Tomato Vampire Crab (Geosesarma “Red Ruby”)

🦀 Tomato Vampire Crab (Geosesarma sp.) – Vivid Jewels of the Paludarium

SIZE: 1 – 1.5 inches (adult size)

Add a brilliant splash of color to your setup with the Tomato Vampire Crab, one of the most striking and personality-filled invertebrates in the hobby. Named for their bold red-to-orange carapace and glowing yellow eyes, Tomato Vampire Crabs look almost unreal—like tiny living embers moving across rock and moss.

The Tomato Vampire Crab (Geosesarma sp.) features a compact, rounded body with deep red, orange, and purple tones contrasted by bright eyes and darker claws. Unlike fully aquatic crabs, Vampire Crabs are semi-terrestrial: they spend most of their time on land, exploring wood, plants, and caves, while using shallow freshwater areas to hydrate and feed. Curious and active yet generally peaceful with their own kind, these crabs add fascination and color to any paludarium or land–water setup.

Our Tomato Vampire Crabs are healthy, well-established, and acclimated to captive conditions. With stable humidity, clean water, and plenty of hides, they are surprisingly easy to care for—even for beginners looking to try their first paludarium. Their scavenging, omnivorous nature also makes them excellent cleanup crew members, helping prevent leftover food from accumulating on land or in shallow water zones.

🦀 Why Choose Tomato Vampire Crabs?

Eye-Catching Coloration:
Brilliant tomato-red bodies with glowing yellow eyes make them one of the most visually striking crustaceans available.

Active & Entertaining:
Enjoy watching them explore ledges, climb wood, and interact socially, especially during evening hours.

Great for Planted Paludariums:
Perfect inhabitants for land–water environments with mosses, ferns, and shallow pools.

Scavenging Helpers:
They consume leftover food, detritus, and biofilm, supporting a cleaner and healthier habitat.

Hardy & Beginner-Friendly:
With proper humidity and hides, Tomato Vampire Crabs adapt well and thrive in captivity.

Provide cork bark, rock caves, leaf litter, and dense foliage to create secure hiding and molting areas. Because they are excellent climbers and escape artists, a tight-fitting lid is essential. House them with care—avoid fish or fully aquatic tankmates, and instead keep them in a species-only paludarium or with compatible invertebrates that share similar needs.

Bring color, movement, and intrigue to your paludarium—order your Tomato Vampire Crabs today and enjoy one of nature’s most stunning nano invertebrates!

🌿 Recommended Habitat & Water Parameters

• Environment: paludarium (≈70–80% land, shallow freshwater pool)

• pH: 6.5–7.8

• GH: 4–12

• KH: 2–8

• Temperature: 74–80°F

• Humidity: high (70–90%), with constant access to freshwater

• Minimum Enclosure Size: 10+ gallons for a small group

Note: Not fully aquatic—provide both land and water areas for long-term health and natural behavior.