Emerald Gestation

[chocostar]

I have searched high and low and cant find it. I saw the most amazing thing tonight (2 emeralds mating). Does anyone have any info on their gestation? Are they live breeders or Egg breeders? Is there anything I need to watch for?
-Ryan

 

[thereefman52]

wow i just bought 3 of them.. haha i love them they do so much! i wish mine would mate

 

[big dave]

Typically, crustacian eggs are lost to filters/pumps,etc. or are eaten by tankmates. Maybe you could put the female(the one carrying the eggs) into a brreder net with a bunch of hair algae and hope for the best.

 

[hermit enthusiast]

mine bred and she released live young into the tank. I never saw them mate though so i can't help you out there. When she released them my clowns were sitting right there and goubled them up as she released them.

 

[keitho]

i've had two females become pregnant and shed eggs...have never seen a single crab from it. in my experience, the eggs are usually destroyed in the ways previously mentioned. besides, consider this...would you REALLY want 100 or 200 hungry young emerald crabs perusing your tank?