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08-15-2008, 06:25 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Omaha, NE
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|  Fill them tanks with crayfish... Breeding project with blue and white Procambarus alleni: Some of you may recall the blue pair's mating video: YouTube - Blue Crayfish Mating Their offspring are currently being raised together in my 38 gal. tank. Here are some fairly current pics of the adults:   The female can be seen here...not the most graceful pose...  Right now I'm waiting for the blue female to berry-up from the mating with the white male. Growing collection of wild-caught crays:   Mostly to be kept singly as 'show specimens,' although I have kept several extra O. neglectus on-hand (two pairs) for future attempts at breeding them. BV
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08-15-2008, 06:37 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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| quick question...can blue crays be kept in a tank with fish, or will they eat the fish?
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08-15-2008, 07:35 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas
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| I'm not a huge fan of crayfish, but those are some beautiful looking crays you got there, makes me almost want one. Of course I'm just tired of having to fish them out of our swimming pool everytime it rains, those buggers are fast!
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08-15-2008, 08:06 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On my office chair playing Runescape
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| Eww your makeing the kids watch mom make more babies. Have you fed Triton and the sal some baby crays???
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08-16-2008, 02:02 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Omaha, NE
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| Thanks for the comments.  Quote:
Their success rate depends a lot upon tank size and layout, along with the size of cray(s) and what types/sizes of fish are in with them. If I were to keep one as a pet in a 10-20 gal. tank (or larger), I'd probably house them with something like guppies. Sure, the cray would be bound to nab some up once in a while, but the guppies ought to reproduce enough to keep pace with any losses. Another choice might be something like white clouds or smaller tetras. BV
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08-16-2008, 02:05 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Omaha, NE
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08-16-2008, 02:41 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Carolina
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| WOW BV! Very impressive   
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