monster crayfish
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RedDevilDon2005;622305; said:
Its called a Walkamin Strain Cherax Quad( Redclaw ).
Walkamin Redclaw were designed(crossmated) at Walkamin Station is Queensland Australia(now defunct) with 2 of the primary people of which are Dr. Clive Jones and Scott Schanks. It was a government project to boost the freshwater crayfish market where they wanted to see IF they mated native Redclaw from the 5 rivers that they are in and only crossed the ones with the specific genetic traits that they wanted- Could they develop a Redclaw that grew 50% bigger, 50%faster.
The answer was yes; ;and that is what I import, raise and breed now.
I will work on uploading some of my personal pics for you all to see BUT until then you can go to my profile and check out my web site for some pictures of some that are 12inches and over.
I even have the Cherax Park Blues or the "Opals" as I like to call them. The are genetically stable and missing the red and green gene common in Redclaw and they look like an opal and are sometimes so white you can see internal organs after a molt.
I even have the Cherax Park Blues or the "Opals" as I like to call them. The are genetically stable and missing the red and green gene common in Redclaw and they look like an opal and are sometimes so white you can see internal organs after a molt.
I used to LOVE crayfish, still do. I always use to go down to my local river/swamp and walk around in the water catching them under rocks and stuff..
One time I was with a friend, this was I guess almost 15 years ago. We found a man hole cover under the water laying on the soft dirt.
It took both of us to get a good grip and flip it, right after we flipped it the mud cloud was so thick, so I took a random swipe with my net in the cloud of dirt.
In my amazement, I am telling you I caught a 8-9 inch MONSTER!!! Being im in New Jersey, this was considered a MONSTER crayfish, most were never that big.
The net was full of mud so I was so anxious I dipped the net in the water with the crayfish in it, just to wash away the mud, you know what happened right?
The damn thing jumped right from my net, back into the water and was gone
I should have washed it in the bucket but I was just so anxious to get a better look.
To that day we always tryed to catch that beast, but I never saw it again.
I still love crayfish... One time I was actually thinking of mail ordering some of those BIG LIVE ones from Louisiana. You can get great deals on places that sell them to restaurants in bulk.
I would have a crayfish tank setup TOMMOROW, but to this day I have never been able to keep them together.
They always kill each other thats what stinks.
If I could keep just 5 or 6 of them alive without fighting in say a 20-gallon long tank I would do it.
One time I was with a friend, this was I guess almost 15 years ago. We found a man hole cover under the water laying on the soft dirt.
It took both of us to get a good grip and flip it, right after we flipped it the mud cloud was so thick, so I took a random swipe with my net in the cloud of dirt.
In my amazement, I am telling you I caught a 8-9 inch MONSTER!!! Being im in New Jersey, this was considered a MONSTER crayfish, most were never that big.
The net was full of mud so I was so anxious I dipped the net in the water with the crayfish in it, just to wash away the mud, you know what happened right?
The damn thing jumped right from my net, back into the water and was gone
I should have washed it in the bucket but I was just so anxious to get a better look.
To that day we always tryed to catch that beast, but I never saw it again.
I still love crayfish... One time I was actually thinking of mail ordering some of those BIG LIVE ones from Louisiana. You can get great deals on places that sell them to restaurants in bulk.
I would have a crayfish tank setup TOMMOROW, but to this day I have never been able to keep them together.
They always kill each other thats what stinks.
If I could keep just 5 or 6 of them alive without fighting in say a 20-gallon long tank I would do it.