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[kamikaziechameleon]

salt, i just had a cray fish with some crazy worms alllllll over him, gave him a very heavy salt bath for like 5 min, when i say heavy i mean it. he was knee deep in visible salt and the water only covered him, swirld it around for a bit, he rolled over like he was dead, and i went to pick him up and he pinched the fire out of me, so i put him in some fresh water and like new, no parasites

Noted, thanks. It makes sense, salt baths are great for fresh water fish diseases.

 

[kamikaziechameleon]

I mean personally, i started keeping Crystal Red Shrimp not too long ago, although not the super expensive SSS grade ones that cost $500+ a pop, but have spent a good $100+ on shrimp so far and haven't QT'd any of them yet and touch wood, not had any problems or losses...

fingers crossed!

 

[Smertrios]

Not sure how long they live my oldest is just over 4" and maybe 6 months. Have a pic of the crayfish? That said I have other crayfish that are just over 2-1/2" and the same age but since they berried up they got a bit behind on growth (the big one has not berried up yet).

Using fry for food? heh... I had some baby neons in a tank *full* of marbled crayfish and they did ok (maybe 39 gallons and 100+ pairs of little claws 8 of which are adult size). In my tank tho I let food hang around so there is always something for them to eat and as a consequence my tanks get dirty fast because uneaten food falls in the gravel and turns into muck *but* I've had good success with the crays. There is also a bunch of algae I let grow on everything except the front pane of glass.

Put in a small piece of cucumber just make sure it sinks thats what I was feeding my crayfish at first and they like it alot. I've now switched to using purina sinking catfish food it works great but like I said I end up cleaning the gravel quite a bit because of it =>

Only asking to see the cray because I'm hoping it will reveal something.

 

[kamikaziechameleon]

Ok, I'll grab him for a photo tonight.