Baby Purple Vampire Crab! :)
 

Hello all! i was not successful in getting the mother to breed again, i was lucky to have bought her pregnant. currently i have another male with the mother but no more pregnancies even though she has moulted.

the baby is maybe 2 months old?

jan 4: baby and mother crab on my hands:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...2&l=621940e147

baby in the crab bowl:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...2&l=c40fd4e7fc

any advice on how to get the momma crab to breed again?

Hi, how long does it take to grow to that size? My crab's baby seem that a long time to grow.

I think for it to carry eggs, it need to get molted. Is your tank setup good for molting?

I dont know if it's good for moulting but it does happen. I find the baby crab grows really slow too! The photo below was taken when I first found it, and it was too young to stand out of water
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...fb5aee33a7.jpg

what is the tank setup for this kind of crab?
plants? soil? full tank of water like shrimp?

Its a large glass bowl... I out like 3 cm of water, and I have a small driftwood, a plastic bridge and the soil base of a long dead wabikusa acting like a mini island. Unfortunately the mother of the crab passed away maybe 3 weeks ago, the baby crab is missing, but it's normally missing... And the tomato crab I keep with then has climbed out and disappeared.
Sooo it is now a roomy bachelor pad for the sole purple vampire male crab!

Sorry that time lines doesn't make sense. I think it was one week ago the mother crab passed away.

So cool!
Would you post a photo of their setup?
I am pretty interested in crabs but I am unsure how to start about the setup and all too :p

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...a0be21dabe.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...cc32213556.jpg
I don't put to much water coz i worry they might down while moulting but they do need to have the water there to moult properly

*drown..... I've had a couple crabs die while moulting

Thank you!
I'll take note!
Hope C328 have Vampire Crabs :D