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08-18-2006, 09:25 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
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 |  boxer crab Help!
are those eggs on the boxer crab. and if they are what should i do. I have already separated in the breeder container. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2.../boxercrab.jpg
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5 1/2 gallon - Rio 180 powerhead ground filter, a hang-on filter and the corallife 9" power compact light. In the tank - 2 true percula, 2 sexy shrimp, scooter dragonets, 2 gorgonians, boxer crab, cleaner shrimp, 6 snails, brittle starfish, 3 hermit crab, 2 green - 1 red ricordea, cactus plant, caulerpa rock, 2 inch sand bed, and 6 lbs. LR. | 
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08-18-2006, 09:57 AM
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| | Kole Tang
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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-nut...ion-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? _________ Curt  | |
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08-18-2006, 11:44 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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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. 
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08-18-2006, 12:35 PM
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| | 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. | |
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08-21-2006, 08:31 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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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. _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
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08-21-2006, 08:38 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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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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08-26-2006, 08:58 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
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Originally Posted by SAW39 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!)
. | 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???  _________ 
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06-05-2008, 12:28 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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i cant wait to get mine!! | |
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06-05-2008, 12:43 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Originally Posted by mannyhernz  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??? | Lmao........thats the funniest clip I have ever seen(panda).....Lmao _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | 
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