Baby Emerald Crab!

[vaguelyreeflike]

Found out the emerald crabs in our 125 are successfully producing offspring, who are growing! I found this little one on a rock by chance while moving stuff around. She was sitting next to a big male who i suspect snacked on some of her legs, so I moved her to a safer environment to grow. Fingers crossed that theres more!

 

[LouisianaReef]

That's awesome. I have never had success with them. They always seem to disappear never to be seen again.

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

That's awesome. I have never had success with them. They always seem to disappear never to be seen again.

They love to hide in rocks! I rarely see my adults in this tank and it’s a miracle i found this baby tbh, I just happened to lift a rock at the right time lol. I’m excited to open my canister filter and see what’s going on in there. I have very small chitons breeding in that tank as well!

 

[Pvtgloss]

That's crazy. Just another example why reef tanks are so much more than just a fish tank.

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

That's crazy. Just another example why reef tanks are so much more than just a fish tank.

Dont know what I’m doing right with this tank as it has nerites successfully breeding, chitons, endless trochus/turbo babies, and now this! Sooo exciting

 

[Cell]

What fish do you have?

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

What fish do you have?

This tank had been fishless for a long time, only recently added a mandarin so that may be why they are doing so well as larvae haha.