My emerald crab just gave birth

[TTipsyDragon]

Did not even know she was going to spawn I was about to go to bed and noticed it out the side of my eye. So sorry about the bad video I was holding my flashlight trying to capture it.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

That’s cool you were able to get a video of it!

 

[dschuffert]

It's a very cool video! I have never seen that before.

 

[braaap]

Didn't know that was a thing. Very cool

 

[TTipsyDragon]

Just wanted to give an update since this is quite rare event. I have hundreds of megalopa stage crabs. Could either be pom pom or emerald since I saw them both spawn.

Here's a video of them moving and running away from a turbo snail. Interesting observation. The turbo snail will not eat them and it won't crush them. I saw one go under the snail and the snail made little pockets to make sure not to crush the crab. Very interesting

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pHVzwsBfjevcs8736

 

[strich]

Super cool! Do we expect any of them to live? I don't know anything about captive spawning of crabs.

 

[TTipsyDragon]

Super cool! Do we expect any of them to live? I don't know anything about captive spawning of crabs.

So far they are doing well have a few hundred. I would probably be the first in the hobby / industry to do it if I can pull it off

 

[strich]

So far they are doing well have a few hundred. I would probably be the first in the hobby / industry to do it if I can pull it off

Sounds like if you want to have a crack at them surviving you need to:
1. Start feeding phyto ASAP.
2. Remove them from the display tank as they'll just get eaten by their parents or other things.

 

[TTipsyDragon]

Sounds like if you want to have a crack at them surviving you need to:
1. Start feeding phyto ASAP.
2. Remove them from the display tank as they'll just get eaten by their parents or other things.

I think I'm just going to keep on doing what I'm doing. They are past the phytoplankton stage they are to big. Nothing in my tank wants to eat them yet but if they get a little bit bigger I might provide them with protection inside my display. Everyone that has attempted to remove them from the display has failed. So I'll just Yolo it since they are doing better than what I have seen so far and are already in the juvenile phase

 

[Hunna’s Stunnas]

I had this happen with one of my sexy shrimp. Something made me get up in the middle of the night and check on my tank, something just felt off. Woke up to find these all over the place. None of them survived unfortunately, it was still cool though.

 

[TTipsyDragon]