Shock to see baby crayfish in my sump

[Pangong_ilong]

:eek: I was feeding my crayfish and saw something in my sump. I saw a small figure behind my pump and got a flashlight to check out what it was. I saw 2 small crayfish. And i'm like, how did it happened. The crayfish was about 1" long. I remember buying two of them a while back but he got eaten by the remaining crayfish.
So how could this happen? Any info would be great.
Thanks
Ben

[USMCtanker]

u sure they got eaten. i thoght that once but they just shed there exo shell or what ever its called. it looks just like a dead one but its just the outher shell, then they go hide tell there new stuff gets hard

[Pangong_ilong]

M pretty sure he got eaten.

[Recycling Works]

yea, tanker right, ive had crayfish for years, they molt, leaving a perfect skeletal likeness of themselves, which fish chew on, and then yea it looks just like they are eating your crafish.
fun to watch them molt, its like they give birth to themselves, keep a little higher temp if you want them to molt easier

[USMCtanker]

ya i thoght mine was dead bc when there down they are soft for a while and they hide. anyway my wife was siting on the ****er and then my 5" blue crayfish cam under the door and ran at her ya it ran at here. i thoght he was dead for a week but he was around the house. hahhaa

[Pangong_ilong]

See, mines not even that big. It's about 3-4" only. So how can she produce baby w/ a mate?

[Recycling Works]

ya i thoght mine was dead bc when there down they are soft for a while and they hide. anyway my wife was siting on the ****er and then my 5" blue crayfish cam under the door and ran at her ya it ran at here. i thoght he was dead for a week but he was around the house. hahhaa

Yea man, ive had that happen too, had one clank across the floor at a girlfriend years ago, she flipped, blood curdleing scream, i run in there, and its just a stupid escaped crayfish walking around clankin his claws on the lenoleum.

ive also found a few all dried up, like behind the tv, under the couch, they are good at getting out

[USMCtanker]

ya i have found my share of dried ones and crabs to

[guppy]

If you had a female carrying eggs when you got her they might be survivors.

[Pangong_ilong]

If you had a female carrying eggs when you got her they might be survivors.
I think so. She must have been fertile when she ate her mate. Now, the 2 crayfish are in separate tanks.

[jtrotter77]

yea my wife hates that, in fact its difficult for me to keep any crawfish now for that reason, One day she went to put on a shoe and crunch, the squashed a dried up daddy. wondering what it was she grabed it and pulled it about half way out then she threw her shoe across the room and screamed :) good times

[DeLgAdO]

Yea man, ive had that happen too, had one clank across the floor at a girlfriend years ago, she flipped, blood curdleing scream, i run in there, and its just a stupid escaped crayfish walking around clankin his claws on the lenoleum.

ive also found a few all dried up, like behind the tv, under the couch, they are good at getting out
:ROFL:

[rreising]

i had a few dads, but they kept getting out. i could never figure out just how they did it.

[werdna]

lol i oce put crawfish in my tak.. and they crawled out lol my mom was pissed

[cmersits]

wow thats really cool, that happened once with me with a little cat fish

[dmarinko]

thats similar what haqppened to me