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« on: December 16, 2009, 07:00:14 PM » |
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It's a new moon and my aquarium crab just now shed. She can't see the Moon. She has no tides. She gets fed the same thing everyday. The temperature is constant. The light is computer controlled. On and off the same tide everyday. She started signing on the last full moon but didn't shed. In 50+ years of keeping aquarium Blue Crabs...... It has been always the same.... Believe it or not........  Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Pinchy...  |
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2009, 07:10:20 PM » |
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Crabs are tough.... This girl is in a tank with 3-5 inch Croakers and White Perch...  |
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2009, 07:18:43 PM » |
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Nice pictures .
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2009, 07:22:11 PM » |
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I didn't think croakers would live in fresh water cool learn something new everyday  |
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2009, 07:24:25 PM » |
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It's a saltwater (local water) aquarium.  |
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« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2009, 07:41:32 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2009, 10:09:45 PM » |
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Pinchy? Where are you when we need you!
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The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2009, 10:04:56 AM » |
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Jack, I love the aquarium photos. Please continue to post them. I'd love to have a crab tank, but just don't have the time to maintain it. But I love to look at the photos of the crabs you keep.
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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2009, 11:59:32 AM » |
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OMG, the return of pinchy might happen..... Jack I agree new moon is just like the full moon.....It is a known fact that animals and fish react to the moon phase..... full moon leads to brighter nights and geese and deer are much more apt to move in the middle of the night with the full moon where as the new moon they will move more dusk and dawn... thus I think makes for better hunting conditions as their movement coincides with the time available to hunt them.... so better success.... OK I know ..." SHUT UP DOG"..... |
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« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2009, 12:05:56 PM » |
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What I want to know is how a fresh softie would taste this time of year.
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If it takes a chicken and a half a day and a half to lay an egg and a half, how long would it take for a squirrel with a wodden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle? Think about it, or not.
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« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2009, 12:06:52 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2009, 02:05:47 PM » |
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She's eating her old shell..... |
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« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2009, 02:15:40 PM » |
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Probably a good source of minerals, or you forgot to feed her Jack. |
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« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2009, 03:17:47 PM » |
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« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2009, 07:21:55 PM » |
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Home. Sweet home. She has made it back to her home.
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« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2009, 07:24:57 PM » |
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Scored some squid even in her weak state and major predators around. All she has to do is raise her claws and they backoff.. |
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« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2009, 08:00:14 PM » |
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How big is she now Jack about 5 or 5 1/2 inches. She looks real healthy thats cool |
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« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2009, 05:46:58 PM » |
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How big is she now Jack about 5 or 5 1/2 inches. She looks real healthy thats cool Yep, about 5 inches. Hard to tell. Crabs shrink when they get a ruler on em... |
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« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2009, 08:21:35 PM » |
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How many gallons is yours Jack? I had a freshwater a long time ago and loved it. What is a good size for salt to keep crabs and small fish?
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« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2009, 08:18:58 AM » |
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That tank is 75 gallons. I have kept small (1 inch) blue crabs in gallon jars when I was a kid. My suggestion would be a 20 gallon tank. That would keep one crab and a few minni's just fine. We had a jimmy in a 20 gallon tank for 3 and 1/2 years. Search "aquarium crabs" here on the BCA. There are tons of topics here about keeping crabs.
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« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2009, 10:02:18 AM » |
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You should set up a crab cam. Real time crab's life in the aquarium.
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« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2009, 10:10:38 AM » |
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Jack those are some awesome pics...  your tank looks perfect... very clean I just noticed today the crab I have in my tank has started to hunker-down....backing down into the crushed coral and sand bottom. I'll have to take a few pics.... It's wild to watch... He was eating frozen squid by the chunks till now... |
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« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2009, 02:55:57 PM » |
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You should set up a crab cam. Real time crab's life in the aquarium.
yeah I like that idea... I need something fun to look at why at work..... |
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2009, 03:54:04 PM » |
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yeah I like that idea... I need something fun to look at why at work..... Why not try working for a change? |
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« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2009, 04:16:37 PM » |
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Why not try working for a change? Completely over-rated... |
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