I love watching those videos. The guys do a great job trapping & collecting them in their boats daily. After eating them I can see why they're so popular 👍
@Oliver Frankie yeah i know the crayfish vs crawfish just trying to talk to the masses only here in la its called crawfish (coughcough the right way to say) lol
Thank you. I have them in their own playlistl. It's named Growing Crayfish at home. I think it's the second one down featured on our channel page. About 20 videos in it now 👍👍👍
@@TLFarmwhich crustain culture has the best market I mean pays more which one is the easiest which one is the fastest to grow? How to find market for these does it make financial sense? Tnx ahead!
Where I am from we call them Crawfish and they are delicious! So much better than lobster or anything I've ever had. My favorite food hands down. You make this look so easy I am going to have to give it a try.
I'm currently working on getting a Electric Blue or Blue Dream breading pair and from wild caught blue and brown crawfish and it climbed out and was devastated it was dead but little did I know it a little descendant would soon make its presence known in a 55 gallon aquarium and I was amazed to finally have a true blue crawfish that are only 1 in 10,000
Fascinating. Your presentation is very well done. Crawdads would be a great hobby to follow. I do love to eat them but I don't because of the purine and all that comes along from that. I keep honeybees too but very rarely take any of their honey. Another fascinating little bug that I love having around. I just give them a home and watch over them and let them do their thing.
@@TLFarm thank you for the quick response! We're just starting raising crayfish and in the process of getting tank sizes and materials to build the tanks. Hopefully we'll be going by the end of Oct. Thanks for all the great videos and all the help good sir.
Good explanation on everything, cheers to 15k more subs mate! We used to catch crawfish up at the golf course dams, there was always a bunch in the mud water and in cat tails. It was so fun too there were so many in the net every time we pulled it in.
another great video. i am in Ireland, going to try to catch and grow some natives from the local river. obviously will not get the size you have but i agree with you, they are fascinating animals. life seems pretty good over there. stay safe and keep up the good work
Be careful bud, I don't know if the rules are the same as in England but here, catching and removing live crayfish from natural water sources, be it invasive signal crayfish, or the endangered natural white claw crayfish is illegal and you get a fat fine.
Think you are on the right track using those containers for the females,easy to check their progress and remove when they are finished.I'm. using a pvc fish pond and it's really difficult to find them let alone check their condition,wondering do you ever change the water in those female containers? Keep up the good work,well done
Great video.We have native crawfish in Washington State in the US. I'd be interested in creating a small set up for personal consumption only. Could you tell me what size tanks you use to grow out the adult crayfish and the annual yield you get from each of these tanks? I just want to get a sense for how much space is needed to see if it's practical for me to do this on my property.
Loved the video. I agree with you about the taste. I'll take crawfish over lobster any day. Anyway, my crawfish story is that we had some at home for a pet for my son and it was amazing to watch. It would stalk, kill and eat a goldfish right before your eyes. Really interesting to watch! Thanks for the peek into your world and thank you for sharing your adventure with us.
Apologies for sounding thick as mince mate, but we haven't got a clue of its name. We have two different types that form naturally. Both do well in half light conditions. One gets eaten until it is spent (the fluffy one lol.) The other one is very clumpy/ lumpy. The juvenile crayfish eat it but it's too prolific for them to clear it all. This one, to date has only grown in one tank. We tend to fill a tank a couple of weeks before introducing the baby crayfish. Because we don't scrub the tanks clean the algae grows back quite quickly each time. Sorry can't be more specific for you mate.
What you sayed on the end of the vid was excactly my idea a few years ago . Then i saw a few catch and eat vids on YT and i found out that these buggers where here in the netherlands to and where spreading in pounds and canals . In time maybe i will try to catch a few of them and try to setup an non escape place for them . For feeding i was thinking on worms , because i want to make also compost for my garden its a win win for me . The prices on foods and meats are on the rise and they will go thru the roof so i think i will start to make some plans for the very near future . Thanks for the lesson .
Most vegetable scraps from your kitchen will be happily eaten by redclaw. They can be voracious omnivores. You may have to weigh the vegetables down though. I feed my crays zucchini or cucumber as a treat. Cut into 1/8ths and weighed down with a fork. My catfish also love the cucumber.
I’ve just started with 200 Cherax Destructor crayfish in a 5000 litre tank in Australia. Love to see what you’re doing and after a year I’ll move to Redclaw and then maybe saltwater prawns.
@@TLFarm I’m planning to breed bigger crays, I’ll pick out the biggest males and females to breed separately in isolation tanks and BBQ the runners up. With a few generations I should be able to get 30% increase in weight. The Australian CSIRO did something similar a decade ago so there’s scientific reason behind it.
Depending where you are in Aus you may not be allowed to raise redclaw as they're an introduced pest in most of the country. They're from the Norman River basin in FNQ and even here in SE Queensland they're a pest. They've just about wiped out all other crayfish down here including C. destructor. Check your states biosecurity regulations.
Hi leigh and toon You should set up a weekend workshop, I would be the first one to come over and spend time to see how it all goes together. great vid
Liegh. Toon is cheeky. Watching her catch fish and tease you was the best. I’m old as dirt but God, she makes me laugh out loud. I cant sit and watch while drinking or it flies out of my nose. We love her so much mate. God bless you two. You did good son. 👍👍👍. Give her a squeeze for all of us that think highly of her. Also that Viking toast is used in Iceland. Where the crazier Vikings went.
