Crayfish help and or advice...

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Dt313

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Hello all.. I love the aquarium hobby as much as anyone else on this site but I have never owned or thought about owning a cray until recently when I began browsing these fourms and threads and got hooked.. not I live in michigan and am surrounded by water and im sure a few species of crays all around.. but Info on the internet can be a bit wrong sometimes as you all may know.. so what I would GREATLY appreciate from any of you cray owners or enthuists out there who may read this to not only names of some cool looking crays that i could eaither catch or purchase at a lfs but I would also greatly appreciate an attached photograph of any type of crays that are worth while like i said along with the name so i can get a general idea then from there i will find out all the additional details from there on out.. thank you for your time

~DT
 
What's native in your state - http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/country_pages/state_pages/michigan.htm

Cambarus diogenes - You're not likely to run across these as they are decreasing in number in most places, and require specialized traps since they're a burrowing species and not actively found in water systems. They require specialized set-ups to thrive, as well.

Cambarus robustus - One of the larger cambarus species, not too fancy in appearance or coloration. Easy to maintain in most set-ups.

Fallicambarus fodiens - Really nice crayfish, little bit harder to find. But they generally have nice coloration and/or patterning. Easy to maintain in most set-ups.

Orconectes immunis - A small, rather plain crayfish. Very aggressive, but easy to maintain under almost all conditions.

Orconectes propinquus - Very cool crayfish in my opinion, just because they tend to have a much darker coloration than most crayfish. Again, easy to maintain.

Orconectes rusticus - A very large, aggressive species. Invasive in most states, if you catch these don't release them anywhere. But very easy to keep, breed, etc.

Orconectes virilis - Another one of my favorite species. These guys sport huge bumpy claws, are pretty docile and tend to change colors in home aquaria from what they were when they were caught. Very easy to keep, keep the water cooler with these guys and don't try to breed them (it's not possible in home aquariums).

Procambarus acutus acutus - This is a typical bait crayfish that's available at most bait shops. Very easy to keep and breed, and can come in a variety of colors and patterns.

In LFS, it'll vary upon the area and the store. But you'll probably run across the Electric Blue Crayfish (Procambarus alleni), which is easy to keep and breed but highly aggressive. Red Swamp/Radioactive Orange/Ghost White Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), which is easy to keep and breed, moderately aggressive and often found in bright red, orange and pure white (and as feeders in their normal rusty coloration).

I have photos of a lot of these crayfish in my albums if you want to run through, and there are plenty up in the sticky threads.
 
wow thanks for all that my man you seem very educated in this subject.. and lol it figures out of all the species on their the only one I truly find striking is the devil crayfish or
Cambarus diogenes.. Im wondering if they can be found at LFS and on another note what type of setup they would and what type of trap i would need to catch them cause im maybe a 20 minute drive from lake st clair and have a nice nice river flowing maybe 2 miles from my house out back that i could drive back to for some of these beutys
 
Almost a year now, Hi DT313 are you still there? How about the crayfish? any luck? Please send me picture if possible.
Thanks :)

I just love crayfish and wanna know more about their fascinating species
Thanks
 
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