not just any old crabs-... WAMPIRE crabs!!!
So when you see them wiping their eyes and what appears to be eating, they are wetting their eyes. Crabs hold water in their mouth area (don't know the term for it) that they use to wet their joints and eyes on occasion when on land. Also the Crabs you have with big bright purple claws are males and the ones with smaller more reddish claws are females.
I feel like he should know that before getting them..
Petko is like a kid on Christmas Morning
Merry Crabmas XD..
Every video. It makes my heart smiles. What a beautiful energy he has to him :]
Every morning for him be Christmas wym
Vampire crabs! Fitting since it was just Halloween. Look at the purple! So pretty
Petko:*finally receives the vampire crabs, that we've all been waiting for*
Also Petko:*violently shakes the box with the crabs still inside*
Petko:"I didn't think I could get them. I ordered them and two weeks went by before I got an email saying they were shipped"
Also Petko: "Oh I'm not ready for this I don't know if the water is right for them or if they can squeeze out of this enclosure. Or which ones might be male or female".
@Cullen Freeman gentle would be not shaking it at all
@@Mr.walwus facts lol
yeaah Idk why I got the impression he was spinning the box, but after rewatching It was just the editing lol.
You need to read this . the small one needs to to stay together cause the bigs ones like to eat the small one cause I have vampire crabs and ghost crabs and hermit crabs but all vampire and ghost crabs a cannibalism. But everything else is right but the water climate needs to be 70 to 80 degrees
and PH level 7.5 to 8.0. But other than tht ur doing a good job. But if u see this dont change them yet jus see how they act and when water comes out there mouth therr SCARED or ANGRY
How big do these crabs get ?
All crabs can be cannibalistic, as can frogs and toads. I'm sure he knows lol
Your prob right
@@mustangmckraken1150 ur prob right lol
@@holdencaulfield1757 if im not wrong they get abt 2 and half inches long including there legs
The Vampire crab that you call the prettiest one looks like it has a big smile on the back of it's shell, they are really cool by the way, i can't wait to see more videos on them, well done for getting them.
That's the male...the rest look like females
,,But this one is so much prettier than this one !"
The other crab : Ouch
They look so gorgeous! As a tip from an Aquarian: get some razorblade ti scraoe the front glas in order to have good sight on them and in regards to the very fluffy sand, get a sucking pump to clean everything up. Since you offer them food, they are going to poop in the water and Plant parts keep falling down as well as the wood is slowly decomposing, so you definitely want to clean the ground up. Keeps the water nice and clear and u can enjoy the pretty little fellows even more!
Greets from Germany!
its amazing how little he knows but still gets them:
- dont know how to sex them
- don't know if the water is right
@@nom3nnescio the same thing I noticed too. Yhis was clearly an impulse buy, didn't know much about them, he handled them rough, I dunno
Watching Petko running around the dark den chanting "Vampire crabs!" is exactly what I needed today. Cheers, bro.
*wampier crabs
"Look guys, I got crabs!" - Petko 2020
Petko: lets see if i can get them all in my hands
Crabs: WHEEeEEEEeeeeee
Lol
I got a back injury and have been miserable up until I clicked on this video. I started laughing at the title and it kept me smiling all the way through. Thank you! That was fun and I NEEDED THAT!!
You finally got crabs!!!!!
See a doctor for that.
HE FINALLY GOT CRABS!
@Moody Cat what?
@@victorfox9623 ??
He got whamprie crabs
4:56 “ARE YOU EATING STUFF OFF ME WHAT DA HELL”
Crab: this is a hella weird sandbar.
Moving in the crabs made that enclosure pop. It is absolutely beautiful. It has lush greenery, which make the colors of the crabs stand out even nore. I would love to live in there if it was human size, that is.
Aw, how sweet. I have been waiting for them. They are pretty cool and cute. And I love the enclosure. Might be difficult to spot the small crabbies in there, but of course it is good for them to have a lot of space. Hope they will be doing fine in there; keep us updated. A feeding clip would be great.
First of all very entertaining video.
Secondly I kept this crabs for the past 4 years and I have to say I really like the setup u have for them. Lots of space and hiding places outside and in the water. The hiding places in the water are really important cause this species of vampire crab molds only in water. You also got relatively lucky on that purchase cause I could identify at least 3 females (probably 4) which is really good considering that it is recommended not to keep more males than females in an enclosure. And like you already suggested the prettier crab is a male while the other was a female. As far as feeding goes like mentioned in the vid they eat everything but personally I had a lot of success feeding them Drosophila hydei and/or small crickets once or twice a month. It is so fun to watch them hunt.
greetings from Italy
I wonder if Petko knows what “I have crabs” also means in English
I'm sure he does. He is CONSTANTLY blowing my mind with his grasp of english & our slang😲 He has shown his vocabulary to b superior to many native english speakers! 👍😁
@I M pubic lice
I’m sure that’s exactly why he chose the title. :-)
I would guess he does 🤣 his English is fantastic for someone mostly self taught!
I hope he doesn’t so he can have a good laugh when he finds out 🤣🤣
He is a big World of Warcraft player and plays on the EU server, so his English is good from communicating on that.
