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Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:41 am
by Arny
Hey Guys
Is it ok to breed Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank?
Would the snails eat the crayfishs eggs and visa versa?
What size tank would you recommend to breed both these animals?
Thanks
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:48 am
by xrayjeeper83
Need two tanks.
Snails wont be able to eat the cray eggs since they are attached to the mom. But the crays WILL eat all the snail eggs.
You can use a 20g for the marbleds and just about anything for the snails
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:54 am
by Arny
xrayjeeper83 wrote:Need two tanks.
Snails wont be able to eat the cray eggs since they are attached to the mom. But the crays WILL eat all the snail eggs.
You can use a 20g for the marbleds and just about anything for the snails
Thx Mate
Would 5 Marbles be enough?
I've been told that the Marbles I'm getting are roughly 1inch long. What age/size do they start to breed?
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:25 am
by xrayjeeper83
ive noticed mine started showing eggs at about 1.5 inchs.
I started with 3. Hell you can start with 1 thats whats nice about them lol. BUt if you start with 5 you will build a big colony quickly.
I keep mine in a 55 so I can have plenty of room for them all.
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:57 am
by Arny
Is it best to get moss balls for them rather than other plants?
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:59 am
by Corvus
My older ones ate everything... well except the rocks maybe.
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:07 am
by RTR
Crays are, to put it mildly, opportunistic feeders. If it is edible, eventually they will eat it.
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:08 pm
by geronimo69
RTR wrote:Crays are, to put it mildly, opportunistic feeders. If it is edible, eventually they will eat it.
I agree. Mine are kept with MTS (they bury themselves and have shells that the krebs can't break) and ghost shrimp. They're too quick for the krebs, but occasionally one will get caught and become lunch.
Re: Breeding Marble Crayfish and snails in the same tank
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:12 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Mine had MTS's in their tank. I watched one cray start randomly digging one day and she pulled a MTS out of the sand and started to pick at it to eat what she could get. Then dropped the shell and it never moved again lol.
Basically anything but sand and rock is fair game for food to them