Blue CrayFish

[black_sun]

Just how many crayfish do you have?

12+ species and counting ^_^

 

[Photongreen7]

12+ species and counting ^_^

Hey i saw that other thread where the cray fish was killed, i was hoping to add cichlids but now im afraid their gonna tear pinchy apart.

 

[black_sun]

Hey i saw that other thread where the cray fish was killed, i was hoping to add cichlids but now im afraid their gonna tear pinchy apart.

Adult Cherax quads can be kept with certain species of cichlids safely. You may lose cichlid fry, though. But at your cray's current size, cichlids would likely pick at the antennas and legs, and could potentially cause real injury or death when your crayfish molted.

 

[Photongreen7]

Adult Cherax quads can be kept with certain species of cichlids safely. You may lose cichlid fry, though. But at your cray's current size, cichlids would likely pick at the antennas and legs, and could potentially cause real injury or death when your crayfish molted.

yeah yours looks like a armored tank . Mine i think is still relatively soft. I would take him out when he molted temporally, how long until his skeleton is hard enough to put him back in?

 

[black_sun]

yeah yours looks like a armored tank . Mine i think is still relatively soft. I would take him out when he molted temporally, how long until his skeleton is hard enough to put him back in?

Oh, he is an armored tank... that's for sure. He bulldozes through everything, I've seen him flip the rocks I have in his tank because they were in his way (and be d@mned, that makes me nervous as heck... I can see a wall cracking in the future).

Generally, about a day. Sometimes less, sometimes more. You'll see them walking around during that time frame and you may think their shell has hardened, but if you were to touch them you'd see they're still really soft. It's usually best not to bother them when they've molted, because you can do a lot of damage unintentionally. (I do move some of mine though, I try to take individuals away from their mates to ensure no one's hungry bf/gf decides to eat them. Doesn't always work out though, crays aren't always going to molt when you're paying attention.)

 

[Otto_VonBacon]

12+ species and counting ^_^

wow, how many of each species?

Oh, he is an armored tank... that's for sure. He bulldozes through everything, I've seen him flip the rocks I have in his tank because they were in his way (and be d@mned, that makes me nervous as heck... I can see a wall cracking in the future).

Generally, about a day. Sometimes less, sometimes more. You'll see them walking around during that time frame and you may think their shell has hardened, but if you were to touch them you'd see they're still really soft. It's usually best not to bother them when they've molted, because you can do a lot of damage unintentionally. (I do move some of mine though, I try to take individuals away from their mates to ensure no one's hungry bf/gf decides to eat them. Doesn't always work out though, crays aren't always going to molt when you're paying attention.)

Yeah, sometimes they molt at night, and you wake up to find A)dead crayfish B) half dead crayfish C) new and improved crayfish preferably option C.

 

[black_sun]

wow, how many of each species?

Ranges from 1-3 permanent members of each species. Most of them breed, so the number jumps up with the berries (but I sell off the offspring or use them as feeders, so the number goes back down eventually lol)

 

[Photongreen7]

Ranges from 1-3 permanent members of each species. Most of them breed, so the number jumps up with the berries (but I sell off the offspring or use them as feeders, so the number goes back down eventually lol)

That's awesome. Dam i had to work today so i couldn't receive the heater from the fed ex person. And its getting pretty chilly in Houston now...any advice.

 

[black_sun]

That's awesome. Dam i had to work today so i couldn't receive the heater from the fed ex person. And its getting pretty chilly in Houston now...any advice.

As long as your tank isn't dropping below the 60's (the lowest they can take without starting to die off is 55f), it's okay in the short run. Your cray is just going to be more sluggish than normal, since they do best in waters around 75-80.

If you think it's getting too cold, do partial water changes and replace the water with warm water (I had to do this with a few fish tanks when my heaters broke this winter... pain in the ass, but I couldn't let the tanks drop without killing my fish). Also, if you have any of those heat/ice packs... heat them up, seal them in a ziploc bag and float them in the tank (the reverse works well in the summer if your tanks heat up too much).

 

[Otto_VonBacon]

That's awesome. Dam i had to work today so i couldn't receive the heater from the fed ex person. And its getting pretty chilly in Houston now...any advice.

That cold front was a B!@#$ wasn't it?

Raining on top of it.

I live north of Houston