big crab

[guesswho2005]

I would love to see pics of a 2-foot goldfish. I thought they only got 10-12" max.

Gold fish sorry, they are gold but are in Carp family not fancy at all just big and gold. My golds fish were close to 15" they were used as feeders. My buddy loved them since I owned then for almost five years. From what I undersand his snakehead and Arampias loved them too. All were over 4" thick.

 

[rayman45]

i feed 12-14" goldfish to my sh

 

[guesswho2005]

i want

Rayman, were did you get the pic of those crayfish. Man those are about the size of the Blue lobsters from Austrialia. DO you know if they get any bigger. I bet you would not have a live plant in your tank with those big boys......

 

[rayman45]

i dont remeber

 

[Veneer]

Rayman, were did you get the pic of those crayfish. Man those are about the size of the Blue lobsters from Austrialia. DO you know if they get any bigger. I bet you would not have a live plant in your tank with those big boys......

They're not crayfish - rather, they're prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), and have been known to attain total lengths (including extended chelipeds) of around 26 inches, at which point they will kill or maim most cohabitants.

I recently purchased some 5-inch juveniles from Petco at $5.99 each under the heading of "Long-Arm Prawn".

Images:

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/prawn.jpg
http://southcenters.osu.edu/aqua/intro/sld013.htm
http://www.papuaweb.org/gb/foto/muller/ecology/08/

 

[rayman45]

get me some THAT big

 

[Astro_Creep]

If you want to keep crawfish then when they molt you need to put in a cave or something they only they can fit into.

 

[beef137]

have you tried yabbies??? theyre sold as blue lobsters over here, and theyre the only crawfish we can legaly keep. only problem is the one i had would ignore the fish in his tank for a couple of months, then pig out over night, nothing left in the tank but dave (the crawfish) looking fat and smug. i never had anything touch him, even when he was moulting

 

[invisyblegypsey]

blue crabs are marine, and require cold temperatures dont they?

red claw crabs are too small, ive lost about 10 of those things due to my cichlids eating them or them crawling out of the tank

There aren't any monster crabs we know of that are available in the hobby, or that you wouldnt have to end up paying a hundred bucks for. Stick with a crayfish.

blue crabs can be kept in FW i have caught lots of them in fresh water byous in La.

 

[likestofish]

They're not crayfish - rather, they're prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), and have been known to attain total lengths (including extended chelipeds) of around 26 inches, at which point they will kill or maim most cohabitants.

I recently purchased some 5-inch juveniles from Petco at $5.99 each under the heading of "Long-Arm Prawn".

Images:

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/prawn.jpg
http://southcenters.osu.edu/aqua/intro/sld013.htm
http://www.papuaweb.org/gb/foto/muller/ecology/08/

Those are sold at a local market as freshwater shrimp for 2.99 a pound.