boxer crab Help!

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by infinity118, Aug 18, 2006.

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  1. infinity118

    infinity118 Plankton

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  3. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Congrats!!!! You're going to be a grandma or a grandpa.

    You solved the first problem. You already removed the crab to another tank.

    Next you're going to need to start dosing live phytoplankton and rotifers. You might want to put a post in Greshams forum here to see if dead rotifers are just as good. http://www.3reef.com/forums/reef-nutrition/what-reef-nutrition-34303.html

    Then read this entire page....it has all the info you need. SWCrabReproduction

    Hopefully the eggs were fertilized. Did you just buy it from a LFS recently or has it been in the tank by itself for a long time?
     
  4. rickzter

    rickzter Torch Coral

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    I've yet to hear of someone breeding this in a captive system that is not a farm. Good luck, heard it's really difficult to feed the larvae once they hatch. :p
     
  5. infinity118

    infinity118 Plankton

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    I just pick it up about 2-3 week ago. last week I notice these orange bubble on the bottom. how to tell if it male or female so I can just get another male to fertilize the eggs from my LFS.
     
  6. SAW39

    SAW39 Ritteri Anemone

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    If those are eggs, they're already fertilized. From what I recall, unfertilized crustacean eggs are not big enough to see with the naked eye. (You didn't notice them until now because they were so small!)
    You wouldn't want to put a second crab in with momma crab anyway -- you'd run the risk of losing her and her eggs.
     
  7. SAW39

    SAW39 Ritteri Anemone

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    See the discussion at
    SWCrabReproduction
    The third post is about raising pom-pom crabs, who had red eggs like your crab.
     
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  9. mannyhernz

    mannyhernz Fire Worm

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    Hmm....That's funny ive had my pom pom crab around 4 months and its been through 3 egg cycles..but i dont have any other pom pom's in there...could the baby daddy be the mythrax???:eek:
     
  10. ImprovMaster

    ImprovMaster Astrea Snail

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    i cant wait to get mine!!
     
  11. lunatik_69

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    Lmao........thats the funniest clip I have ever seen(panda).....Lmao