Breeding Fiddler Crabs (DIY Bin Setup)

[@christopher_scott]

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[@bodyboardingpov3042]

The best keep up the good work and I love all the videos and do you have a PO Box

[@bodyboardingpov3042]

And I have one dog that is 10 years old also I have two fishtanks one has a baby Oscar and also have a 20 gallon fish tank that has two African cichlids couple tetras and one limashovel nose catfish. And the cat fish name is stick one of the big cichlids his name is Kobe and the Oscars name is Oscar

[@michellesetright6985]

Your videos are really cool keep it up you should breed angelfish and discus fish

[@bigdudesreptilesfood5253]

Hey Chris so tip I've noticed when people try and breed em its 100% fresh water and they don't simulate the tides like in nature they are brackish water species regardless of them living in fresh water they go to the river mouths or estuaries to spawn so try a low salinity brackish water after they acclimate then id try draining the water to the sand layer it will simulate natural feeding and breeding I hope this might help with ur breeding love the vids good luck

[@fifthdayaquatics8690]

The females have the big claws to protect the eggs from the males and the eggs need brackish water to hatch, great content love the videos hope these tips makes it an easier journey !!!

[@thefishboy427]

I live in Delaware so we have a lot of Fiddler crabs right in our own backyard because of the bay . I have noticed that they only in canals that flood at high tide and completely dry out in low tide . They also only breed in areas with a lot of bay grass (short bamboo type plant) to retract into to breed. They also only will breed if you have a deep sand bed probably 6-8 inches deep Just figured I might give a couple tips since I have witnessed a lot of there natural behavior

[@Dave-ur5ub]

Like my backyard...Literally...In Longneck for example!

[@mikeflo2089]

Thanks for the tip on :. Cleaning Sand.

[@doglover4068]

I'm planning on owning my own exotic pet store when I'm able to. I want to be breeding my own animals but I will also be taking in animals and rescuing them

[@ytyoungrichnhigh]

stay persistent and strong! And you're going to need some help

[@doglover4068]

@@ytyoungrichnhigh thank you

[@Philip-sq7un]

Ok

[@jennywang5450]

You need resources. Try inviting people to help you

[@doglover4068]

@@jennywang5450 thanks. My sister is going to be doing the stuff with me too, so thats a start

[@burt591]

Thank you Brian Shaw, great video!

[@christopher_scott]

😂🤣 it’s either Brian or Jack Black…

[@sergeantsonso3490]

these crabs are right up there with hermit crabs in terms of how fun they are to keep as pets. i basically grew up with hermit crabs and i used to buy the bait fiddler crabs from our local fish shack and keep them as pets, though they rarely lasted more than a few weeks and i think that owes itself to my lack of aquarium salt since they are, at the least brackish water animals.

[@marcusbullock630]

when i was young i kept killing the crabs because I didnt know they needed brackish water and air. i figured it out one day when my redclaw was missing one day. then i caught it crawling up the power cord back to the tank to 'refresh' itself. smart little buggers.

[@Hiforest]

I think the Internet is fantastic in this respect. Sadly a lot of these animal died because people didn't know how to care for them. Like them needing fresh water as well as salt water (presumably this is the case with all crabs and not just hermit crabs).

[@donnakryemadhi6462]

That was cool when you go to the crabs

[@yehudamoses3406]

I have a almost 2 year old red-eared slider that I found in a public school building when she 1-3 days old her name is peanut. I also have a russian tortoise named yuri that I rescued. He was in a 10 gallon aquarium as a fully grown male I now have him in a custom enclosure that's around a 50 gallon area. I have a 10 gallon community fish tank with 2 zebra danios that i have had for 2 1/2 years and 3 black skirt tetras that I recently got.

[@Cavasee-A]

That was really cool thank you for the information I just got my crab and it’s a female she likes to chill in the corner of the tank I haven’t given her her name yet but it sure is a lot of fun watching her

[@doglover4068]

I've been watching your videos for a few years now and I absolutely love yours and Brentins aka Finatics videos

[@sethlamson]

Just makes me want to go get some sheepshead.

[@briannatrimarchi2444]

Thank you for being someone who helps animals

[@offroadfishing]

I have been keeping fish for over a year now, loving it!!

