Marble Crayfish not reproducing

[ernie9624]

I have 5 marbles that are a year old 3.5" to 4" and none have ever showed signs of reproducing. I thought they reproduced quickly. Any tips to get them producing?

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

should've reproduced by now. i've heard of smaller showing berries.

on a side note, anyone know any current sellers?

 

[Horiyoshi III]

Got mine off aquabid, seller named cincicichlids.

Do some water changes, increase their hiding spots.
Sounds like they are all in the same tank.They will hold off a berry when things that can eat their young are around.Same note, when they do become free swimming, remove mom for minimal casualties.

 

[ernie9624]

That's who I got these off of. They were all in a 33gallon tank I moved them a month ago to a 50 gallon still no results. I have 2 15s and a 10 I'm going to put one in each to see if that works.

 

[ricomambo]

Try to keep the temperature down to below 70 degrees... 2 of mine had berries just recently... they are about 2.5 inches...

 

[Fat Homer]

mine don't seem to stop berrying... i've even had small (give or take) 1 inchers berry recently...

I guess lots of hiding spots plays a big part in all this as well as food supply?

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

Got mine off aquabid, seller named cincicichlids.

Do some water changes, increase their hiding spots.
Sounds like they are all in the same tank.They will hold off a berry when things that can eat their young are around.Same note, when they do become free swimming, remove mom for minimal casualties.

thank you

 

[Horiyoshi III]

Oh yeah, make no mistake.Those "ladies" know there are others around...separate if possible.I keep mine in a 5 and a 2.5g!

You can raise the young together...but, separate some when they grow.They will all try to moult at the same time, so they can be venerable equally, and no armor-clad crays dismember them.Also, don't feed them to much to fast, they can grow too fat to moult with a mass die off ensuing.If you can get something going you can have perpetual food for anything you could feed a cray to.

 

[Danger_Chicken]

I had 3 in a 30g for 11 months with no berries. I got tired of them and fed two to my puffer, the last one berried within a few days. I keep the temp between 74-76. Once they got going they didn't stop.

 

[hernandez.j91]

Maybe there not real self cloning crayfish. My marbled. Crayfish just released her younglast week. They are not hard to self clone. Just clean water and food. Makes them happy.