this is one of the really neat parts of keeping tanks, i captured 2 rogue mexican red leg hermits that have been murdering my scarlet reds. the mexican reds have at least 4 confirmed kills that i watched but couldnt get to. i am heading to inland tommorrow anyway so i figured i would take them along to trade in. i put them in a specimen cup and hung them on the side of my tank where they went round and round all night. one flipped the other one over and ran away. i watched as the toppled hermit tried to upright himself. after seeing that he couldnt( these two tote around shells almost 2 inches tall and 3 inches wide) he began to crawl out of his shell. its tail was covered in what looked exactly like crawdad eggs. so instead of trading i thought i would isolate the 2 in a 10 gallon. is there any chance of raising the babies? i have plenty of microsnails they can murder and steal homes from. has anyone ever had any success at this? i assume they go from egg to floating larva to crab, but would like to know what kind of food they would require at such a small state. im getting pics of the eggs to post later tonight. Or if someone knows a page i can read about it ( i know you do mogurnda ) then let me know, it would be greatly appreciated.
