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Crayfish

Post by PolishPuff »

Would that be the crayfish I could feed to my puffers ?

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Yep but I get them 1 at a time from Ocean Design for around $2 ea. They are delivered on Tuesdays.
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Pufferpunk wrote:Yep but I get them 1 at a time from Ocean Design for around $2 ea. They are delivered on Tuesdays.
I remember you told me about it, its just when I called ( couple minutes ago ) they had none.

May be if, I can give my Cango couple live ones and freeze the rest :scared: ( it's OK to do that right )
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I don't see why not,although the cray might feel differently about it. Better than getting eaten alive, I guess...

OD wasn't expecting a shipment of them today?
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I'd worry about the claws. They can be de-clawed before feeding to the puffers :)
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or you could get marble crayfish, they clone themselfs, and they pop out a lot of babies
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xrayjeeper83 wrote:or you could get marble crayfish, they clone themselfs, and they pop out a lot of babies

I dont think I have much room for another tank :(
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Jt has some and says he keeps them in a 10G tank. So you dont need a large tank.
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edit......jtbadco
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Re: Crayfish

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xrayjeeper83 wrote:Jt has some and says he keeps them in a 10G tank. So you dont need a large tank.

If 10g tank is fine then I might get one.

Do Blue crayfish clone them self's as "easy" as marble crayfish ?

Cuz my LFS has Blue cray fish for $19.99
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Nope, and they'll eat any babies too.
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ya marbles are the only one that clone, and they dont eat babies
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Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded
Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded
Congo Puffer ------------Traded
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Re: Crayfish

Post by PolishPuff »

OK, THX guys :)

It looks like another tank then :roll:

I was thinking 10 gal tank, heavy planted with school of Cardinal Tetras and marble crayfish. That should work out right?
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I think the crays will eat all of your plants. I remember reading that they really like plants.
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