Lobster/Crayfish 15th Edition

Originally Posted by Tualatin

No worries, bro vivid76, I am sure you can always find some time to indulge yourself in this engaging hobby of keeping crayfish. I look forward to too to seeing you post pictures of a new crayfish tank.

yup recently just upgraded to 4 ft tank for the yabbies as there are so many babies and now just wanting to get them to bigger size ....will post pics once i get everything together....damn i hate work

[luigi545]

Anyone with dwarf orange crayfishes?
After googling around, it seems PH of 7.0 is recommended for crays.
and
read there's a species : marble crayfish which i find it's very beautiful..
i probably be starting soon

Originally Posted by luigi545

Anyone with dwarf orange crayfishes?
After googling around, it seems PH of 7.0 is recommended for crays.
and
read there's a species : marble crayfish which i find it's very beautiful..
i probably be starting soon

Maybe you want to give us the scientific names of the crayfishes you are referring to? Beats having to decipher the numerous common names which could mean different species in different areas.

Generally a neutral pH will do okay for the crayfishes, with slight alkaline conditions also sustainable. Like all crustaceans, crayfishes have shell consisting of Calcium Carbonate and naturally will do better in slight alkaline conditions as compared to slight acidic conditions, when the water is not at a neutral pH of 7.

Originally Posted by Gus

This is my prize catch of 2 hour of crayfish fishing in the morning.

Nice, I see a big piece (female?). Feel like going crayfishing soon for more Common Blues, if not for the heavy workload these days.

BTW the Blue Moons you purchased looked more like Pink Corals. But then again, it might be just another common name mix up. The Blue Moon I meant has a dark blue base on the carapace with blue/green claws and blue legs, as compared to the bright purple base on the carapace with blue claws and blue legs of the ones you have. Both are still yet undescribed formally and are known as Cherax sp. though. There is another species commonly called Red Brick (Cherax lorentzii/sp.), which has a dark brown/purple base on the carapace with purple claws and purple/brown legs. There is also a species commonly called Blue Brick (Cherax sp.) which has a light brown/green base on the carapace with green/blue claws and green/blue legs. The latter two species sometimes come together with the Blue Moon.

Pink Coral


Blue Moon


Red Brick


Blue Brick


All pictures are courtesy of CRUSTA10.

[Aroboy II]

Very colourful lobster there.

http://www.arofanatics.com/members/lincolngoh/sales2/

I really want to turn on my tank lights but it will increase the temp. So can let go this fellow at at $125 ONLY to the people in this thread who know how to keep crayfish. (1/2 the price at QH)

Or want to trade witrh me for other tankmates also can to the same value.

Otherwise this weekend I bring back QH to trade in with other fish.

Cheers.

[Aroboy II]

Originally Posted by lincolngoh

http://www.arofanatics.com/members/lincolngoh/sales2/

I really want to turn on my tank lights but it will increase the temp. So can let go this fellow at at $125 ONLY to the people in this thread who know how to keep crayfish. (1/2 the price at QH)

Or want to trade witrh me for other tankmates also can to the same value.

Otherwise this weekend I bring back QH to trade in with other fish.

Cheers.

Very nice collection there bro.

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

Very nice collection there bro.

I kept the ones I caught in the wild in Australia, but there cold, plus not comm with aros... Aros too cold fall sick... bad tank planning.

I think cannot put smaller crayfish cos I got Aussie Lung, that's their are their natural food, Ke Kiang went to buy big exotic crayfish one then realize species requirements. Damn stuupid.

Maybe it's retribution for eating my yabbies before I came back home. All grew from 4 to 8 inches in a year. They taste exacly like lobster but sweeter.

There, it's a sold as seafood there by the bags, so cheap summore $5 can get 30+ small ones.

[Aroboy II]

Originally Posted by lincolngoh

There, it's a sold as seafood there by the bags, so cheap summore $5 can get 30+ small ones.

Really dirt cheap!

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

Really dirt cheap!

It's food there, not really pets, much nicer than prawns, sweeter and got more bite, but a lot more shell and less meat.