LOL...I doubt that keeping a crab and an oyster in a fish tank is illegal.
Every Giant supermarket I have ever visited in the past 20 years has had a
tank full of crusteceans on display. I got the idea from a web site at the
Chesapeake Bay National Esturine Research Reserve in Virginia which has a
very detailed set of instructions on the topic of Esturine Aquarium Keeping,
which includes some information on keeping blue crabs, et. al in an
aquarium. Doubt that they would be propagating information on "illegal"
activities. http://www.vims.edu/cbnerr/education/aquarium.htm

The instructions in the 19 page .pdf are certainly detailed enough. I was
mostly interested in whether others had practical experience in the matter.

Thanks Again,
John


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"John B." wrote in message
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| LOL...that sounds like our govt. at work. :-)
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| I would also like to put a couple oysters in there with the crab.
Should be
| safe in their shell I suppose. (can get those live too at the crab
houses).
| Since oysters are filter feeders, I was thinking about feeding them
with
| phytoplankton that can be purchased in a bottle. Anyone try keeping
these
| succulent bivalves in a tank?
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At the risk of continuing a discussion in a public place about
illegal activities, I suggest you turn to Google for information on
keeping cold-water bivalves.

Again, are you prepared to spend 700+ on a chiller?