crab's love embrace

[S.A.]

So I walked into the kitchen the other day, only to be met with a screech from my youngest, "MOM!!! THE MALE CRAB IS TRYING TO EAT THE FEMALE! SAVE HER MOM!!!"
So armed with a teaspoon, thinking maybe she had died and he was scavenging, I approached the tank.

There they were, locked together. All eight legs gripping the others shell. I just laughed. So I brought the youngest over and explained that he was not trying to kill her, but in fact they were mating.

"EWWW GROSS! HE IS WORSE THAN THAT SUPID GUPPY WHO KEEPS TRYING WITH EVERYTHING!"

Well, now we have a female holding a huge clutch of eggs. We'll see what happens now, although I don't expect much.

 

[ostrangeone89]

lmao that is too cute of your kid! Goodluck with the eggs, I don't know anything about crans but I think that is soo neat!

 

[rwilliams254]

Fantastic.


kids...

 

[Pepe]

Fiddlers?

I have been interested in getting fiddlers since I had them as a kid. They seem to need some pretty particular things (ie brackish water etc) I was wondering what type of crabs and what type of setup you have. I am guessing that they are doing pretty well if they are breeding.

Pepe