emerald crab breeding!

[salty420]

i have 2 emerald crabs. one is significantly smaller than the other. i call the big one the boy and the small one the girl tho i really have no idea how to sex them... well tonight i watched "the boy" chase down "the girl" flip her over and get up on top of her and... well... hump her. it was really wierd. it lasted a few mins then "he" got off and "she" took off. what the heck happened? this was about 20 mins after lights out tonight. :confused:

[Pallen81]

:perv: certainly possible. they are running on instincts. sounds kinky though.

[Dwarf Puffers]

:rofl: did you stare when it happened, or did you laugh?? :lol:

Hopefully you get babies. Considering they can sell 5$ each, and they could have hundreds of babies... :woot: Good for you they're so popular.

[ricsreef]

Congrats!!You might be a grandma.I wonder how long it will be before there are babies crawling around?Would have been awsome if you could have got a pic or a vidio clip. Would still be cool to see it.Good luck!!Rick

[Dwarf Puffers]

Congrats!!You might be a grandma.I wonder how long it will be before there are babies crawling around?Would have been awsome if you could have got a pic or a vidio clip..Would still be cool to see it.Good luck!!Rick

:barf:

[ricsreef]

I would like to say I am sorry for saying anything about "CRAB P**N" earlier in my quote.(moderator deleted it.Said it was inappropriate to say when children might be present)Which I understand completely.Did not think it was any less appropriate than other comments made.(crab RAPE),(HUMPING her)or (sounds KINKY).

[Riverserver]

You can sex them by looking at the bottom of their main body. A male will look something like this:
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/riverserver/malecrab.jpg

They actually have two penises. The females will be more dome shaped in the middle.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/riverserver/male_gonopods.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/riverserver/female_gonopores.jpg

(images from bluecrab.info)

And if it took you should see her hauling around an eggsack. If they make it (more then likely will be fish food) it will take 14-20 days for them to hatch.

[salty420]

well i don't know if it was breeding but it sure was wierd... i'll letch know if anything comes of it!

[salty420]

:rofl: did you stare when it happened, or did you laugh?? :lol:



i was shocked! i was yelling at him to get off her!

[Riverserver]

i was shocked! i was yelling at him to get off her!

And here I thought the Discovery channel was bad!:lipssealedsmilie:

[ricsreef]

Thanks for the info on sexing crabs Riverserver,I learn something new every day on here.MORE KNOWLEDGE PLEASE!!!

[salty420]

i saw the bottom of the larger crab tonight and it appears from the pics posted by Riverserver (thanks btw) that it is indeed a male. now if the small one would just do a dance in front of the glass for me...

[Reefscape]

now if the small one would just do a dance in front of the glass for me...

Selotape a photograph of its partner on the front of the glass, just up a few inches.....it may shake its bootie and then you can snap some pics....lol























i am of course joking here.....sheesh..........people take me WAY too seriously..........lol

[06scoob]

LOL...