I'm interested in breeding freshwater crayfish since they look like large shrimp and small lobsters. However, I know nothing about them. Any advice on where to start? I've bred red cherry shrimp successfully but I know that those are super easy to breed. Are there any similarities between the two?
Breeding Freshwater Crayfish
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I love your reason why to breed them lol. I have no idea personally, but am interested in seeing what the experts advise
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I'm no expert but I have bred red crayfish(Clarkii). They're pretty easy, very similar to cherry shrimp. They are just more aggressive, once a berried female drops craylets; they need to be separated. Betta jars works for this purpose.
Update: I just ordered 10 marbled crayfish on aquabid for super cheap ($1 per crayfish and shipping was $13). These crayfish reproduce by "cloning" themselves. I have a very shallow understanding of how they reproduce. They're all female and the eggs they produce are somehow self-fertilized. They hold the eggs for 1-2 months and then they lay the eggs. It seems like they're super easy to care for. I'll post updates when I get the crayfish in the mail. Hopefully within two days!
keep us updated, I would like to know more about marbled crays. I want to know if 1 cray turns into 50 in 6 months. Or does it require 2 or more "females"? what causes them to suddenly reproduce? etc. keep us updated.
Marbled cray turn one single female into hundreds of clones. They do in fact clone themselves without the need for a mate.
Easiest cray I've had. Drop them in a tank and feed them. They'll do the rest.
Same as any other organism. Clean and healthy environment, plenty of food, and the natural desire to continue the species.
I'm hoping to get some great advice from this page as I'm currently working on breeding P. clarkii.
What would you recommend to someone new to breeding crayfish? I'm still having some issues with keeping water parameters in check but not sure what to do afterwards.
What would you recommend to someone new to breeding crayfish? I'm still having some issues with keeping water parameters in check but not sure what to do afterwards.
