MY FIDDLERS ARE MATING!
MY FIDDLERS ARE MATING!
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
Poseidon and Luna are mating as we speak! Right now! I just took some pics, which I will post later. I took them out to redo the fidd tat, I went downstairs, came up a moment later, and... well the title explains it all! Gotta run!
Ryan
Poseidon and Luna are mating as we speak! Right now! I just took some pics, which I will post later. I took them out to redo the fidd tat, I went downstairs, came up a moment later, and... well the title explains it all! Gotta run!
Ryan
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
I know! :roll: I guess they had other ideas. What should I do? I don't want to kill the zoea like before, but I don't have a tank set up. I don't even have the things I need. Oh, and notice the sig-
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
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Congrats! I don't know too much about fillder crabs, its it more common too see them mating then say, our land hermit crabs?
Crabbing since 7/4/04 - 10 years!
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I'm not asking salvation from you - I'm just asking to be safe for a while
make it easy - make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
wrapped in metal -wrapped in ivy - painted in mint ice cream
Well, Mac, I've had Fidds for half a year now, and this is the second time they've mated. But I've had Hermits for about a year and a month, and they have never mated (don't know if they even would ). I think that it's very rare and hard for hermits to breed in captivity. And even harder to rear them, in a tank. Fidds are also extremely difficult to breed, not to get them to mate it seems, but to rear the young. As neither crab is born as a crab, but rather as zoea, it is even harder to rear them, unfortunately.
I was hoping to get them to mate at the begginning of summer, so I have less work to do. But as I said before, my fidds had their own opinions. I'll posts those pics in just a sec... *opens photobucket account*
I was hoping to get them to mate at the begginning of summer, so I have less work to do. But as I said before, my fidds had their own opinions. I'll posts those pics in just a sec... *opens photobucket account*
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
Ok, here is a pic and a video...
*if you cannot bear to see two fiddler love crabs then don't open the links*
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n204 ... una006.jpg
And a video (there is sound, but there is nothing to hear:
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n204 ... una008.flv
I took three videos, so if you want to see the others (or more pics), just ask. There is more "action" shall we say in the other videos (claw waving, etc).
Ryan
*if you cannot bear to see two fiddler love crabs then don't open the links*
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n204 ... una006.jpg
And a video (there is sound, but there is nothing to hear:
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n204 ... una008.flv
I took three videos, so if you want to see the others (or more pics), just ask. There is more "action" shall we say in the other videos (claw waving, etc).
Ryan
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
Well... don't see any eggs today. Maybe tomorrow!
Well, cranlsn, this site is about crabs, so I guess it works. It is crab behaviour, even if it isn't hermits.
You know, practically everyone I know confuses fidds and hermits. Even my parents, who have had to live with crabs going through the house for over a year!
BTW, what do you think of the sig change? For the fidds? LOL
Well, cranlsn, this site is about crabs, so I guess it works. It is crab behaviour, even if it isn't hermits.
You know, practically everyone I know confuses fidds and hermits. Even my parents, who have had to live with crabs going through the house for over a year!
BTW, what do you think of the sig change? For the fidds? LOL
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
Welll, maybe not so awesome. This happened under a month ago as well, and I only realized after, thanks to Silent Protagonist, that I was doing almost everything wrong . I need a lot of supplies, and a bigger tank. Anyway, I don't see eggs yet. It is said to take two weeks, but I don't know if that is in total from when they mate, or after you see the eggs.
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
Yeah, but just the food and special feeders alone cost like 30 US (I'm in Canada) and I also need a water heater and 20 gallon tall. I don't want to buy one, as I have nowhere to store it after. I need to rent one, or borrow one. And it isn't just money, but also time. 2 water changes+ per week. And that's not easy to do with plankton-sized fiddlers.
Anyway, there is a picture or two from about a month ago in this forum (General). Luna (the female fidd) has eggs under her tail, like will probably happen within a few days here.
Anyway, there is a picture or two from about a month ago in this forum (General). Luna (the female fidd) has eggs under her tail, like will probably happen within a few days here.
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~