any 1 no where i can get a marble crayfish from?

[dmill82]

please any 1 no where i can get a marble crayfish from would be really helpful.

[edmlfc1]

Try aquabid.com I've seen them on there before.

[Agnate]

You can get one from my tank if you're in Ottawa.

I don't ship though, sorries.

[apachepufferman]

marbledcrayfish.com. I got three from him.

they still haven't bred yet and its frustrating but I have three!

[Agnate]

My two monsters recently bred, but I also had a few fish added to the tank (roommate closed his and needed a temporary rehome for two SAEs), so I think that might have shocked most of the babies. I have seen about 4-5 baby crayfish that are bigger than adult cherry shrimp (two adult crayfish are about 6 inches or so), but hopefully there are a bunch more hidden in the decorations (they're in a 50 gallon breeder).

Anyone else here breed crayfish?

[dmill82]

i would like to for big al, my fahaka

[dmill82]

is this a marble crayfish?

[Agnate]

Uhhh, I dunno. Mine looks like:
http://www.geocities.jp/ideryusei/marmorskrabbe.jpg

Here's a great resource for them:
http://www.marbledcrayfish.com/

[jimi]

there kind of cute ( but have the creepiest mouths ever)

[apachepufferman]

that does look like mine. Mine will turn redish like that and then darken up with mood changes. How much is is?

Agnate- How long did it take for your crays to breed? How often a year do they breed? Lastly how big were they when they started breeding?

thanks

[Agnate]

Umm, well, I kinda just set up a tank my furnace room (50 gallon breeder I got for $30 and some spare HOB filters that were lying around the house). I think the tank was up for about 4-5 months now, and the crays were about 4-5 inches or so before I noticed baby crayfish swimming around (I got the crays at about 1.5 inches).

To be honest, though, I don't check the tank very often (maybe once a week, if they're lucky), and there are also cherry shrimp in there, so I didn't even notice the baby crays until they started outgrowing the cherries! ^_^ My roommate and I would just toss in our extra plant trimmings and I just check to make sure there's still enough in there.

[apachepufferman]

i guess i need to stop looking a maybe I'll just notice them one day. Did you do any special substrate for the babies to hide in or just normal gravel?

[Agnate]

Well, I had a bunch of already cycled gravel (I think), so I just dumped that in there. If you're starting up a tank, use crushed coral or aragonite, as they'll be WAY healthier from the added calcium. I put in pieces of coral rock, though, to compensate for the lack of calcium-rich substrate, so I'm sure that's helped a bit.

When I move in 6 months, I'm going to replace their substrate with a mix of aragonite and crushed coral, and plumb that system in with Abe's to-be-bought 40-50 gallon breeder to give them more water volume and whatnot. Plus, I'll just be able to pluck his food from under his tank, then, haha!

[apachepufferman]

i saw one baby today that was the size of a small ghost shrimp. I didn't see any others though. I wonder if one of my fish in the tank was eating the babies. I will have to find out which one it was and take him out. Those aren't for him!!!!

[Agnate]

If there isn't lots of calcium present (both dissolved and solid), it's possible that a lot of babies will die after their first molt. It's one reason many people suggest using aragonite and crushed coral.