I can not be sure how old they are at this point. She spawned 3~ weeks ago and again the night before I noticed these guys in the tank. I can’t really find any information on the emerald crabs life cycle and only ever see people sharing pictures/video of them free swimming. If anyone can offer information on anything about the life cycle, specifically what point their in, or raising these guys I would love to hear it.
They have been observable on the rocks for just under 3 days. My assumption is that such a small creature would have to be eating something in that time frame so I hesitantly and possibly prematurely conclude they have found nutrition or numbers would be depleting rapidly at this point. All the rock is covered in them, especially areas with current. I add Phytopheast and Red Sea AB+ daily so hopefully that helps. I don’t have any fish or other threats to eat them.
They are so very small but this is the best I could do for now. Once you see one you will see them everywhere. Try to focus along the top edge of the in focus ledge. Mostly towards photo center left to right. There is a nice group center left. They really just look like giant pairs of eyes looking back at you and they don’t move to much. They just all look back at you. Haha.
Have a great day guys!
They have been observable on the rocks for just under 3 days. My assumption is that such a small creature would have to be eating something in that time frame so I hesitantly and possibly prematurely conclude they have found nutrition or numbers would be depleting rapidly at this point. All the rock is covered in them, especially areas with current. I add Phytopheast and Red Sea AB+ daily so hopefully that helps. I don’t have any fish or other threats to eat them.
They are so very small but this is the best I could do for now. Once you see one you will see them everywhere. Try to focus along the top edge of the in focus ledge. Mostly towards photo center left to right. There is a nice group center left. They really just look like giant pairs of eyes looking back at you and they don’t move to much. They just all look back at you. Haha.
Have a great day guys!
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