Aussie Breeding Success Dec 2016/Jan2017

[Rawrgeous]

Oh they are so sweet and small!! Congrats again!

[GotButterflies]

Very excited! As always, love the updates and pictures! Thanks for sharing the journey with us!


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[Visual]

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/197255395https://vimeo.com/197255477


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I wonder how many times, if ever, this stage in a hermit crabs life has been captured on film and video? It's absolutely fascinating. While I'm sorry for your loss I thank you for capturing it and sharing it with us.


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[Renroc]

7 weeks and 3 days
I took the risk of carefully moving crabs to a tiny container as I saw them over a period of about 10minutes. This video shows all 10 I found. So I know I have at least that many still alive today.



https://vimeo.com/200918058


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[friesb4uxbabe]

Thats amazing!!

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[Renroc]

The red thing in there is the top off a mangrove seedpod. In the little shell is grape vine wood

[ErikRasmussen]

I am so jealous I would love to breed hermit crabs this is awesome

[Kermie16]

How beautiful!


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[GotButterflies]

So amazing! Great video! Love those little crab babies!

[LadyJinglyJones]

Near the end, as you panned down again, we're those two at the bottom of the shot fighting over something?

[Renroc]

Near the end, as you panned down again, we're those two at the bottom of the shot fighting over something?

Nah they were just climbing over each other and neither wanted to give way.

[kieagcarm]

Do you plan on keeping them all? If so, how quickly do you think you will have to upgrade tanks as they grow?

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[Renroc]

Do you plan on keeping them all? If so, how quickly do you think you will have to upgrade tanks as they grow?

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Yep I plan on keeping them. My adults are going into a 4tf tank in the next two weeks or so. Then their current tat which is 60x45x45cm will become home to the babies. That will be heaps of room for them for ages as they only grow to tiny size in about 4 years. By then I will be looking for other solutions though as I guess I will have more younger ones.

[kieagcarm]

Do you plan on keeping them all? If so, how quickly do you think you will have to upgrade tanks as they grow?

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Yep I plan on keeping them. My adults are going into a 4tf tank in the next two weeks or so. Then their current tat which is 60x45x45cm will become home to the babies. That will be heaps of room for them for ages as they only grow to tiny size in about 4 years. By then I will be looking for other solutions though as I guess I will have more younger ones.

That's so cool these crababies are lucky to have you as their owner. Do you think your crabs will continue to breed or plan to keep breeding? I think it's awesome of you.

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[Renroc]

That's so cool these crababies are lucky to have you as their owner. Do you think your crabs will continue to breed or plan to keep breeding? I think it's awesome of you.

This is my second lot of eggs in 12 months so I am assuming I will get further chances to raise more babies. Hope it happens again. The first lot didn't make it to crab stage.