Crayfish for food source

[peterp63]

Man, I gotta agree with toby. In the wild almost everything has some sort of parasite, etc. Many die from them and many are strong enough to provide for themselves, as well, and survive. That's one instance where nature takes its course. In captivity the rays we own are lucky enough to not have to fend off these parasites because our pets are captive bred and/or treated for them. They have enough stress to deal with being confined to a tank, water changes, the food we feed, etc. It's not worth introducing wild food to our pets IMO.

 

[FishDog]

I have not done this yet but have been down to the creek and eyeballed them. I was planning on catching some last year and putting in a QT tank for a week then feed to my rays but then the dream went away. Just might have to do it this year.

 

[Just Toby]

I have not done this yet but have been down to the creek and eyeballed them. I was planning on catching some last year and putting in a QT tank for a week then feed to my rays but then the dream went away. Just might have to do it this year.

I don't think a qt tank for 1 week will make any difference unless you are doing something to them in that week, if you were building something to kill off parasites then it would take a bit of research. I think you may need salt baths and uv but do not really know.

 

[Ade]

I think 1 Massivore has more nutrition than a 3 inch crayfish. Shame Massivore is so expensive

I'll stick to pellets and frozen prawns

I do however like how fish or rays go mental chasing live food.



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[PGill]

Is there a reason you can't simply cook them first. If you want to buy crayfish, you can for few dollars a dozen at any bait shop