Raising Pom Pom crab eggs ??

[zmunzinger]

I have two and one got pregnant ! I’m so excited and wanna make sure they are safe in captivity and what I’ll have to do if you have done this before or have any advice please let me know there is hiding spots but I may add more let me know !! The tank is a reefer 170 with royal gramma two cleaned shrimp and two clowns

 

[ichthyogeek]

If they're anything like most marine invertebrates, the eggs will hatch into pelagic larvae (aka zoea) that require a special tank specifically for them. This larval stage can last quite a while, and the zoea will need to eat small zooplankton like copepods and baby brine shrimp during this time period. They may or may not require extra stuff in the growout tank in order to figure out that they can settle into benthic stages (at which point the hard time is over!).

how to breed pom pom crabs

Breeding pom pom crabs (Lybia tesselata)?? One of mine now has an orange egg sac underneath... there are 2 other crabs in the system, so there is a pretty good chance one is male and the eggs are fertile.... Any ideas on how to try and raise some baby pom pom's?

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They're unfortunately not like freshwater Neocaridina shrimp, so adding more hiding places won't do anything for any larvae that hatch out...