[@ebinculver1603]

I always learn something while watching your channel.

[@FishinMichigan1]

Ok... here we go... all my pets: A veiled chameleon (named Carl) A Pac-Man frog (named Archie) a 5.5 gallon aquarium with my betta (named Eclipse) another 5.5 with my pea puffer (named Percy) a 20 gallon with a 4 inch long baby bluegill (named Captain) another 20 gallon with some platies, silver tip tetras, harlequin rasbora, and a hill stream loach THEN I have a 75 gallon tank with a 9 inch bluegill and a crappie about the same size. And FINALLY I have a 10 gallon tank that I use to keep feeder fish in for the big bluegill and crappie in the 75. Anyways awesome video!

[@mikeflo2089]

You make learning fun . Your vibe is very uplifting. I watch all your videos, cause I know they going to be good.

[@reillygrimley9542]

The crabs also need a fair bit of protein in their diet. Try mixing it up with cichlid pellets. And if you have any available, they love prekilled insects (I give mine superworms on occasion)

[@mitchyboy1397]

I could watch your videos every day

[@kevinharrigan2727]

I have 8 fiddly bois and they’re absolutely HILARIOUS. I love all of mine, they’re so much fuckin fun assuming you give them their basic needs.

[@akhoneybee907]

Fiddlers are SUPER fun pets to have. They are smarter than they seem and super cute to watch. My sister in law had some for awhile when she lived with me! Hers were about an inch across on top of their main body shell. (Sorry I don’t know crab parts very well.) One time, she put the water level just a bit too high and one of them climbed out of the tank “oops” 🥴 Said crab then proceeds to walk out of the room and had to slip under a closed door, walk down the hallway into the kitchen dining area. This is like ten miles for those tiny little spindly legs. As I sat down for a meal, I heard a strange little clicking sound on the hardwood… this gave me pause and I looked for the source of the noise as that little brat ran very loudly at lightning speed up my leg!! 😂😂😂 my heart jumped out of my body since it looked like an extremely large spider and less like a crab at that point! Haha needless to say I dipped out of there so fast it fell off my leg!! I felt bad afterwards, but neither crab nor me were harmed. I picked him up and walked down the hall to ask her “you missing a crab?” She says “no…” I said, “well I have one right here!!” Sure enough the escapee was returned to his buddies and the water level was lowered before he caused any more mini heart attacks 😂🤣

[@jackbradford7785]

Cool video

[@stevenhall8964]

They breed in brackish water and when the eggs hatch the larvae of most crabs are free swimming in the planktonic layer of the ocean for a while ,after a few melts it sinks to the bottom looking and acting like little crabs , this usually happens at a river mouth or brackish water marsh area and then after another molt or two they run upstream to fresh water and some leave the water completely.

[@offroadfishing]

I have two tanks, and heaps of angels! Inspired by you 👊

[@Foxy8713]

Thanks for all of the information I really needed it! I want to get some crabs and breed them too. But do you have any information about axolotl‘s?

[@Vinmuyoo]

And we are here again in the show called "It's 3am and I'm supposed to be asleep but here we are watching videos that youtube reccomended"

[@briannatrimarchi2444]

I wish I saw your videos sooner so that I was able to keep them alive longer

[@henk4700]

Dont they breed in salt or brackish water? I have a few guppies, baby guppies, honey goeramis, cpo crayfish, steurbait corys, dwarf african clawed frogs, killi fish, plecos and rabbits.

[@DRS17411]

First time watcher and definitely enjoying your content. Nice job on the build!

[@5143gusgus]

Zaaammm! The Minecraft breeding looks so sick!

[@marcusbullock630]

the problem with crab larvae is they have two stages- the zoeae and the megalops. the zoeae state eats algae and other minute particles. but once they transform into the megalops stage they become predatory on other zoeae. in addition to this, you must raise salinity to full marine or else the zoeae cant turn into megalops. then once they become megalops, you can slowly reduce it back to brackish, and they become immatures, transitioning into terrestrial behavior. you must give them a way out at this stage or else they will all drown upon their molt into immatures, as they become air breathers at this stage. whatever water reservoir you hold the megalops in must have granular rough texture or a large chunk of rock for them to escape from.

