Ohhhh... Klang... lol... so far for me... well, I'm trying to locate for healthy ones... near my home the fish shop sells electric blues for Rm8 each... but the thing is he breeds them himself!!! So amazing.... and his set up so simple, just a 4 ft tank with lots of drift wood and hiding pots, water that is about 6 inches high and an air pump with an air stone.

so simple can be used to breed ar? wow!

Yah... I asked him how and he just told me and showed me his breeding tank.... the breeding crayfish so nice also, reached max adult size too.... and when I went there, can see baby crayfish swimming... so tiny and cute.

breeding quite tedious i thought....must remove the babies from the mother when they can climb on her back or something...lolz

Hmmm... not sure about that... never read up on breeding hehehe.... but the shops way seems very successful heheeh...

how many different types are there? i used to keep australian ones, red and green. cheap. lasted quite a while. but they like killing each other. i also used to have a wood shrimp. doesnt have pincers, uses mantis folding limbs thingy. thinking of getting a mantis shrimp. beautiful, can make u bleed easily.

where do u get green ones?
And i think those wood shrimps are also known as mountain rock shrimps? lol..mantis shrimp can rear as pets wan ar? i only know they taste good

Mantis shrimp can rear but I heard that they can hurt you, lol...

Whats the minimum size of a tank for crayfish? My spare plastic tank quite small only.

Aiyoh, crayfish.... max is like have 2 in a 2ft tank... they kill each other coz territorial. Never keep more than 2 in a 2ft tank.... coz they really like living solitary. Keeping a bigger one with a slightly smaller one is also a big NO NO.

can eat wan ah this crayfish? i see those crayfish in restaurants quite big leh

You sure crayfish? Restaurant normally carry lobsters and tiger prawns... rarely or never crayfish...

They eat sinking fish pellets, algea pellets, dried krill, dead fish, carrots and peas.... they can eat a lot of things.

aiyo. its crayfish le. stated on the menu, it's definitely crayfish cos i don't think surf and turf using lobster would be around 50bux. hehehe

Wahhhh! Rm50 for crayfish? expensive loh heheheh.... crayfish so cheap to buy and eat. Normally the ones for eating are the Australian Yabbies and the US Red ones.... they cost like RM5 each actually.

it's quite big la.... it comes with a steak and veggies a bit. it's about say 8-10 inches lor... including the head and tail. so quite cheap la rm50 got crayfish n steak. cost rm5 but then to rare until that big i think take quite sometime n food for it oso rite

This post has been edited by eyerule: Sep 6 2006, 05:19 PM

Ohhh... no wonder Rm50 lah... got steak haahha.... But crayfish are cheap to eat, a bit small but they are widely available as food and pets in other countries... my friend said that can get 1 for a few Rm in Singapore... hahaha.... too bad can't get any from there.

Yes, crayfish takes time to grow. Some crayfish love mud hehehe...

can put live fish and let them catch? but those in the lfs one seem lazy. lol. they sell the blue grey one for RM5..

yes u can put live fish. But they will have a hard time catching those fishes unless u injure the fish beforehand.

Btw i use a 1ft tank only wor...they rarely fight unless provoked....and important thing is with small tanks u definitely need some hiding place for the crayfish like drift wood or those custom-made reptile rocks with holes.

Mine fought... even though I put 2 in the tank... and my tank is about 1.3ft, they fought and tore each other's limbs and pinchers... so now I only limit 1 tank with 1 crayfish if I were to get new ones soon.

Only give live fish when needed. Coz fierce crayfish will kill all the fishes you put in sometimes and then you will have polluted water and it can suffocate. Better give frozen fish. I buy Rm1 of guppies or feeder goldfish and freeze them.

oh..freeze dried guppies...sounds delicious! LOL. anyway, my red crayfish kinda weird leh...she always like to stand like senget one side. I thought died edi...but when i go near she goes back to normal standing position. swt.

how do u guys keep the water in the tank clean? since the water level is less than half a tank, do u guys use filters for it??