Choice of breeding
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Crayfish will do it anywhere, anytime, with anyone in my experience. All you need is a male and a female and some time for them to warm up to each other and bam. They will mate. May take a few shots before the female get's uh... fertilized. But they will do it eventually.
Sexing them isn't that hard ether.
Sexing them isn't that hard ether.
I haven't bred the crays, but I have the shrimp. It is actually very easy. They also love planted tanks. You don't even need seperate tanks unless you want to try selective breeding, which by some accounts works, and some it doesn't. the only filter I'd reccomend would be something like a sponge filter. I've used cannister and HOB filters, but you need to cover the intakes so the small shrimp don't get sucked in. Frequent water changes help as well. Feed them algae tablets, and they breed like crazy. I started out with 10 and now I have 200 in just one tank. If you have any questions just pm me.
Althought shrimp breed readily, there are many species that have very specific requirements...CRS being one of them. Before you invest your money, you should hve a good idea of what your hardness and pH are. Although alot of crays are less discerning about those parameters, CRS will not do well in hard water at all and are pretty particular about water temperature. They like cooler waters, a neutral to soft pH and low low hardness. I would not recommend them at all for a beginner invertebrate keeper unless your source water matches these aforementioned parameters.
msjinkzd;3589363; said:
I would start with crayfish. A good P. alleni or P. clarkii to get you going. They aren't hard at all. Plus the hundreds of little blue babies are to cute to pass up.
