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    Pregnant Emeralds???

    Hi Everyone

    Does anyone know when emerald crabs reach sexual maturity? I bought one today and its about the size of a nickel....as I was watching it in the aquarium the underside of the crab seems to be filled with eggs?!?!?! Does this mean that I will have an outbreak of emerald crabs in my tank? Hopefully they will have a larvae stage first and get sucked up by my filter or my blue hermits can get to them....they really look like eggs...thousands of them on the underbelly....

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    Possibly i would assum that most of the youngs if carried to term would be quickly eaten by fish and hermit crabs. Along with being removed by the filter. I dont think it would be a problem.
    I have the mind of a 5 year old and own a fire extinquisher you cant imagine the things i do.

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    Man that sounds kewl!

    A pic sure would be nice. I Would say that they do sound like eggs to me, but not 100% sure
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    sorry I don't have a pic...I bought the emerald crabs to help with my bubble algae problem but after eating a few he seems to be going after everything else but the bubbles...sigh...anyways its good to hear that the offspring wont survive and I wont have an overpopulation...Im afraid for the safety of my corals....already keepign a watchful eye on him and my polyps


 

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