Louie Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I ordered 4 white Clarkii crays . They are small but if I get a pair will separate them to breed. Imagine I will need to separate the 4 either way as they get older but for now all 4 will be in a 20 long . Has anyone bred Clarkii? If so temps, etc would be great . Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungle64 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Hi Louie, Don't have the experience but i love how they look. Awesome! That is the color of my dream snow white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I love the look of the cray, too. I just hear they can be mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungle64 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 i won't have them but just love the look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 They come in some great oranges and blues, too. But everything I find on them say "they'll breed in a bucket." Which actually isn't much help since they say teh same about shrimp and as we all know, shrimp have preferred params. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I hope to breed them but they are unsexable babies now . I would like to be able to keep 1 M /1 F together , If I get a pair because with 4 you never know . I know they are not as aggressive as the Alleni and I find the white nicer not as ghost pale as the Alleni. I have not had luck breeding crays . I have 2 f /1 m CPO who mate but no babies ever and have not seen any females carry eggs . I purchased a "blue" dwarf but it is actually a blue strain of Cajun , not some exotic dwarf as I had thought .Put it in a 15 gallon and going to get a few more Cajun dwarfs , hope they breed . My self cloning are another story and multiply nicely . Hungle, You don't keep crays because of the claws? I think you mentioned some time ago that you don't keep anything that can pinch . I was not into crays either till years ago . They don't bother me when I do water changes and afraid of me . I find the harmless CPO crays very interesting as far as the way they interact with each other and roam around the tank but I would never keep them with shrimp as some do nor fish. Funny thing is that I keep fish outside in assorted water troughs and raccoons might come through now and than , perhaps they can catch a platy here and there in the more shallow troughs but the one time I kept some self cloning crays in a 20 gallon under my terrace they showed up in numbers . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungle64 Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I hope to breed them but they are unsexable babies now . I would like to be able to keep 1 M /1 F together , If I get a pair because with 4 you never know . I know they are not as aggressive as the Alleni and I find the white nicer not as ghost pale as the Alleni. I have not had luck breeding crays . I have 2 f /1 m CPO who mate but no babies ever and have not seen any females carry eggs . I purchased a "blue" dwarf but it is actually a blue strain of Cajun , not some exotic dwarf as I had thought .Put it in a 15 gallon and going to get a few more Cajun dwarfs , hope they breed . My self cloning are another story and multiply nicely . Hungle, You don't keep crays because of the claws? I think you mentioned some time ago that you don't keep anything that can pinch . I was not into crays either till years ago . They don't bother me when I do water changes and afraid of me . I find the harmless CPO crays very interesting as far as the way they interact with each other and roam around the tank but I would never keep them with shrimp as some do nor fish. Funny thing is that I keep fish outside in assorted water troughs and raccoons might come through now and than , perhaps they can catch a platy here and there in the more shallow troughs but the one time I kept some self cloning crays in a 20 gallon under my terrace they showed up in numbers . Hi Louie I am a sucker come to woman and animal ! I have one woman and many animals......LOL.... Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 My "woman" lol (wife) of many years is visiting one of my daughters and her family in CA . It gives me the chance to eat plenty of junk with no brutal lectures about cholesterol, etc and since our neighbors left yesterday for 3 days . I'm watching their bullterrier who is like a good friend . We stay up all night eating assorted Chinese take out . She enjoys chicken fried rice and boneless spare ribs . Than we sleep during the day as we are about to do now but she snores . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Good thing you only have one woman. It's hard enough to keep only ONE happy! Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungle64 Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Good thing you only have one woman. It's hard enough to keep only ONE happy! The most beautiful creature though ! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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