Ron Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Hello, I was moving my Marbled crayfish into new tanks so I thought I would snap some pics. They went from one 40 gallon into a different 40 gallon and a 15 gallon for the blue ones. Main Tank. A little cloudy, I think it's going through a mini cycle. There's over 150 in there. Blue cray tank. Only 11 made the cut. I know most people don't think the blue is a trait that sticks around but I have the room so why don't I find out. Thanks for looking, Ron OMG Aquatics, miwu, countryboy12484 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Wow! A lot of hiding spots! Very nice! Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted September 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Man, I must have done something right, 4 of them have berried up since the move. I'm gonna have to start eating them myself...LOL aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Ooh, are any of the blues berried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Ooh, are any of the blues berried? Nope but one in the main tank is bluish. Between the big 6 that are berried, I bet there will be over 1000 babies....yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Lots of crays are berrying up, it's gonna look like this soon: I wish shrimp reproduced like these, small ones have 30 - 50 babies, big mamas have over 150 babies. The most I've counted was around 180...yes I counted...LOL OMG Aquatics and h4n 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Did not catch a photo, and as the color is likely influenced heavily by diet/environment, probably not reproduceable - but I just saw my biggest cray scurrying around with blue legs! I'm easily amused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Did not catch a photo, and as the color is likely influenced heavily by diet/environment, probably not reproduceable - but I just saw my biggest cray scurrying around with blue legs! I'm easily amused. I'm not sold on environment and diet influencing the colour as all my crays have been raised in the same tank. I recombined all my crays as I needed to shuffle some livestock. I probably won't separate them again till I reorganize my whole fish room. aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 That tank looks awesom I want a marble cray breeding setu when I move, well I have a couple tank that I want more hut still I love crays Have you tried java moss for babies? I know they will eat it but I figured if you get enough and have another tank with it you should be fine. Do they attack each other? Or eat other or babies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Oh and about the blue ones, off of resaerch what I am convinced on is that the the blue is a virus/bacteria that grows on the shell and inside of the shell, and if a red cray eats a blu crays molten shell they will temporarily turn blue, because the permanatly blue ones are missing a gene or antibody that fights the virus/bacteria, the virus is harmless to the crays and other inverts and fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I use to have a hatchet/florida cray, but killed basicaly everything including plants so it is now in a pond, here's a pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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