Red Claw Crab Breeding

[ahel]

hey i want to breed red claw crabs to feed to my mantis shrimp, can anybody fill me in????

 

[RENEGADE]

hey i would like to know too! there not much info on them but heres a good web site http://wrongcrowd.com/aquaria/crab/

 

[isaac newton]

I have 2 femail and 1 male in my 10 gal community tank, im trying to breed them but i dunno if they will, ill keep u updated though.

 

[RTR]

Breeding is easy, rearing all but impossible:

http://www.shrimpcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk/Shrimp.htm?Crabs.htm~mainFrame

 

[RENEGADE]

fry

won't they get sucked up the filter?!!?

 

[RTR]

That would depend on the filter. Pelagic fry are reared in captivity, but do require special setups. It is just that nobody has found the requirements for the small crabs yet. With their low cost and wide availablity it is not very practical.

 

[RENEGADE]

It is just that nobody has found the requirements for the small crabs yet. With their low cost and wide availablity it is not very practical.

well if there widely available then someone found the requirements

 

[elgecko]

Hello all, new here. I had to register so I could ask a question about the red claw crabs. How do you know which is a male and female?
As stated earlier in the posts, there's not alot of information on these crabs on the net. I made a web page on them since I bought some and have been keeping them. Maybe someone else will find the information useful.
check it out. http://www.geocities.com/elgecko1989/crab.html

 

[RTR]

They are widely available because they are so easy to catch in the wild, just as are fiddlers.

 

[Tom.E]

Flip the crab over and look at the triangular abdomen. Males have a long thin abdomen in contrast to females who have a much wider abdomen.

Some examples I found on the net (blue crabs)

Male: http://www.serc.si.edu/education/resources/bluecrab/images/crabimages/pages/A_male_jpg.htm

Female: http://www.serc.si.edu/education/resources/bluecrab/images/crabimages/pages/A_immaturef_jpg.htm


Tom