Emerald crabs...mating?

[Dlgabriel]

I got these two as part of a CUC beginning of April. Never had emeralds before. Are they mating?

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

How’d this turn out? Got babies?

 

[Dlgabriel]

How’d this turn out? Got babies?

I do!!! I noticed an egg sac about 8-9 days after this picture. It took me another 2 days to coax her into a breeding box. About 3 weeks later I came home thinking she didn't make it because she was laying upside down. Turns out, she was trying to rip the sac open.

Hard to get a good count on something that small but I'd say there were 50-60 that made it out and about half lived this long. Several escaped the breeding box and became fish food. Who knew powder blues had a taste for baby crabs?

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Wow that’s super awesome! Try to add some pics of the tiny babies if they aren’t all hidden in rock work! Try to find them at night! Super cool!

 

[Poseidon's snail]

Man thats cool!!!
never had emerald crabs mate before !
pics would be amazing