Female blue crabs only breed once. They breed with a male during their last juvenile molt. If you catch mature females or see the small one breed after a molt, remove the male. It is of no use for breeding after that. it will only end up eating her when she molts again in a small space. Blue crabs like to release eggs in salty water but might in brackish if they are having no choice, worth try. They release the eggs into the water they hatch and larva live as plankton for some time before dropping to the bottom as little crabs. Lots of canabalism, if you do pull off a hatch add lots of hides, netting or something .as canabalism is extremely high. You will ned to feed other plankton of the sort. I read squizing hard biolded egg yolks through chese cloth works.
Even in your pond it would be good to make sure they have hides , cinder blocks , pallets or something. When they molt they are vulnerable to the other agressive crabs looking for something to eat.
I have read allot on blue crab life cycle and attempts at farming them.
I like your project, please keep posting updates
Last edited by BobbyRice; 04/26/12 03:25 PM.