[@aaronj2913]

I'm glad someone else said this. You would also need a special tank to rear the larvae (the circular flow kind that people use to raise jellyfish)

[@marcusbullock630]

*zoea (zoeae is plural, sorry bout that)

[@fakefake283]

Lâu lắm rồi mới được nghe lại bài này. Hay lắm ạ 😘

[@doglover4068]

If you are successful breeding the crabs then I will definitely get some and try to breed them

[@turpydurp1462]

I never comment but this is great video. Smart was just thinking of a way to breed my fiddler crabs and this what came to mind as well. Thanks 👍

[@brittanymeadows9376]

Looks great! I would just get a bigger container so they more room on land

[@cheezCheese-f6n]

I’m doing a project December 30th of this year I will breed Blue Swimmer.

[@harrisontropicals2987]

I Have 4 Peppered Corydoras in my Community Tank as part of my Clean up Crew their so personable and are always stopping and starting and some times stay scarily still I have had them for half a year or so and I love them ❤

[@MrsBJPalmer]

Hi Christopher! We have 2 rescue horses- Chancey and Ladybug, a rescued foxhound- Lucy, 2 roosters, a family of 7 parakeets, a betta, 3 Amano shrimp, 2 grass shrimp, 1 red rili, 8 Painted Fire Reds, and hundreds of snails! I think you have some awesome shirts, and would be proud to wear one! BTW- I miss the beach and have always wanted to have some fiddler crabs waving at me! Thanks for showing me an easy way to set up a habitat!

[@Swerewolf]

So did you ever have success with the breeding of these? I love these little guys, we recently got 3 of them for our aquarium (don't worry, I have an area they can get up on) and they are thriving pretty well. Our issue is, it's hard to get fiddler crabs here. I had mine shipped in from NJ.

[@hungrypiece4252]

do they taste good

[@Swerewolf]

@@hungrypiece4252 Sure why not. Bon appetit

[@hungrypiece4252]

SHE ATE HER CRABS

[@Swerewolf]

@@hungrypiece4252 What are you, 10? Like a child seeking attention. Good grief.

[@mitchyboy1397]

Lots of info so good

[@ARandomAussie]

I have no clue where these guys are from, but maybe try adding salt to the water, maybe that might trigger breeding.

[@Crystalspets]

Those crabs are on my list to own one day soon

[@lynnbonica4342]

Good luck with your breeding project. It would be cool if it works out! At the moment I have some green neon tetras and 4 male endler guppies. Only 1 looks like an endler, the other 3 are at least the size of regular males. I also have a stone catfish and a nerite snail I call Dozer...cuz he plows his way through everything, uprooting plants and moving small driftwood and rocks.

[@ryanberry344]

Subscribed! Love the video and look forward to more!

[@amandafredette7538]

Thumbnail: “Breeding crabs, will it work?” Us: “From the looks of it it did.” XD

[@christopher_scott]

But it didn’t 😔 we were successful recently with other species! Thanks so much for watching!

[@offroadfishing]

I love commenting on chris’s vids anyway but the merch 👕 🐠 is a huge bonus!

[@mitchyboy1397]

Hope everyone is going well

[@Tanish687]

Yes buudy

[@bradenvanderwal6509]

You should make some dry sand like 4” deep because they generally won’t/can’t burrow in wet sand.

[@doglover4068]

I had my yellow bellied slider for about 13 years, my red eared slider for about 14 years, and my other 2 turtles are just babies and I got them I think in January or February

[@SirenaSpades]

I just set up a marmorkreb dwarf crayfish bin setup tonight. I used crushed oyster shell as a substrate, I think they'll like that with their rapidly shedding and regrowing shells. They are very small right now, I have two of them, one is about 1 inch, the other about 3/4 inch. I think you'd love these guys because once you get them going, they reproduce so fast and would be great food for the big fish.

[@harrisontropicals2987]

I Also keep two Freshwater Angelfish One named Yemi who I've had for nearly a Year and the other named spot they live in a community Tank and have developed an awesome personality 🐠

[@missycitty9478]

So CUTE!! ❤ I've always loved Crabs. Great job with the set up!!

[@mitchyboy1397]

I would love to have a fish room

[@jarovonk1145]

i swear you're so under appreciated, sick video!!!

