he wouldt have to get LARGE silvers i would think cause there costanly moving and crawfish are lazy. but there is always that chanceAllan01230;4326740; said:
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Hi, I have several colors of crayfish and the blues are by far the most aggressive. The orange Clarkii's are pretty mellow and the white ones (also Clarkii's) are spectacularly beautiful and are also great citizens. I learned the hard way and mixed the white and blue ones and the white ones died as soon as they shed (and were nice and tender). All of the preceding types are sexually dimorphic and breed the old-fashioned way-a boy, a girl, a nice dinner, some candlelight and soft music-okay, they don't need the last two things, but it can't hurt!
I also have the marble self-cloning type (where one can reproduce just fine) and they appear more aggressive than the Clarkii's and less aggressive than the evil blue ones. To complicate things, I just saw a blue self-cloner on aquabid but they are far too expensive right now for normal pet shop inventory.
I also feed the regular brown or red ones to my larger cichlids, my jaquar pair just conditioned on these for the last breeding and their resulting spawn numbered close to 1,000! The XL red ones from the fish market are pretty and big enough to hold their own but have not succeeded in catching any cichlids. Yet.
Consider any tankmates fair game until you have some experience with crayfish.
I also have the marble self-cloning type (where one can reproduce just fine) and they appear more aggressive than the Clarkii's and less aggressive than the evil blue ones. To complicate things, I just saw a blue self-cloner on aquabid but they are far too expensive right now for normal pet shop inventory.
I also feed the regular brown or red ones to my larger cichlids, my jaquar pair just conditioned on these for the last breeding and their resulting spawn numbered close to 1,000! The XL red ones from the fish market are pretty and big enough to hold their own but have not succeeded in catching any cichlids. Yet.
Consider any tankmates fair game until you have some experience with crayfish.
I have 2 wild caught crays. Both are a nice aqua-green in color. They are some great scavengers and at first i was afraid my fish would eat them. But they are sooooo aggressive its unreal. Anything that touches their antenna that moves they open claws and prepare to fight it. They are extremly active and love to climb up things.
They are great to hand feed too. They eat everything, pellets, wafers, fruits, veg, reptile and newt foods. They may get eaten eventually by my large cichlids but until them i am throughly enjoying them in the tank. They are like beastly little water scorpians. My 6in. dempsey is not longer king haha.
They are great to hand feed too. They eat everything, pellets, wafers, fruits, veg, reptile and newt foods. They may get eaten eventually by my large cichlids but until them i am throughly enjoying them in the tank. They are like beastly little water scorpians. My 6in. dempsey is not longer king haha.
And beware, if there is a way for them to escape, they will. Every single night mine climbs up a piece of driftwood then I guess jumps a 6" gap onto a heater and another 4" gap to end up on the powerhead, Every single night!
the blue yabbi's i have are fairly mellow with my small ( 3" convicts, 2 inch flowhorns) they do however run with their claws out when i drop in sinking pellets. its pretty amusing. the generic and also blue crays ive kept, theyve only been able to catch fish that are all torn up and cant move. they will try when you first get them though until they are finally full.
I think 40 gal should be ok. Ive never had any blue crayfish but all the wild caught ones have been fine in my 20 gals. Just make sure if you do decide to add any fish that they aren't much bigger then the cray. My jack Dempsey tore apart my wild caught crayfish that was the same size or bigger.
Also make sure they cannot climb out. I woke up one morning to my dog barking at my cray on the carpet one night.
Also make sure they cannot climb out. I woke up one morning to my dog barking at my cray on the carpet one night.
get a big 14'' red lobster, put the tempereture up to 100 degrees, pinch of salt, black pepper, and gently season in olive oil then put it in a pot on the cook for 1 hour, maybe more.
and remember dont burn the sweet potatoes (sprinkle with various spices) melt butter on the top put on some steamed vegetables and tuck in!
(this was a joke if you didnt know) but on the serious note, it should be fine
and remember dont burn the sweet potatoes (sprinkle with various spices) melt butter on the top put on some steamed vegetables and tuck in!
(this was a joke if you didnt know) but on the serious note, it should be fine
Crayfish only really do well alone. You cant keep them with some fish because they will be eaten, however they are capable of eating fish too. Also Oscars and Bichirs in a 40 gallon is also a bad idea. I think you need to re-think this whole thing.
I had a blue crayfish that a roomate put in my girlfriends community tank. It ate all her Cory cats and a few neons. I pit him on with my jd green terror and Texas, thinking he was going to get eaten right away but he lasted about a year. He molted once fine but got a claw ripped off in a scuffle with the Texas and on his next molt he became lunch. So I guess it's hit or miss make sure the fish are equal or so to the blue. Good luck!
