emerald crab babies [Archive]

JEREMY78247

Sat, 23rd Apr 2005, 11:40 PM

wow, one of my emerald crabs has been walking around all day today with that little flap on their belly all bulged out. 10min. ago she squirted about 200 little little crabs into the auqarium, gots some pictures of it happening. I'll try to post them if I can get them small enough.
:) im a daddy

MikeDeL

Sat, 23rd Apr 2005, 11:45 PM

cool

akm

Sat, 23rd Apr 2005, 11:46 PM

Thats pretty awesome considering how much they can cost, and its even better if you have a bunch of valonia. If they aren't picky.

If they live would you be willing to sell some of your babies? :D

JEREMY78247

Sun, 24th Apr 2005, 12:13 AM

here's the babies coming out, every white dot is a baby crab :)

Sun, 24th Apr 2005, 12:21 AM

That is totally awesome!
Congrats on the babies, and GREAT pic! :D

Wendy

JEREMY78247

Sun, 24th Apr 2005, 12:22 AM

this was the crab about 30min. earlier, she had not moved for like an hour or two

JEREMY78247

Sun, 24th Apr 2005, 12:25 AM

anyone know how i can actually keep these alive? different tank maybe?

Reef69

Sun, 24th Apr 2005, 12:42 AM

no man, they are too tiny. Your corals and your fish will get to them before you can do anything. Next time you see the momma crab pregnant you could take her out and put her in a different tank. HTH's

JEREMY78247

Sun, 24th Apr 2005, 01:13 AM

ya, next time....thanks everyone.

GaryP

Sun, 24th Apr 2005, 07:39 AM

A lot of crustaceans have larvae that go through a planktonic stage. They basically float on the current and feed on other zoplankton and are fed on. Unfortunately, for us, they have a very low survival rate. A lot are eaten by filter feeders, and in our case, with a closed system a fair number may end up in the protein skimmer. On the bright side, if you have a 1% survival rate, that's 10 crabs in a 1000 crab brood.

cbdrako99

Mon, 25th Apr 2005, 03:04 PM

Good luck with the baby crabs.

Thunderkat

Mon, 25th Apr 2005, 03:16 PM

Wow thats awesome!

I caught my emerald crab walking around the other day so its still alive hehehe.

Polkster13

Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 06:55 AM

Let us know if you see any baby crabs survive. Maybe you can get Wendy to "Watch" your tank. She has an eagle eye and can stare for hours without moving. :innocent :D

JEREMY78247

Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 07:04 AM

lol.....I'll keep ya posted :D

cpreefguy

Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 11:11 PM

WOW! They look just like their daddy :skeezy

JEREMY78247

Wed, 27th Apr 2005, 09:28 AM

lol..i'll see you later son