Giant Mud Crab
Methods of Giant Mud Crab farming are:
In the earth pond – for growth
In the pen – for gowth
In the cement tank – soft crab
In the fiber glass tank – soft crab
The farming area must be of clay soil type and can hold water, near the source of seawater/salinity 15 – 30 ppt. The pH of the water must be 6, 7 and 8. The farming feed consists of fresh fish fertilizer, ground fish fertilizer, steamed fish fillet, shellfish meat and mussel meat. Diseases will be less acquired if the quality of breeding water is maintained. The market price of solid crab (size > 250 gm/each) for female is RM 25 – 28/kg, while the male is RM 20 – 25/Kg. Soft crab sized between 120 – 180 gm/each is priced between RM 25 – 30/Kg.