Population density, growth, survival, water quality and larval stage index of purple mud crab, at different feeding regimes and the data on ingestion rate of chosen microalgae, survival and larval development of blue swimming crab, are presented. A twenty days of larval culture from zoeal 1 until megalopa stage under two different feeding regimes of A) Rotifer, nauplii and shrimp meat and B) Rotifer, nauplii and artificial feed is shared. A method on investigation of individual larvae of capability to catch four different types of microalgae within 24 h is also shared. Direct eye observation, data collected through the larval rearing culture of and further statistical analysis were done daily until the crabs reached the megalopa stage. The result obtained from the optimum density of selected microalgae fed by individual larvae of will be combined with the highest survival rate and larval stage index to develop feeding schedule for crab larvae . This dataset has not previously been published and is of great potential for further comparison with other - and future investigation of various feeding regimes affected the crab culture. The collected information could be used as a standard feeding regime for nursery and hatchery seed production of others portunids crabs. The data described in this article are available as a supplementary file to this article.