Giant River Prawn

[Veneer]

Some interesting species of particular interest to the titular "monster fish keeper".

M. carcinus

M. heterochirus

M. vollenhovenii

Macrobrachium rosenbergii:

• Specimen against ruler
• "Kentucky King"
• Child holding pair of large specimens
• Exuvia (molted "skin") against ruler
• Owner

 

[dwing]

lets eat, hear there good marinaded

 

[guppy]

Juveniles are very cheap and if you live where it is warm enough they can be dumped into your pond, they are howevere, cannibals and aggresive hunters of fish.

 

[ice-dragon]

over here in Singapore and the rest of Asia we have prawn fishing ponds that are stocked with them. we catch them using a pole with a small hook and line baited with slivers of cockle or meat. ah yes... be careful of the pincers

 

[FormulatedFire]

i had a 4-5" river prawn in with my cichlids for a week or two....and then my jd ripped its face off so it died....that thing cost me 8 bucks at the lfs and they didnt even eat the rest of the thing just the head so i had to clean out the rest

 

[Veneer]

i had a 4-5" river prawn in with my cichlids for a week or two....and then my jd ripped its face off so it died....that thing cost me 8 bucks at the lfs and they didnt even eat the rest of the thing just the head so i had to clean out the rest

With larger specimens, the tables are often turned. Some 12-inch M. rosenbergii will quite literally attempt to shred anything, irrespective of size, kept with them.

 

[lizardfishman]

they sound like crayfish the way everbod. says they rip everythin to pieces

 

[traumatic]

seems like they'd be good climbers. keep a tight lid!

 

[thefishofdoom]

makes me wanna own one of those fine speicemins

 

[Stone Like Fish]

yeah, there like these things here in aus, they get huge, there's a pic of one thats 43cm long and its still like 20cm shorter then the single claw found