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How to Crab Cultivation


Crabs are in great demand by various parties, especially those who like culinary tourism, in addition tastes good also has a high nutrient. If you do not believe just check in the nearest laboratory in your city. Hehehehe .... !!!! But do you know if this mangrove crab is very necessary dibudidaya? in addition to meeting the world market, this can also be one of the tantalizing business for you retirees especially. From pension money used is no-no, better use for mangrove crab business, who knows can be a barrier of the work of your children and others.

But this kai I will not at length to discuss about pennets money, which I want to convey is about one way to cultivate mangrove crab in the right location and hopefully successful.

Obviously, if you rely on crabs that exist in the natural course will not be able to order very much on the market, therefore there needs to be a new innovation regarding the crab cultivation.

Location and land are the most important factors and especially, if there is no land there will certainly be no cultivation (that's for sure). The point must be far from pollution and easy to access there, who tau need goods that capat for technical cultivation of crab then quickly also overcome the problem.

Not arbitrarily crab cultivated, cultivate crabs that do not have high economic value is also useless to spend only on operational costs only. Well ... tahukan you are the right type and suitable for the cultivation of this crab namely:

Scylla serrata crab - this type has the character of grayish color until reddish green color.
Scylla oceanica crab - colored green and there are brown lines on almost all parts of the body except the abdomen.
Scylla crab transquebarica - greenish to black with a little brown line on the foot of the pool.

Of the three types of crabs mentioned above, Scylla serrata at the same age is generally smaller than the other two types. But in terms of price and ask buyers, the first type was superior. The first thing that we will discuss after mengethui best type is the location of cultivation.

Location of Crab Cultivation



pond depth 0.8-1.0 meters
salinity 15-30 ppt
Muddy pond land with sandy clay texture (sandy clay) or clay berliat (silty loam)
tides between 1.5-2 meters.

After mengathui cages / pondaknya, then is to consider the natural factors for the location. Water pollution-free pollution
Natural feed for addition to regular feed from the owner

Factors supporting the success of crab cultivation:
1. HR is responsible, honest, and nimble
2. The right feed
3. Marketing balanced with production

To be more clear and orderly, we will wet the design of shrimp ponds. In bunds can be installed bamboo or bamboo rafter nets, to reduce the possibility of crab escape.

Crab Cultivation Laying
In order to produce maximum results then there are 2 methods of confinement and floating karamba method.
1. The method of confinement
Material of confinement made of pring / bamboo with length 1.7 meters. arrange teratlah adjust the condition of the pool. make sure the confinement is getting a good tidal water. Put as well as possible so that crabs can not escape either.

2. Karamba Floating Besides using the confinement, for the cultivation of laying crabs can also use floating karamba. Make a kere from bamboo material, and adjust to the location of the floating karamba. Do not forget to use a float from cork / ball / kind so that the karamba is not drowned.

Crabs will lay around 10-15 days, depending on the sires when cultivated. For crabs weighing 150 grams already have eggs in it.

Crab Crabs
With a period of about 5-10 days, the crab can already be fat and contains when maintenance is good. For technical enclosure is the same as other crab cultivation, If the fattening process has been successful for female crabs then it can be used for the cultivation of crabs laying eggs. Remove from the male and female keipting fights so that all goes well and the harvest is successful.

List of Crab Feed
1. fish
2. eel

Trash fish is food that until now is best for cultivation, because the natural content that berapada in fish will be quick to grow the crab. Do not forget also to provide supplements about 5-15% for maximum growth.

Post Harvest Crab
Watch the harvest time, it is true mamp crab to live laa without water, but this is not an excuse. Therefore use the correct technical to harvest the crab. The way you tie the body of crabs and claws before you put into the harvest basket.

Tie the two claws and all the legs, tie the claws with one rope, tie each claw with a separate rope. The third har is a common thing used by crab farmers. Use one of the ways that you think is best and fast.

Do not forget to dip the crab into brackish water with salinity of 15-25 ‰ for approximately 5 minutes while shaking to let dirt off and moisture crabs remain awake. After that the crabs are rearranged in the container. close the container with wet burlap sacks to keep the moisture on the way to the market.

Hopefully the brief information on how this crab cultivation can add a reference for those of you who are interested.

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