Zoea *successful captive breeding & rearing of C. variabilis

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Post by Nat_addicted to HC's » Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:20 pm

I wont put them in with my breeding colony & 5gal
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Post by Curlz » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:42 am

Mine are one year old and still too tiny to put into adult tank.
I think variabilis do not grow too fast. I think they should stay in a seperate tank for round about 2 years or more.
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Post by Nat_addicted to HC's » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:11 pm

Image
As you can see the tunnels are a lot bigger now :)
34 little crab babies dig a lot of holes ;)
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Re: Zoea

Post by Brenda » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:48 pm

Looks like an alien landscape. Amazing how big they are getting but still so small.
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Post by Rocky » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:24 pm

:hlol: that is too cute!
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Re: Zoea

Post by snickersnflip » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:17 pm

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY ARE SO TINY AND CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO TINY! OOOOHHH MYYYY GOOOOOOOOODNEEEEEEEESSSS!!! They are like, micro-micro-micro crabs! OHHHHHH!

as you may be able to tell, I really like tiny things.

**mental scream of cuteness** AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH***

Congrats! It would be so cool if when these little dudes get bigger, you breed a few with some other little crabbies!! then you will have 2nd gen babies! and you will know which ones are the grandparents! AHHHHHHH! :crabbigsmile: oh! and you will know when thier birthday (er, hatchday LOL) was, so you can make a little crabby birthday cake!!!!!!!!! :birthday: LOL Ok. . I think i'm done now. . . . . . . Maybe not. . .

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! LOL :crabbigsmile: :crabbigsmile: :crabbigsmile: :crabbigsmile: :crabbigsmile: :crabbigsmile: :crabbigsmile:
~~4 PPs~~ Flip (4/19/10) Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh(4/29/14)
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Re: Zoea

Post by kuza » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:01 pm

what's that tube you have in the sand, is that to protect a molter?
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Post by Nat_addicted to HC's » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:17 pm

Its a thermometer so i can keep an eye on substrate temp
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Post by Nat_addicted to HC's » Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:40 am

Image 4th molt :)
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Post by Nat_addicted to HC's » Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:43 am

Image you can just make out the fine hairs!
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Re: Zoea

Post by brittperry89 » Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:21 am

Nat_addicted to HC's wrote:Image you can just make out the fine hairs!
Eeep! ^_^ Soooo cute!
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Re: Zoea

Post by snickersnflip » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:17 am

oh. my. goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~4 PPs~~ Flip (4/19/10) Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh(4/29/14)
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Re: Zoea

Post by kuza » Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:40 am

how can they be so big, yet still be so small!!!! :)
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Re: Zoea

Post by Cecil716 » Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:04 am

Wow, they are soo big right now :3
Current hermits: About 17 PPs and 3 straws (for now)
A 180-ish gallon tank with two 36 gallon extenstions!
What can I say? I love crabs!
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Re: Zoea

Post by Curlz » Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:29 pm

*AWWwwww* :)

They seem to grow faster than mine. The whole development was faster and it seems that they grow faster than my violas.

love to see pics of the little aussies. And it is exiting to watch them grow.
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