Can you help identify my "yabby"??

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matt123;2296935; said:
nice cray !! and yeah these guys get pretty meaty when adult.
il pop up some pics of my male RC when i get home so you can see ! hes about 24cm at the mo and looks like hes preparing to mault again :) :)
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Thanks. I would like to see some pics if you want to post them. I think the males get bigger than the females, but not by much. Do you have any fish in with your red claw? I tried putting a pleco in with mine to clean up the tank and it was only a matter of minutes before the pleco became her lunch.
 
BTB0923;2297247; said:
Thanks. I would like to see some pics if you want to post them. I think the males get bigger than the females, but not by much. Do you have any fish in with your red claw? I tried putting a pleco in with mine to clean up the tank and it was only a matter of minutes before the pleco became her lunch.
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ok will post up some pics when i get back home !
i must say tho that this particular cray is extremely docile and lived in my comunity tank with about 40 small fish till he was about 5" and now has a 4ft tank with just a large plec (the plec is about 10" tho)

i think the trick to getting fish and cray to house together is basic thinking of where they spend most of their time ie cray = bottom so if you were to get some fish in there some mid to top swimmers would be best but its a long shot!

my friend has a female of about the same size as yours and within 3 days had eaten his shoal of minnows ! so its really not advisable to keep them with fish but its down to the individual crature and its temprement !!
 
synodontisjack;2297405; said:
females actually get a bit bigger than males and females are more docile and are less likely to kill other fish though its still likely.
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Thats good to know, I want my female to get as big as possible. I've decided to dedicate an entire tank to her since I think she will probably eat any other fish I put in with her. Do you have any pics of your 10" males (is that one in your avatar)?? It seems like everywhere I read online they say quads only grow to 8". If you've got some 10" males and females are supposed to get larger than males, then that gives me a little hope that maybe she will grow HUGE.
 
[/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]ok so heres my brute ! as i said before i am very lucky to have such a docile cray and i realy wouldnt advise keeping them with fish unless you have plenty of money to spare :grinno::grinno:
oh and just for reference the skeleton is 10" high !!

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matt123;2298015; said:
[/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]ok so heres my brute ! as i said before i am very lucky to have such a docile cray and i realy wouldnt advise keeping them with fish unless you have plenty of money to spare :grinno::grinno:
oh and just for reference the skeleton is 10" high !!
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You exaggerated :grinno: lol That skeleton is really only 6.5 " high, you rounded up, huh?
 
BTB0923;2298135; said:
Sweet. I wish mine had the red spots on her claws like that. I'm startin to think I might have to get mine a boyfriend :D I'd be a little worried they might fight if I added a male though.
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Do the girls get the red on their claws, or is it only for the boys?
 
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