Ron Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 I asked the same question and apparently they are o.k with shrimp.But then again I am yet to try. Sent from my BlackBerry 9860 using Tapatalk My CPO were fine with shrimp but I kept a lot of java moss and hornwort in the tank so the shrimp could escape easily. CPO giving a ride to a Blue Rili: Shrimpo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Shrimps can survive very well in a cray tank...the reason being that the cray can only crawl forward and has to jump backwards, it can't crawl backwards....whereas the shrimps can go in any direction they like, so once a shrimp thinks its in danger, it jumps over the crays head out of the reach of the claws and the cray says " where'd he go" no dinner tonight LOL. Crays will fight and eat their own babies, so make sure you have lots of moss in the tank so the babies can hide. Adults will fight over territory and males over females, so be prepared to lose a few along the way. I kept only 1 male with 2 or 3 females in a 20 long but had tons of places for them to hide with lots of plants. Bare areas are an arena to a cray! Its normal for a first time mamma to lose her babies, it usually takes them a few times to figure it out....Its good to have a separate breeding box for the mamma's to get peace and not be constantly harassed by males and aggressive females, or they will drop the eggs. They will also eat the newly hatched babies unless you have moss for the babies to hide in away from her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 So how's the breeding going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welchhumn Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Wow, great forum topic.Thanks Again. Much obliged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 any updates on babies being born? I am going to get a couple of the cpo's this week. Im still looking for the dwarf blue ones (not shufeldti) The last one I had was a male, and found out the LFS only got males shipped in...good way to keep you from breeding them yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I have some dware blue babies and adults I got too many males. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I'm also looking for the CPB (blue form of cpo). Haven't found it yet. On the flipside, I have lots of cpo babies right now, so I must be doing something right. heh My plan is to selective breed for the orangest. I've also been looking for the cpo with no stripe, just solid color, but can't find that either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpo Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 The breeding was doing great but I had to make space for more shrimp, so traded/sold them, I will definitely get back to keeping dwarf crayfish again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I have 3 that have no stripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I've been looking for those, and can't find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is my little blue dimi....how cool is that. Soothing Shrimp, chibikaie and aquariumlover10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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