Mud Crabs Have Arrived ,Rropanopeus harrisii, Now with Eggs

**Sake** · 01-16-2013, 01:35 PM

Yay molts are definitely a good sign they must be growing

**dougolasjr** · 01-17-2013, 12:41 PM

I hope so. I think I caught one of the ones that molted out. I was able to snap some not so good pics. He/She is bigger than anything I received.

**Sake** · 01-17-2013, 12:46 PM

Do they seem to be coming out in the open any more?

**dougolasjr** · 01-17-2013, 02:59 PM

The one in the picture just sat as I took pictures. Normally they had been moving pretty quickly into the moss once the light came on and I tried to take pictures.

**dougolasjr** · 01-17-2013, 04:40 PM

Just won another auction from the same guy for 3 more.

**Sake** · 01-17-2013, 07:52 PM

Nice, going to have a nice colony then

They seem to be eating well? I wonder how many you could keep together.

AlanLe · 01-17-2013, 08:07 PM

Are crabs in general safe with plants?

**MABJ** · 01-17-2013, 08:22 PM

There really isn't an in general. There are too many varieties to make an umbrella statement.

I don't know about these -- they seem it -- but the Thai Micro Crabs are.

**dougolasjr** · 01-18-2013, 05:40 PM

I really haven't seem them munching on any plants. They could be eating some of the moss tho. I haven't really seem them eat much of anything. I suppose they mostly come out at night. This morning I was able to catch 3 sitting on the moss in different areas. They didn't scuttle away when I turned the lights on so maybe they are getting used to it. I would have got some pictures but I noticed a blue Malawa in my other tank and well I got distracted with taking bad pictures of them.

**dougolasjr** · 01-19-2013, 04:55 PM

More Pictures. Taken with Micro USB camera

CookieM · 01-19-2013, 10:56 PM

I wonder how much you buy these for? Because back in my country we eat these by the thousand. And it cost less than $2 to burst your stomach.

**dougolasjr** · 01-19-2013, 11:48 PM

They are less than a inch in size. I doubt anyone would eat them.

**Soothing Shrimp** · 01-20-2013, 12:22 AM

By the handfull. Like peanuts.

**dougolasjr** · 01-20-2013, 01:00 AM

Yea maybe that.

**Sake** · 01-20-2013, 09:01 AM

I really like that first pic, they just look soo darn cool.

01-16-2013, 01:35 PM	#61
Sake MABJ groupie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: st louis missouri Posts: 247	Yay molts are definitely a good sign they must be growing __________________ You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive.

01-17-2013, 12:41 PM	#62
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 773	I hope so. I think I caught one of the ones that molted out. I was able to snap some not so good pics. He/She is bigger than anything I received. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug Last edited by dougolasjr; 01-17-2013 at 12:43 PM.. Reason: add

01-17-2013, 12:46 PM	#63
Sake MABJ groupie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: st louis missouri Posts: 247	Do they seem to be coming out in the open any more? __________________ You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive.

01-17-2013, 02:59 PM	#64
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 773	The one in the picture just sat as I took pictures. Normally they had been moving pretty quickly into the moss once the light came on and I tried to take pictures. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug

01-17-2013, 04:40 PM	#65
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 773	Just won another auction from the same guy for 3 more. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug

01-17-2013, 07:52 PM	#66
Sake MABJ groupie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: st louis missouri Posts: 247	Nice, going to have a nice colony then They seem to be eating well? I wonder how many you could keep together. __________________ You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive.

01-17-2013, 08:07 PM	#67
AlanLe Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 300	Are crabs in general safe with plants?

01-17-2013, 08:22 PM	#68
MABJ Invert Warrior (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NY Posts: 3,155	There really isn't an in general. There are too many varieties to make an umbrella statement. I don't know about these -- they seem it -- but the Thai Micro Crabs are. __________________ Check out my tanks: Mark's Almost ADA \|18" Long DBP Tank \|10" Tall CRS Spec \| .5 Gallon cube \| Wabi-Kusa Thread \| New to shrimp? Need help? Check out these threads: \|Essential tools to buy\|List of inverts\|Sage advice\| Mark A Belcher Junior, A proud member: DBP Club

01-18-2013, 05:40 PM	#69
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 773	I really haven't seem them munching on any plants. They could be eating some of the moss tho. I haven't really seem them eat much of anything. I suppose they mostly come out at night. This morning I was able to catch 3 sitting on the moss in different areas. They didn't scuttle away when I turned the lights on so maybe they are getting used to it. I would have got some pictures but I noticed a blue Malawa in my other tank and well I got distracted with taking bad pictures of them. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug

01-19-2013, 04:55 PM	#70
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 773	More Pictures. Taken with Micro USB camera __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug Last edited by dougolasjr; 01-19-2013 at 04:57 PM.. Reason: edit

01-19-2013, 10:56 PM	#71
CookieM Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: CA, USA Posts: 516	I wonder how much you buy these for? Because back in my country we eat these by the thousand. And it cost less than $2 to burst your stomach.

01-19-2013, 11:48 PM	#72
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 773	They are less than a inch in size. I doubt anyone would eat them. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug

01-20-2013, 12:22 AM	#73
Soothing Shrimp Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (77/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,532	By the handfull. Like peanuts. __________________ DBP Club! My thinking has been invert-ed!

01-20-2013, 01:00 AM	#74
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 773	Yea maybe that. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug

01-20-2013, 09:01 AM	#75
Sake MABJ groupie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: st louis missouri Posts: 247	I really like that first pic, they just look soo darn cool. __________________ You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive.

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