Anyone here share the same interest as me in rearing crayfish? I know all petshops call them lobsters but in fact they're crayfishes. Why? coz crayfish = freshwater; lobster = saltwater.

I have 1 electric blue crayfish and 1 red one (what do u call them?..i think there's some fancy name). Will post more pics later.



This post has been edited by shadowcaster: Sep 5 2006, 04:48 PM

i feed them sinking fish pellets that i bought from the shop. They eat those pretty happily everyday but if u want variety, try giving them other things...practically anything that u can give to hermit crabs. Or if u want it to be interesting, get some live feeding fish for them to hunt. Of course u can make it easier by slightly hurting the fish before putting them into the water.

i change the water only when it's dirty or i see lots of residue floating around. The most important part is not overfeeding..i only put in like 5 pellets max for each crayfish per day. If u want a submerged tank (coz its nicer with all the plants and maybe put in some chiclids too), then u need a pump. Filters are sufficient i guess...but pumps are better coz they aerate the water more efficiently.

For me, i didnt need a pump or filter coz my water level is just 1 - 2 inches above their body when all their legs are fully on the ground. If u submerge the entire tank with water but with no pump, the oxygen will go to the top of the tank rendering ur crayfish to suffocate due to lack of oxygen.

If u want extensive information go to this site - www.bluecrayfish.com.

Any fish food will be fine..but most importantly it must be sinking pellets coz if the food float too high they cant reach it. Another thing to note is they need a hiding place like drift wood or something as simple as cheap pvc pipes. Btw they're pretty cheap to purchase too (about rm 5 - 15 depend on the species)...so dont get con by fancy petshops.

yep..surprise surprise...haha. But if u wana get those cooler looking ones like zebra crayfish...prepare to dish out > rm 15 la.

yes from what i understand they're pretty much the same thing...except lobsters can grow to much larger sizes than crayfish. To answer all ur questions = yes.
Later i set up my new aquarium edi then i post up new fresh pictures.

Here are the pictures as promised!
My red female crayfish named 007. I name all my pets with codenames. Lolz.




My blue crayfish codenamed 006. She's smaller in size compared to the red one.




My crayfish habitat. It's pretty basic...quite small coz there's no space in my house to put a bigger glass tank.




This post has been edited by shadowcaster: Sep 5 2006, 08:20 PM

where to get the purple and orange ones? i've never seen them before anywhere..lol. And the large ones u mentioned maximum size only about 6 - 7 inches wat...how much larger can it be? haha

oh...so sad..1 left only ar...but orange not so cool. Purple sounds cooler! LOLz .. How many pets u have man? Seems like u have everything under the sun

There's some zebra ones at the pet family near my house. Cost rm 18 each. How much u bought your previous one?

the one i saw is in pet family KLANG! lolz. 4 inches i guess.

so simple can be used to breed ar? wow!

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

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

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.

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.

If you fill up the tank then u can use filters, but for me i just simply change the water when it gets dirty since it's just half tank and my aquarium is not big. Also to reduce the possibility of the water getting dirty, don't put in too much food when feeding.

if the tank's big and filled with many things...very likely it's gonna get dirty. lol. use a filter system then. Of course if the water level is high (tank setups look nicer when it's filled with water.. ), you need a pump too.

i just realise my tank also get dirty very easily after i put in the driftwood. My tank only 1ft...water gets yellowish.

today i realise there are algae growing on my driftwood. haha...will that be an issue?

nice pictures. crayfishes seem to be more popular nowadays and it's getting cheaper and cheaper. Althought all those are just rather common blue/red ones.