crawdads/crayfish

[rallysman]

Instead of buying crayfish, I would recomend catching them from a local creek, lake, or pond. I have them w/ fish in my tank, and as long as the fish are big enough, but not big enough to eat them, then you should be fine.

You have to be careful doing that....you can introduce disease that way, but if quar. right you're good to go

 

[ewurm]

You have to be careful doing that....you can introduce disease that way, but if quar. right you're good to go

Never take advice from someone that uses a dead orca on the moon as his avatar. LOL

 

[froggyfiend]

is it really okay to clip a claw?!? And how the hell do ya do it? And if ya do it, then how do they eat? sounds painful, and I love all creatures (except for spiders, scorpions and bugs) and DO NOT by any means want to hurt it.

 

[froggyfiend]

The claws regenerate. Unlike dogs or cats.
The crayfish were being sold as food in a Korean Market....unlike dogs or cats...well unlike Kroger anyway.

I don't want a tank full of crawdads. These are more interesting than locally caught because they are bright red and good scavengers under my exodon. I'm cruel I guess in that I don't hold crayfish to the same ethical standards of life as mammals. I also step on spiders. I'm sure there's a seperate layer in hell devoted to those like me.

LMAO! Looks like I will be sharing that seperate layer in hell with ya, cause I too, step on spiders.......too funny

 

[guppy]

I have had crayfish kill fish larger than themselves.

 

[fisher12889]

is it really okay to clip a claw?!? And how the hell do ya do it? And if ya do it, then how do they eat? sounds painful, and I love all creatures (except for spiders, scorpions and bugs) and DO NOT by any means want to hurt it.

Crayfish can regenerate their claws. Instead of clipping their claws, you could also use a small rubber band to hold them shut.

 

[Havey]

Crayfish can regenerate their claws. Instead of clipping their claws, you could also use a small rubber band to hold them shut.

Hmmmm....I don't think I would want to risk having a rubber band in my tank. I saw a large arowana die from swallowing a large rubber band and it didn't pass.

They lose there claws all the time in the wild and they grow back. They don't eat with the large claws other than to catch and hold prey. They use the little claws by their mouths to eat. I don't touch those.

 

[rayman45]

i always rip the claws off when they molt they grow back

 

[Recycling Works]

I just take a sizzors and cut one half of the pincher off, the bottom litteler half, they use them to hold pray, they use longer thinner pinchers just underneath the big one to eat with, if you disable the large claw they have a tough time holding large prey, it usually escapes, so theyjust scavange and keep your bottom clean for you. It is not at all painfull for them, they dont even seem to notice. I highly recomend them for any tank, very cool critters