The way you pronounce "vampire" makes me so happy
wampire crads
You can't imagine how much joy you bring me watching you unboxing your creatures. I have a really stressful job so everyday when I get home I watch one of your videos and everything is perfect in my world.
That intro cracked me up so much. More crab videos please!
Reminds me of south park lmao where they say CRAABB PEOPLE CRRAABB PEOPLE CRAB PEOPLE XD
Here in Italy vampire crabs are super rare to find, finally after a year of research i got them! I understand why you are so excited😂
I've seen these at pet stores. They're really cute. I've thought about getting them, but need to learn way more about them before buying.
Got my first 2 tarantulas arborial and terrestrial. B. hamorii and P. irminia. I love the way they look. Thanks for the amazing vids.
I built a 55 gallon paludarium for vampire crabs it’s got about 6 months of growth. I think they’re ready for crabs!
Crabs are just ocean spiders. You’re not fooling me. You just have more spiders. 🙃
Yes! Spiders and crabs are partially related under the phylum Arthropoda but spiders are arachnids and crabs are decapods
No
Yes
My girlfriend days that all the time.
She won't eat shrimp or crabs because she says they are spiders under water.
The second one you opened looks female, and yes they constantly graze as they walk. I was lucky enough to have mine breed in captivity. They are actually decent hunters and will track down pinheads, springtails, wood lice
Here in the US we have an animal shop called Petco, your love for animals and name Petko is a perfect play on that.
I don’t know if you’ve been told that or not but if you haven’t I’m glad to be of useless service :]
Petco is expensive as fuck. Pardon my french. But seriously
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this yet but the different looking one....his claws are that colour and so small because hes growing a new set.at some point that guy or girl lost its claws.thats what lobster and crabs and shrimps and other crustaceans look like when growing apendages back after losing them.love your videos petko.keep it up man.im actually TERRIFIED of spiders.i CANNOT OVERSTATE how afraid i am of them but i cannot stop watching your videos lol.i love them.very compelling!!!
Good luck with the Geosesarma genus. I have recently acquired 5 crabs myself and it's been a blast. Water wise, ph 7.0 to 8, hard water for moulting and a bit of water movement because they live by the river. Cheers!
I love the Vampire Crabs, they are so cute! I really like the “smiles” on their shells.
I'm in love with the crab that has what looks like a smile on it's back! The really purple/yellow one. With its eyes and the smile on it's back, it looks so cute and happy, then look from the front it looks angry! Hahaha I love it 😍
Oh my Goodness, so adorable. Such little characters too😍
Vampire crabs after a long and exhausting, most likely confusing trip from the seller to this guy and after being dumped into their new home first thing they do: “Start munching on everything”
Imagine you being transported in a cardboard box with no light inside a plastic cup and being dumped into water, your first thought being like: “Yeah, let’s just put everything in sight in our mouth...” no need to accommodate or etc xD
I see why you wanted the Vampire Crabs they are so pretty and so cute. Glad you found someone that could ship to you. Thank you for sharing them with use.
GOD BLESS from America 🦀
0:00 love the enthusiam can already tell its gon be an awesome video😃
You can get medication for crab infestations. Tehehehe. All jokes aside this has been a long awaited group of friends and I'm happy you finally have them!
14:06 sometimes they do fight a little when one crab goes into the 'cave' of another and in the beginning when everyone picks a hiding place (atleast mine do/did)
I love this update ! Hopefully there's side which is surround by Thor, despacito, Felix, the frog communal and the vampire crab at the middle with 360 view enclosure just like the balfouri communal enclosure in the future for DD season 4. 😍😍
I can understand your excitement over these guys! They’re beautiful, and super-cool. Surprisingly chill for creatures with such hyperbolic common names. Congratulations, mate!
ive never had vampire crabs, but ive got a fair bit of experience with marine crabs including emerald crabs, pom pom crabs, anemone/porcelain crabs and hermit crabs, and my experience is they are all very hardy, but mischievous scavengers, and always go where you dont want them to, including in my case i had one climb up the silicone in the corner of the tank and out! but also they are incredibly fun to watch, mine also steal food from everything else and squabble amongst themselves for food!
the biggest issue ive had with them is with moults, i have only ever lost crabs due to fighting or through moults, they need calcium, magnesium and hardness along with trace elements to moult properly, i would assume this carries over to vampire crabs? this will get absorbed out of the water over time so water changes will be helpful for them as it will replenish this, someone who has vampire crabs will correct me if im wrong about this however :)
Your excitement is contagious! This video made me very happy.
Haha I misunderstood the title at first but then I remember last night I saw a video of you saying you wanted to get some vampire crabs so I connected the dots 😆
*thumbnail* aight imma head out
They loved that food paste!!!!
I love the RED CLAW, he's my fav!!!
That one crab you showed first looks like a happy smiling face when you look at it form behind
I had these like 5 years ago, I could find sooo little info about them, I’ll link my videos of them soon. They were super fun, I got them to breed in my tank set up.
I used to breed these.
