Pike crabs can be raised by water pots and fish tanks, so that they live for a long time.

1, water basin raising

If you buy the pike is bundled, then the preservation of the pike should be untied to the pike, and then put into the basin. Be careful not to layer, and then add water to the pike crab mouth position can be, if the water is too deep pike crab will lack of oxygen suffocation and die. Then put the pike in a ventilated cool place, plastic pots or buckets high enough do not need to cover with a lid.

At night, pour half the amount of water out of the pot, then refill it with half again, and repeat this every night. By the fourth day, feed the pike a small amount of crushed ham hock, small fish or shrimp. When temperatures are not too high, this method of preservation usually lasts over 5 days or more. Also, you still need to check the crabs daily and eat any that are not vigorous enough.

2. Fish tank keeping

If you can't finish them within a week, you can't use the above method. This time your unused fish tank can come in handy, the fish tank space is large enough, and the four walls are smooth, the pike can not escape.

Put the fresh pike crab gently into the inside, injected just over the pike crab water, let it stand up can breathe, and according to the need to save time in the water into a small number of small fish, shrimp.

Tips for identifying the freshness of pike crabs:

① Pick up the pike crab and touch its eyes with your hand to see if it blinks, and blinking indicates freshness.

② Put the pike crab into the water, see if the mouth of the crab will spit bubbles, spit bubbles indicate fresh. Be careful not to put the bundled crab into the water for a long time, because there is not enough oxygen in the water, the crab will suffocate and die soon.

③ Touch the claw. Straighten the smallest claw of the crab and see if it can bend naturally soon, if so, it means the crab is alive.

④ Unbundle the pike crab, see if the crab will crawl on the ground, if it can crawl, it means that the pike crab is very energetic.