Baby Emeralds!

[PLNelson]

I have been very privilaged to see one of my emerald crabs release larva into the water. I have a video that I'll try to get posted tomorrow.

[wes]

supercool! I love it when I get to see these kinds of things!

[mattb]

Very cool, congrats!

[gogregerson]

That sure would be neat to see. I can't wait to see the video!

[PLNelson]

Here's the video.

http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w173/PLNelson/?action=view&current=MVI_1640.flv

[Rox]

KOOOL!!!!

-Rox

[Chad Vossen]

how many emerald crabs do you have? thats awesome, i may need to get a second emerald and put the pair into my fuge for zooplankton production.

[spsick]

f-ing awesome!

[coralreefer]

Awesome video!

[Zibba]

It is so amazing that you get to see such fascinating natural occurrences in a closed environment. Sweet video!

[oyam123]

WOW! thank you for posting that.:biggthumpup:

[Goldpony75]

SWEET!!!!

[tico mike]

SWEET!!!!

Cool.












This is looking like LR central.:gay1:

[lottie_pufferfish]

way cool.

[epidemic]

mmm bet those would be good spinkled on a dynamite roll.

[Flounder]

Phil, thats sweet!! I wonder how many little pinchers there will be?

[SLPReefer]

Awesome video, nice catch!

[PLNelson]

It's still kind of hard to believe that I was able to get that on video. I hope at least some of them survive to adulthood.

[hamdogg08]

How are they doing now. Did most of them survive?

[PLNelson]

I haven't seen any of them since that night. I'd assume that they are hiding out for a while.

[capman]

I'd be thrilled to hear that some of them survive, but I'd be very surprised if they do. Most of these marine inverts have an extended free-swimming larval period that does not play itself out well in a typical reef system. They are probably all dead due to fish and corals eating them and getting sucked through pumps. In the unlikely event that they survive that gauntlet, they almost certainly will starve quickly without serious effort to feed them (and I don't know how feasible it even is to feed them in captivity).

I have not had a chance to view the video yet, but I'm looking forward to this. This should be pretty cool!

[Turf]

Neat video... how many emeralds do you have again? Does anyone know if they are like shrimp and hermaferdidic (SP)

[PLNelson]

I believe that I have 4 or 5 right now.

[capman]

All of the true crabs I know anything about have separate sexes. I have also heard reference to the male emerald crabs having larger claws than the females (and if I recall correctly Julian Sprung mentioned that because of this only the males eat Valonia). The one reasing larvae in this video has sort of small claws, which is consistent with this idea that females have smaller claws.