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==Captivity== Fiddler crabs are occasionally kept as pets.<ref name="McLeod">{{cite web |author=Lianne McLeod |title=How to Set Up a Tank for Fiddler Crabs |url=http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rarespecies/a/fiddlercrabs.htm |access-date=January 13, 2010 |publisher=[[About.com]] |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929185857/http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rarespecies/a/fiddlercrabs.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fiddler crabs sold in pet stores generally come from brackish water lagoons. Because they live in lower salinity water, pet stores may call them fresh-water crabs, but they cannot survive indefinitely in fresh water.<ref name="McLeod"/> Fiddler crabs have been known to attack small fish in captivity, as opposed to their natural feeding habits.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robert|date=2019-02-22|title=The Complete Fiddler Crab Care Guide: Tank, Food, Facts and Moreβ¦|url=https://www.fishkeepingworld.com/fiddler-crab/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Fishkeeping World|language=en-US}}</ref>
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