Blue Crayfish/Crawfish

[C H]

Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
interested in them and would like to know more about them.
P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like to
hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly tankmates...
Thx

[JHudson]

"C H" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
> interested in them and would like to know more about them.
> P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like to
> hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly tankmates...
> Thx
>
>
I have a fellow in with 2 chinese algae eaters, a flying flox, red-tailed
black shark, 2 banded loaches and feeder guppies. He's fairly easy to care
for, I feed my crab cuisine by hikari(sp?) and what guppies he can catch.
He'll also eat the other sinking foods. Neat creature, but any tank mates
have to be quick, stay out of reach or too big for him to subdue.
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[blove]

i have 3 local crayfish in my tank, they are fun to watch. the only
difference from the blue crayfish is that they are floridian and are blue.
crayfish will eat anything that they catch in their claws and they like
algae disks and bottom feeder tablets too. mine always redecorate, moving
the plants and making dens under decorations and if ya have live plants,
they like to destroy the roots. i had 2 before in a 10 gallon with feeder
minnows, and they grew huge, one turned blue, he was my fave but one mornin
he had escaped and i stepped on his corpse in my socked feet. ya wanna make
sure there is no hole in the hood, even if there isnt anything for it to
climb on to get up there they will swim up and crab on, they are smart lil
buggers.


"C H" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
> interested in them and would like to know more about them.
> P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like to
> hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly tankmates...
> Thx
>
>

[Craig Williams]

Yeah I have been into crayfish for some time now. I have Cherax Quads
(Australian), P. Peninsulanus & will be breeding Alenni come summer. For
great info on blue crays or crays in general check out.

www.Bluecrayfish.com
www.Canadiancrayfish.tk

"C H" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
> interested in them and would like to know more about them.
> P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like to
> hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly tankmates...
> Thx
>
>

[Craig Williams]

Most crays should be kept in a species setup as they will go after any slow,
sleeping or injured fish when they get a chance. The most common blue
crayfish the Procambarus Alleni (North American)
http://www.bluecrayfish.com/cray9.jpg next would be the
Cherax Quadricarinatus (Australian)
http://www.aquahobby.de/fotos/krebse/quadri2.jpg and the new kid on the
block is the blue color morph of the
Orconectes immunis (North American)
http://www.vwot.org/~amgclk55/images/BOB4.jpg

Not all crays can be kept with other species or even members of the same
species as they are usually solitary in the wild.

"C H" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
> interested in them and would like to know more about them.
> P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like to
> hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly tankmates...
> Thx
>
>

[Josh Mills]

In article >, amgclk55
@sympatico.ca says...
> Most crays should be kept in a species setup as they will go after any slow,
> sleeping or injured fish when they get a chance. The most common blue
> crayfish the Procambarus Alleni (North American)
> http://www.bluecrayfish.com/cray9.jpg next would be the
> Cherax Quadricarinatus (Australian)
> http://www.aquahobby.de/fotos/krebse/quadri2.jpg and the new kid on the
> block is the blue color morph of the
> Orconectes immunis (North American)
> http://www.vwot.org/~amgclk55/images/BOB4.jpg
>
> Not all crays can be kept with other species or even members of the same
> species as they are usually solitary in the wild.
>
> "C H" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
> > interested in them and would like to know more about them.
> > P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like to
> > hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly tankmates...
> > Thx
> >
> >
>
>
>
Are these blue craws the same thing I see at petmart sold as Australian
blue freshwater lobsters?

Josh

[C H]

> Are these blue craws the same thing I see at petmart sold as Australian
> blue freshwater lobsters?
>
> Josh

From what I have found so far, what the LFS's are calling freshwater lobster
is actually just a crawfish. It said that lobsters are sal****er and
crayfish are fresh. Just a fancy name:) If I'm wrong, someone correct
me.

Curtis

[Josh Mills]

In article >, says...
> > Are these blue craws the same thing I see at petmart sold as Australian
> > blue freshwater lobsters?
> >
> > Josh
>
> From what I have found so far, what the LFS's are calling freshwater lobster
> is actually just a crawfish. It said that lobsters are sal****er and
> crayfish are fresh. Just a fancy name:) If I'm wrong, someone correct
> me.
>
> Curtis
>
>
>
That's what I though but I wanted to be sure. If I recall they get a
pretty penny for them too. Like 9.99 or 19.99, I can't remember which
though.

Josh

[luminos]

19.99 generally. A plain old crayfish is just as interesting. They are
really clever and destructive of aquascapes and slow inhabitants however.

"Josh Mills" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >, says...
> > > Are these blue craws the same thing I see at petmart sold as
Australian
> > > blue freshwater lobsters?
> > >
> > > Josh
> >
> > From what I have found so far, what the LFS's are calling freshwater
lobster
> > is actually just a crawfish. It said that lobsters are sal****er and
> > crayfish are fresh. Just a fancy name:) If I'm wrong, someone
correct
> > me.
> >
> > Curtis
> >
> >
> >
> That's what I though but I wanted to be sure. If I recall they get a
> pretty penny for them too. Like 9.99 or 19.99, I can't remember which
> though.
>
> Josh

[Craig Williams]

Yeah they can range anywhere from $9.99 to $50.00US depending on how rare
they are. Anything you see in the LFS that says Lobster is just a trade name
as there are no freshwater lobsters. They are just crays. If it says
Australian its prob. a Cherax Quad as they are the most common. They will
get over 7" long & will clear your tank of fish if given the chance. You can
even find some Blue Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) & they will get up to 70cm

"Josh Mills" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >, amgclk55
> @sympatico.ca says...
> > Most crays should be kept in a species setup as they will go after any
slow,
> > sleeping or injured fish when they get a chance. The most common blue
> > crayfish the Procambarus Alleni (North American)
> > http://www.bluecrayfish.com/cray9.jpg next would be the
> > Cherax Quadricarinatus (Australian)
> > http://www.aquahobby.de/fotos/krebse/quadri2.jpg and the new kid on the
> > block is the blue color morph of the
> > Orconectes immunis (North American)
> > http://www.vwot.org/~amgclk55/images/BOB4.jpg
> >
> > Not all crays can be kept with other species or even members of the same
> > species as they are usually solitary in the wild.
> >
> > "C H" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
> > > interested in them and would like to know more about them.
> > > P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like
to
> > > hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly
tankmates...
> > > Thx
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> Are these blue craws the same thing I see at petmart sold as Australian
> blue freshwater lobsters?
>
> Josh

[IDzine01]

When I was researching Blue crays I found these guys on another
message board. Check out Bluecrayfish.com They were really helpful and
answered all my questioned professionally.

> > > "C H" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Anyone here raise these crayfish or have them in their tanks? I am
> > > > interested in them and would like to know more about them.
> > > > P.S. I have searched Google and visited a few sites, just would like
> to
> > > > hear input from otherson their care, breeding and possibly
> tankmates...