[@buffalodeb4495]

I always wanted crabs for pets. I have had bearded dragons and dogs also cats

[@ericahenderson7262]

Our dog Po is a fan of you and Max.

[@Thesimmers123]

This will be a bit of a list. I have a black and white cat named Movaki, and 2 fish tanks. My 20 gallon currently has 2 male and 4 female balloon mollies, 1 male lyretail molly, 3 african dwarf frogs, 3 gold barbs, 3 julii corydoras, 2 peppered corydoras, and 1 siamese algae eater. My 40 gallon has around 70 lyretail molly fry growing out, 2 female lyretail mollies, 1 grey molly, 1 gold molly, 1 female dumbo betta, 6 emerald corydoras, 2 raphael catfish, 2 kuhli loaches and 1 chocolate kuhli loach.

[@debraricci6227]

Hi! What are you using as a draining suction?

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

Christopher you're really down to earth and I enjoy watching your builds and all your projects 😍💪 I may be too late for the contest but I have five chihuahuas 🤣 a German Shepherd a bull terrier, a Jack Russell terrier. And one weiner dog Jack Russell mix 🤣 I was a veterinary technician so I ended up with a few rescues 🤣 I also have 10 heavily planted fish tanks... mostly bettas, guppies and community fish. A Kitty cat and two dwarf Himalayan bunnies 🤣 That's all I can handle for now 🤣🤣 I used to raise horses so they will be coming back into my life soon!! Loved the crab setup, hoping you'll have some success 🙏 Thanks for another great video hope you're having a great day!!🙏

[@pedroamador0618]

Love your channel! I have replicated many of your projects!

[@abigailfraser512]

I'm 7 and this looks really good

[@Overacker_Connor]

7 chickens

[@edwarddill3254]

Just seen my breeding this morning. Hopefully I'll see some babies soon!

[@18lalyta]

I appreciate the clarification of those pores in that plant. I wish I'd seen this video earlier when I saw those pores in my plants and thought that was some infestation or disease in the plant. Without looking any info, I tossed them away 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@htx_colten]

What was that pump that you were using to drain the water.When you finished putting down the sand and rocks and drained it out then added clean water back into it.What was that called.

[@tjmack8744]

That's some cool stuff!

[@hemantmalvi7889]

I have 12 babies of Indo-Pacific tarpon.... 4 pearl scale angle fish 8-9 home breed tilapia babies... Mutt guppies Love your videos sir....keep you

[@karenthomas5410]

That Sir ..was a trip..thank you.I. I have a cat..pepper and one sage..i have a ball pythom..named marley..2 birds who we call the chicken nuggets..and all of outside nature..i feed it comes lol..have a great day sir..loved your video...very helpfull..dang i forgot the hermit crab mimi..🤪

[@mitchyboy1397]

The new arowana is sick

[@mitchyboy1397]

Looks good

[@briannatrimarchi2444]

I think your videos are pretty cool and I like getting ideas for future things I may do

[@Egbert758]

I clicked on this vid not even knowing it was chris..I'm now subscribed

[@Max-tu9tb]

By the way you're one of my favorite KZbinrs

[@jessday3992]

I’m just seeing this video. Do they need brackish water ?

[@kirstyshiels6155]

Hi Chris, thanks for the great informative video, great content as usual with you (any time I’d seen you with Brenten etc) ; Loving 🥰 seeing you more off doing your own stuff as well as the shiny headed podcasts with Finatic 👍🏻😊😎😉😅☺️🐡😵‍💫🙉🙈🙊😁🤣🧐✊🏻🐟; I’m an Irish born and bred fan living in Holland ☘️🌷🥸, enjoying your videos as they help distract me from my unfortunate chronic pain - although I’m still relatively young (52) I suffered a massive stroke 9 years ago and am half paralyzed resulting from it and relearning how to everything with one hand 🤚 ever since…..fishing is more or less over for me unassisted anyhow 😞which is a bummer. But positivity get me through and watching content like you and Finatic help make life more bearable some days which is on,y a great thing and for which I’d like to thank you both for. Good luck 🍀 in all your future endeavors, Christopher, I’ll be following with interest from Europe to see what exciting new treat you’ll have up your sleeve for us “fans”. Take care, stay safe, tight lines 🎣💪🏻✊🏻🥸👍🏻😘🤗🙏🏻🌻🌷🌷☘️☘️🥸, Kirsty xx

