Cherax setosus

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

Anybody have them? Are they even available in the US? They look beastly. Any ideas on care, max size etc?

 

[TwistedPenguin]

You should've posted a picture. I tried looking them up and kept coming up with all the other Cherax species.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

you mean like this one? i cant find them at all!! argh!! might have to just practise with other warm water crays(i currently raise cold water crays) then just find me an importer to bring them in.....hmmmm.... lol

 

[TwistedPenguin]

Yea, I saw that picture but that one's a Cherax Destructor. This is my C.destructor. And if these are close enought to what you're looking for then you're in luck because they're for sale in several places although not as easy to find as most others

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

I can find cherax destructors quite easily. R u sure the pic i posted is destructor? I find it listed as setosus. The claws are much shorter than destructor. I know im not great at IDin crays but that does not look like a destructor to me....

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

compare that pic to urs
the claws are very different. man we really could use our old cray guys(black sun and yabba) but they dissappeared

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

here is another pic marked as setosus

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

first has been id as rotundus( possibly called setosus)
second is rotundus setosus. a smaller version.
both are unavailable in us. damn!! hopefully might be able to find an importer to bring them in
im sure someone on here could do it or could help find someone
unless they r illegal which im tryin to find out

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

bump.
i got to talk to yabba, and i noticed that black sun has been on recently. hopefully they will come on more here.
seems like no one can sell these. anybody in austraila wanna help us out here?

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

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