Anyone bred Vampire crabs before?

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Arakkis

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Has anyone been able to breed these guys? Sometimes they're called Celebes Jungle Crabs (Geosearma spp.)
I have two trios but I haven't gotten any of them to breed yet.
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ohbly

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thats a cool looking crab.
Iv never heard of them before so I cant help. you'd probably have better luck in the freshwater invert forum(even if they are land crabs)
 

Arakkis

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The only guys I've found who have bred them don't speak english. Seems more popular in the german boards and I don't speak german. From what I have translated with google, they go in opposite directions as far as care and husbandry =(
 

Arakkis

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They are Sulawessi <==Indonesia
They are a full land crab, hates water higher than it's legs are. Doesn't need brackish to breed since it has a completely suppressed development so what I 'm supposed to see are mini crabs running around. Nothing yet though =(
 

Arakkis

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2inch I think.. I dunno but I don't think they get very big
 

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that thing is sweet!!!!!gl on the info hunt
 

Arakkis

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Well I have 6 of em.. one of these girls gotta have eggs sometime =)
 

Bruno Dosjax

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Well I have 6 of em.. one of these girls gotta have eggs sometime =)
It's possible to breed them. I'm pretty sure they give live birth to ten little crabs! I'll ask though, my friend at work keeps them and is working on breeding them as well. He has a pretty good idea of what he's doing and knows a lot about these crabs.

I'll get back to you with some more information the next time I talk to my friend, he's got like 20! I plan on getting some offspring from him.

-Bruno
 
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