monty703 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes as the title says, my 6 Diminitus crayfish have expanded to over 100 of them...I tore down the one tank yesterday and moved several of the crays out for sale at a local auction. Then I decided to move the other 6 adults out of the remaining tank.....WELL I gave up counting baby crays after 50....I can swirl the water in this tank and it literally snows crayfish! From babies that look like they are a few weeks old to tiny newborns....and to make things even worse...I have 4 adult females berried, and two young females berried...what the ??? So lesson learned.....don't buy more than 1 female of this species, they all get along very well together and that's the problem....they don't stop reproducing. I have approx. 30 going to auction on Sunday and that's just the adults, semi-adults and some bigger juvies.....the rest are still in my 10 gallon tank to grow up. Anyone from Canada want Blue crays! Come on down I can ship! Johnnydok, miwu and aquariumlover10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Are these the blue version of the CPO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 No, dims are smaller and a different cray. Mine are reproducing pretty well now, too. I did learn that low ph keeps the blue while 7+ makes them black. Not sure if that is because the low ph stresses them or not. However they breed well in both. rodbigelow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Soothing did you post pictures of them anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 No. You want me to take a few pics? I'll post them in my journal so I don't hijack Monty's thread. Greenteam and aquariumlover10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Congrats. I hate to suggest it but if they're breeding that well they may need to become feeders or at least the culls. I had large numbers of CPO when I used to keep them and they would have become feeders for my fish if they hadn't started to kill each other. I'm raising my Marbled crays for my friend's as feeders, I moved 1000+ babies into a 40 gallon. Not sure how many will make it to feeder size but I think I could move another 1000+ from my main tank in another month. I was planning to pick up 10 or so diminutus soon, I better reduce that number. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Ron the nice thing about these is they don't attack one another, they touch then move around oneunlike the CPO who will kill over territory.Yes be careful how many you get, or you'll end up like me....snowed under by crayfish...what a wayto go Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzedout Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Do you still have some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I am selling out fast right now due to a local ad I ran on them. Unfortunately I cannot ship to the US, only Canada. If you are in Canada I can ship to any Province/City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp lady Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Well sounds like a good stir fry in in order for the table! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff0712 Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 I am selling out fast right now due to a local ad I ran on them. Unfortunately I cannot ship to the US, only Canada. If you are in Canada I can ship to any Province/City. Darn, U.S. here. Was gunna ask to ship haha -Duffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp lady Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Duff0712, Look on Aquabid for these and other mini crays, just check our W.D.F.W. PROHIBITED LIST FIRST Duff0712 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualityhitz Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 do you still have some crays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Life Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 They are cute crays and there seems to be a good demand for them, I've never had an issue selling mine off. Glad to hear yours are also very prolific. Personally I have 2 females and 2 male adults Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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