How to Keep Crabs Alive? Master These Farming Points to Improve the Survival Rate

It is crab season right now, and crab prices have stayed high, which shows that crab farming is still quite profitable. However, many people's farmed crabs either die, or yield poorly, or come out undersized. The key to farming crabs is having technique, and having professional crab-farming guidance. So how do you keep crabs alive?

1. Container

You can keep the crabs in a fairly deep basin. If there are too many crabs for one basin to hold, you can keep them separated in several containers. Do not let the crabs inside get too crowded, and do not let them stack up in layer upon layer. If you are worried the crabs will escape, you can stretch a layer of gauze over the basin.

2. Adding water

You can use tap water from home. First let the water sit for a few hours to soften, then pour it into the basin. If they are river crabs, keeping them in clean water is enough; if they are sea crabs, put some salt in the water. The water should not be deep enough to submerge the crabs, but it should cover their shells, so that when they stand up their heads can poke out, otherwise they will have trouble breathing.

3. Placement

Put the basin in a cool, well-ventilated spot indoors. It must not be placed in sunlight, and do not put a lid on it. Change the water once a day with clean water. This method of holding crabs temporarily is simple and practical, and when the temperature is not too high it can even keep them for more than 5 days, but it does not fatten them up.

4. Feeding

If you plan to eat them after keeping them for just a day or two, there is no need to feed them anything; if you want to keep them longer and keep the crabs from getting thin, you can feed them a little food, such as eggs, rice, black sesame seeds, small shrimp, small fish and so on.