[@kirstyshiels6155]

Forget to mention have a wee tank with blue shrimp and various plants here at home, 2 crazy cats 🐈 and I’d like to add to my tank soon…

[@WinterShadow131]

This is great ive tried this I would love to finish seeing this video I had a 100 gallon Aquarium with koi fish and two turtles but like I’m seeing here I didn’t do the island I figured the turtles loved the water that’s not the case glad I saw ur video great work man it’s hard to keep the turtles and JAPANESE koi the turtles nipped at the tails so I had to take the turtles out I loved ur video

[@claytonallen5428]

Great videos I love crabs!!!

[@zacharylws7120]

This is very helpful, I need to get them going good cause I have two MBU puffer and the fiddlers are expensive treats

[@WinterShadow131]

Christopher any advice I wish I could show my tank I’m at work but if u got any advice I would love too see if u got any advice

[@ilenegardner4197]

YOUR VIDEOS ARE AMAZON

[@buchan2]

Sat here chilling with my cat, great videos man, keep them coming :)

[@lucasjohnson4381]

2 bettas one is named Nguyen I have had him for about 2 years. The other betta is named Tim and he’s about 6 months. I also have a dog named jack and he’s 12 years old. Love the vid 👍

[@scorpman300]

to breed almost any crab you need a set up that has both fresh and salt water almost land crabs use fresh water most of the time but need to return to the ocean to release their eggs in to. this is why it is so hard to impossible to breed crabs in captivity as you would need a really big set up and it would be like having three aquariums placed in a row, one of fresh water, one of land, and one of salt water. not saying it could not be done but most hobbies or keepers can never do it.

[@ANIMALSAREAMAZING17]

I have Subscribed

[@maxp4573]

Like every Man in the Garden, Garage or Anywhere else working and doing stuff themselfs, we must kneel on the Pillow of Breaking Kneepads. I've been gardening for 3 years now ( No way near where I wan't to be lol ) but the Pain this position costs is just, even if I don't use my left Knee now a days and just Chill out, sometimes there's this sharp stingy Pain shooting through it it's wonderful. Glad I'm not alone fucking up my Knee's ! Great Video !

[@harrisontropicals2987]

I Have 6 Black widow tetras in my Community Tank they are awesome pure Black and Silver Color and are always aggressive feeders definitely one of my favorite Tetras 👍❤

[@Ho3smad_23]

PS like i said your my fav youtuber!

[@NutterButter76]

When you were putting the standing with that buck it looks like you were trying to make a Sandcastle

[@dae711moe5]

That's cool dude. Looks great. Can I ask you, what kind of water hose are you using. To be able to push water and take water out with the same item is great.

[@debraricci6227]

Where did you put the plants?

[@lillianpratt5897]

I am a new watcher nice to meet you I have two cats i have them for 3 years

[@sweetpie82108]

Awesome setup.

[@walker__nikkel]

Awesome video Chris

[@mitchyboy1397]

Never miss a minute

[@mynorestrada8884]

Where did you purchase the fiddler crabs from?

[@elijahwells696]

I have 2 dogs, 1 named Thor(pitbull) and one named Elmer(French Bulldog cross) I have a 29g with a female betta named peaches and a 5 gallon with a male named pete, I've had them for about 2 years and I'm trying to breed them, I also have a 125g with 2 bala sharks and 5 silver dollars and 5 clown loaches and a rainbow shark I've had them for about a year and I had an angel fish and she died, and I love your angel fish merch and it kind of reminds me of her and brings back memories, I love your channel keep up the good work and good luck to everyone!

[@imbasing]

Why

[@elijahwells696]

@@imbasing wdym why?

[@christopherort2889]

Pretty good setup Definitely need a deeper tote and much deeper sand layer on the dry side.

[@jerrydease1459]

They’d be able to climb up the filter cord though, surely. I know, lol 😂💯 put a partial lid.

[@Luanskies]

I know I'm late to the party but what is that hose called? I need something like that in my life.

[@jackbradford7785]

Love love love

[@mainaccount9005]

Love your vids

[@ebniecekris4596]

I love your videos so so much 😍😍✨