View Full Version : Cherax (Aussie lobster) babies!
Tucc185
10-08-2005, 11:42 PM
:D So one of the Australian blue lobsters at work was carrying eggs three weeks ago when she came in. I watched them develop into babies, clinging underneath the mother, figuring she'd probably eat them when they let go. Today, hundreds of fully formed babies crawling around- so I pulled the mother out quick and threw some sinking pellets in, and the babies went on a feeding frenzy. Pretty cool. huh?
Oddball
10-09-2005, 12:01 AM
The larvae are going to pig out 5 times a day (minimum). If you don't keep food constantly available, the larger ones will eat their smaller brothers and sisters. If possible, get some aquarium iodine. These crays will molt often at this age and iodine is necessary to aid them in molting.
These crays are omnivorous with a leaning more towards vegetable protein in their diet. I feed my crays a 50:50 mix of sinking commercial catfish pellets and rabbit pellets. You can also add a piece of driftwood so the crays can benefit from eating the surface bacteria laden softer wood.
As they grow, and if you start running out of room for them, they make great food for most large carnivorous fish. I cull a couple of thousand crays out a week to feed my puffers, lungfishes, polys, etc. My crays are clean, high protein, and gut-loaded so my fish really get a nutritious meal out of them.
Tucc185
10-09-2005, 5:49 PM
Thanks for the info--I'll have to keep that in mind.
bashley
01-02-2006, 4:21 PM
Hey Tucc185
Great to here that your Yabbie at work has had babies, they are known as Yabbies here in Australia. I used to catch they when I was s kid, out of the dams on the farm I lived on. I kept a few in a tank for a while, they are tough critters and its easy to keep them in a tank. They disguard there shell as they grow, and can be extreamly aggresive towards any fish in the tank with them. Have fun watching them grow!
that's awesome. What species of cherax is it? Can you get some pics of the babies?
Geronimo1
08-27-2008, 8:57 PM
where can i get some of these little blue buggers? I have been searching and cant find any in the states