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How big are redclaw babies?
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:17 am
by Beansly
The female that was carrying eggs seems to not be carrying them anymore, and I was just wondering how big the babies are. I'm not sure if the eggs were fertile or not. The tank is 125 gallons with plenty of rocks and wood, so there are places to hide. I can't see any babies. Do they hide? Are they as small as baby cherry reds? Just curious.
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:50 am
by gabs
Macrobrachium assamense young are very small and not easy to spot especially on a lightly coloured bottom.
I really hope that the eggs did hatch! Here ase some pictues showing how difficult it is to actually spot the young.
The young after just a week
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:32 pm
by Beansly
My substrate pretty much looks just like that (sand), so i guess I'll set up a chair in front of the tank tomorrow and search.
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:26 pm
by Neonshrimp
Wow
gabs, the baby is so well camouflaged in that sand, I can only see the red circle in your pictures
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:13 am
by Beansly
Well, I had all but given up hope on any babies, since I looked and looked and looked, all without success for babies, and just assumed none had hatched. My lone female hasn't carried eggs again for whatever reason. Yesterday, though, I was doing a water change, and while dumping more water in, I saw a juvenile red claw crawling around on a log! It was about 3/4 of an inch long, with bright orange claws already. Awesome! I searched for about 30 minutes but couldn't find any others, but there might still be some, hopefully.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:22 am
by Neonshrimp
It is good that you had found the one. You may still be surprised since this one was not detected until now. Hope you find more.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:08 am
by TKD
It's not a Bloobsquatch.
It's a Bloobshrimp!
TKD
PS Beansly should get this.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:31 pm
by Beansly
Fellow Cryptomundo reader, TKD? Heh, heh. I've searched the tank a bunch of times and still can't find any others. Actually, I haven't actually seen the original baby, either! Do they hide a lot as youngsters when there are adults around? I know when I got the original 8 from Mustafa, all about the same size as the youngster I saw, they stayed out in the open. They also had the tank to themselves.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:15 pm
by TKD
Nope, Bigfootforums.
But the Mcros would definately hide from the adults as they will get eatten if the adults can catch and find them.
TKD
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:01 am
by Neonshrimp
But the Mcros would definately hide from the adults as they will get eatten if the adults can catch and find them.
Pretty good reason to hide. Also, could be a reason for the young to have disappeared
