One of my Pom Pom Crabs is going to be a Mommy, or a Daddy!

[Abarnswell]

One of my Pom Pom Crabs is carrying a rather large, bright orange ball under its body. I assume that it is breeding?? The other two Pom Poms do not have this large orange ball on them. I'll have to do some reading on Pom Pom Crab reproduction.

 

[sadielynn]

congratulations keep us posted

 

[drty811]

congrats....i also had pom-pom babies, very tiny. not really sure how many actually survived. good luck

 

[Abarnswell]

I wish she'd hold off on having babies. I'm getting ready to transfer that reef to a larger tank. I don't want to chase baby crabs around! Good grief! Well, at least she's happy, I guess.

 

[Abarnswell]

Well, I guess it's true. We are breeding. I found this very interesting tidbit on Pom Poms breeding, on wetwebmedia.com.

See the second article on this page. Also, if you scroll down further on this page, you'll see a pic of a Pom Pom Crab with an orange/red egg sack on her. Fascinating.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/swcrabreproduction.htm