Aussie Breeding Success Dec 2016/Jan2017

Renroc · Post by **Renroc** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 5:52 am

https://vimeo.com/197084204

Phone video of playback from camera screen

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kieagcarm · Post by **kieagcarm** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:42 am

Oh. My. Goodness. It's a baby crab. How big would you say she is?

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Kermie16 · Post by **Kermie16** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 8:17 am

Awwwww!!! Look at the baby hermie!!!!!

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YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 9:30 am

So cute!!!!!

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Renroc · Post by **Renroc** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:00 pm

kieagcarm wrote:Oh. My. Goodness. It's a baby crab. How big would you say she is?

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Tiny tiny. That white spot on the shell is actually a grain of sand. The "log" its walking on is a stick that is about the size of my thumb (1cm wide)

LadyJinglyJones · Post by **LadyJinglyJones** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 1:09 am

Just ... wow.

Post by **aussieJJDude** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 3:50 am

The cutest vid i ever saw. Congrats on the successful landification!

daws409 · Post by **daws409** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:58 am

So tiny. Congrats on successful captive breeding! You have truly been an inspiration to us all

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Renroc · Post by **Renroc** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:10 pm

Wednesday 28th December Day 25
Well things have been very ordinary for the last couple of days. Little crabs running all over the place. Anytime I look I see between 4 and 13 so not sure how many are still alive. A couple of shells have stayed in one place though so suspect they may be empty.

I could see last night where a few were burrowed down.

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Renroc · Post by **Renroc** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:17 pm

Wednesday 28th December Day 25

One of them on the fresh water pool. This is a natural sea sponge in there to stop them drowning.

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Renroc · Post by **Renroc** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:21 pm

Wednesday 28th December 2016 Day 25

2 are on the food shell. Food is beta grains crushed seeing it isn't soaked in the water, spirulina powder, dehydrated and powdered mango, powdered cuttlebone and some crushed meal worms.

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Renroc · Post by **Renroc** » Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:40 am

So these guys might look cute and make everyone go awwww but nature has a way of bringing everything back to survival. Sadly I found one little guy caught in the fresh water pool. Another was crawling over the top of him. I used tweezers to fish him out just in case but it was clear he had drowned. But I put him on the sand to make sure. Not very long after that the one who had been climbing on him in the pool went over to that spot and started eating him. I took about 4 minutes of video and he was still chowing down stuffing all that yummy protein in with both claws as fast as his tiny mouth could swallow.
While it is sad that one less will make it that one was still jelly and not coloured and its eye stalks were still puffy. The victor however is well coloured and will benefit greatly from such a good feed.
This video is taken with my phone of the playback on the computer screen.

https://vimeo.com/197255395 https://vimeo.com/197255477

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Post by **aussieJJDude** » Wed Dec 28, 2016 4:32 am

I guess it does prove that survival of the fittest. A bit disheartening, but regardless the amount of success you have does outweigh this setback. Not to mention, you did catch an interesting vid.

Renroc · Post by **Renroc** » Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:56 am

aussieJJDude wrote:I guess it does prove that survival of the fittest. A bit disheartening, but regardless the amount of success you have does outweigh this setback. Not to mention, you did catch an interesting vid.

I actually think this will enhance the stronger ones chances of survival.

Kermie16 · Post by **Kermie16** » Wed Dec 28, 2016 7:05 am

Yep! Great source of protein for the other little guy and will only make him stronger. Sad for the other little one but a crab's gotta do what a crab's gotta do to survive! Love all of your videos!! Thanks so much for sharing

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HCA: Hermit Crab Association