The breeding method of king crabs and their survival time are as follows:
1. Fresh king crabs can survive for 24 days after leaving the water in an aquarium. cold and humid environment.
2. If fresh king crab is placed in the freezer, it can be stored for a year at a temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius.
3. If fresh king crabs are stored in an environment of around zero degrees Celsius, the storage time is around 7 days.
Although this animal is named crab, it is not a true crab. It is mainly distributed in cold marine areas and is very large. Its reproductive rate is astonishing and a female crab can produce almost 10,000 baby crabs each year. Because it originally lived in the ocean, it will slowly die once it leaves the water. Even in a humid and cold environment, it can only live for about 24 hours.
Lifestyle Habits
King crabs tend to be sexually separated as they move into deeper water. During the first year, king crabs hide in rocks or kelp forests. in the gaps formed to avoid being prey. Social characteristics are observed in young crabs aged 1 to 4 years. They are used for protection and form swarms of up to 500,000 individuals. The so-called swarms also form large groups when moving through shallow water.
King crabs feed primarily on phytoplankton, aquatic plants, benthic animals, and terrestrial animals and plants. Phytoplankton includes diatoms, chrysophytes, dinoflagellates, euglenae, green algae, etc. Zooplankton include rotifers, cladocerans, flexipods, etc., and aquatic plants include Vallisneria verticillata, Hydrilla verticillata, coneflower, coneflower, turnip, duckweed, water lily, water peanut, golden spun grass, etc., benthic animals, including snails, clams, rivers. mussels, water earthworms, etc. present in the waters constitute its best food.