Great fun. You will see little babies in around a year if you don’t disturb them too much.
Good luck.
I now keep Rainbow crabs. Bit bigger and more fun.
So awesome! You were so excited...hell I was so excited too! All the best with them dude...they are stunning!
You should feed them blood worms, I had some a while ago and they loved them
Them and Halloween moon crabs are the coolest
Greetings, dearest leader..
Salutations fleshy one
I am so happy for you! Eager to hear how they are doing.
Enclosure looks spectacular. Can't wait to see how it ages.
*"AND IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE*
*I KNOW THE SUN'S STILL SHININ'*
*WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES"*
So excited for you! Glad everything worked out! Crabs look happy and healthy. Love this channel and will keep watching every week!
These look to be different types of vampire crabs. The ones with the dark purple and yellow back spot look to be purple vampire crabs and the other ones with the reddish claws look to be Orchid vampire crabs. These crabs are very territorial and will be aggressive to other species.
I've been waiting for this moment!!
0:54 duuude i forgot u live in croatia! You speak such great english! Thankyou for making these videos in our language, were so blessed
Love the new pet choice, I have done fiddler crabs but didn't know about these. I may have to get some myself.
5:26 it´s getting out of hand now they are two of them.
Nice one
Petko shaking the package at the beginnig of the video as shouting "Vampire crabs! Vampire Crabs!"
Crabs In The Package: What the hell is going on? Is that Doomsday?
Later In The Video: I guess we're all dead boys. This definitely is Heaven.
Those are hands down the coolest crabs I have ever seen😍
As soon as I got to the point to where you finally saw the crabs and went ooohoohoohoohoo I got a Pampers born to be wild ad. Talk about perfect timing.
Congratulations on finally getting the vampire crabs! Seeing how happy you are, really made my day!
One day I’d love to have a collection like this. Starting the hobby soon
They look so cool...😎🤩
I'm really happy that you were finally able to find someone who could ship them to you. Definitely a great new addition for the Dark Den...
They are really cute vamps..😍
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
Petko, first 5 seconds of the video already earned a like, sooo happy they are finally here! :D
Crab number one looks like his back is his face, with that smile marking on his back, so cute xx
Finally !!! Good luck with them...!! Glad to see you finally got them...
Haha the title of this video... i was skeptical. But I love your videos i couldn't resist. :) I've learned so much from you and have a new passion for tarantulas and bugs. My mom hates coming to my house because of my collection hahaha I just laugh and joke with her.
watching these kind of videos is great now I have two channels to watch I love exotics lair and I'm a new subscriber to the dark den now love these accents and these amazing animal's
Awesome addition. I want to get some of these... Those colors are beautiful
I got worried at the start when he was shaking the box lol
I have never seen such beautiful crabs before, the colours are amazing!
I like them more than I thought I would. It must be the colors. Purple is always a winner!
@The Dark Den If you thought Vampire Crabs are stunning, Check out these Fellas: Cardisoma armatum. In german they are called Harlekin Krabbe, which translates to Harlequin Crab. But I couldn't find any under that name in english. So if u look up the latin name, u will certainly find pictures of them. ;-)
That setup is amazing! Hooray for crabs 🥳
Thanks for the great Video! Much love from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦❤️
So cute. Looking forward to seeing more of these beautiful crawlers.
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀 Cheers for the new crew! 🥳🎉 Have a long and good life, guys. 👌
lmfao, your enthusiasm gets me every time
Loving the new addition! This is exciting. Thank you, Petco!
You're videos are great!
Oh. My. God. They are the coolest, cutest, coolest little critters, EVER!! I am Legit, IN LOVE!!! 🦀💜🦀💜🦀
Happy days and welcome to your new buddies!
I am soooooooooooo excited that the crabs are finally here!! There? You have crabs!! They are so cute!! I can't wait to see more of them!
Thank you so much for sharing! Soooo brilliant!! Very entertaining details!
I laughed so hard when you said you had crabs but I'm not happy with you at all dude.. I think you've given me one of them ideas that's gunna cost me money again 😂 awesome video and I'm now looking into getting some, they're freakin' adorable
I am so so excited for these!! I hope they love the new home. Is the one lethargic one doing better?
So beautiful. We have lots of 'fiddlers' crabs, and are so very fascinating.
Dont worry about the water parameters, they can tolerate alot.
Sheesh dude be more careful, crabs aren't made of metal my guy.
Halloween Crabs 💛 They are so pretty. Purple is my favourite colour 💜
I love this video. Crabs are so much fun and it seems everyone has their own personality ❤🎶
I have never gotten so happy about someone being so excited about crabs. Thank you for the awesome content you bring to RUclips ❤
Yes!! So excited to see these guys in the future. 😁
shaken, not stirred crabs 🦀 kinda feel sorry for those little guys! No wonder there was some skiddishness 🤭 hope all are happy and doing well! 🤗
cute video!
I swore off aquatics but man those look awesome. I may need to look into getting some of these in the future.
These are soo cool, hope we get a small weekly update, in the early stages of having these!
Beautiful crustaceans. Hopefully we'll see some molts soon. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)