Thanks for your kind words Harvey. It's lovely to hear that you guys enjoy watching Toon & her funny antics. I feel fortunate to have a wife that makes me laugh each & every day 👍
Do we have to remove the SKELETON SHELLS of the crayfish that have shed or can we just leave them in the tank ? Does the water need to be heated or can it be as low as 66 degrees fareignheight
Very interesting video mate! I live in the states but your method would also work great out here depending on where in the country you live. I think your right in that the little Crayfish could be a sustainable food source. When things go sideways. Good information!
I'm into aquaponic gardening now. I would like to see you do a gardening video. Raising tilapia in the large tanks and then in the grow beds where it's a float system you would have crayfish.
My crayfish can all climb the whole 60cm of airline all the way to the top of their tank, took me a little while to work that one out! Also super jealous of your Thai setup!
I've had them climb an airline or heater lead and then push open a glass lid, drop to the floor only for my dog to be growling at them in the kitchen when I get up in the morning. Usually it's large males who like to look for new territories. During droughts they trap water in their carapace like a scuba tank in reverse and can cover literal miles in one night looking for another waterhole.
@@TheCaptainbeefylog Cheers for the reply, I ended up using an elasticated nylon net over the top because it was so stretchy they couldn't just lift it up but they spent hours hanging to the top of the airline trying their best! Sadly the ones who did make it out likely found themselves dinner for the foxes or badgers in the garden. Also...👉 got u! (👌)
Sir when you clean your tanks are you taken your vegetation out of your tanks also. How often do you clean your tanks. Thanks can you give us suggestions are you separating the young crawfish babies
I reckon vermicomposting is a great option out here in Thailand. We had a very basic set-up in our chicken coop up until recently. I was emptying it out & forgot to recover their tank. The day day the chickens looked a lot fatter than usual lol. Great news this morning is that we've just trapped a second female out of our outdoor pond that's carrying eggs 👍
@@TLFarm my African Nightcrawler population is thriving and I think I've mastered how to keep the conditions just right and prevent any predators or bugs/ants etc getting in so I'm just going to take time this year to scale up and then see expand the farm next year ready for commercial scale vermicompost production
Awesome. I tried mildly successfully to raise pacifisucus crayfish for along time. I have been thinking of trying red swamp crayfish. This was an excellent vid for people to start out and gain a great interest. Love the accent. Luca Rufus Oregon USA
That's fantastic to hear. I think you're the first viewer from Mexico that's commented on our channel. Good luck with your crayfsh venture. We'll be posting more of these type of videos in the near future 👍👍👍
Hello! Thanks for sharing all your tips. I've been trying to find a crawfish restaurant in Thailand but I can't seem to find one that's similar to Louisiana style boils. Do you have any recommendations?
We don't use any chemicals. We're off-grid, so use rain water, water pumped from.our borehole or outside ponds. If using tap water, maybe let it stand for a day or two before adding your crayfsh. That'll help to dechlorinate the water. If chlorine levels are very high then it'll take a few more days. Crayfsh are very sensitive so it's worth the wait. Hope that's of some help.to you. Cheers Leigh and Toon.
Great Video. Learned a lot from your videos. wondering what's the name of the plant on your pond? cant find matched of hyacinth on google. anyways thank you for sharing your experience with those yabbies!
Gidday from an Aussie in Pats (Swimming pool construction & reno co). Missus has got a place in Surin. 13.5 Rai of rice paddy. I am looking at alternatives as rice farming is a joke to say the least! Where are you located? Cheers
I have a slimy alga we call Cotten candy and the tads do a pop eye growth spurt on it in SW Fl I would love to see a 1 lb red claw.to cold here to grow
I am growing snails in my pond in the south of Thailand,wondering if Red Claw will eat the snails,growing snails for our restaurant ,red Claw would be a nice extra
Hi John. Good news is redclaws only eat the small snails. Bad news is they'll eat them all. We just keep the adult Apple Snails with them (no dramas) & collect the snail eggs before they hatch back into the pond. Super quick & easy. Hope that helps. We'll be doing more Apple snail videos in the near future 👍
@@TLFarm Thanks for that,thought that would be the case,I am growing the small ones,dont know the name,so thinking I will grow the freshwater prawn instead,Thanks for your reply
Sounds like they're hoi bang or hoi com. Hoi bang are just like small apple snails. Hoi come are more pointed & don't lay eggs (they just pop out mini snails.) Best of luck 👍
That is a cracking setup, very enjoyable watch...I won’t say you’re so lucky because you’ve made all this happen off you’re own back 👌 just love that farm 🙏🙏
@@TLFarm sounds good to me, might have to go shopping for breakfast though, every day that passes is a day closer to getting back to Thailand, can’t wait 😄
My understanding is that shrimps aren't as hardly as red claws crayfish. Our glass shrimp seem to grow best just left to get on with things in the fishing lake. We'd like to have a go at growing large freshwater shrimp sometime in the future 👍
Ours shut down for about 2-4 weeks per year. They don't eat, molt or move much but they're fine. You can top up the water level in the tanks which may help or if you're still concerned just add a small water heater.
Here's a link to our crayfish sales. We currently have young ones of various sizes for sale. www.porpeangfarmthailand.com/crayfish-sales Any questions feel free to email us (contact link on the website.) Cheers Leigh and Toon.
I have 2 blue crayfish. Not sure how old they are but ones male and ones female. They have been mating none stop. It's been 5-7 days and I see no eggs? Is that normal? And when do I remove the female when she's carrying the eggs? Also I have a weired question to. My blue crayfish will turn like a redish hue under there blue skin then it disappears. It's almost looking like there blushing. Or are mad? Is this normal?
You should of continued your ending speech. So much of us is in need proper and sensible guidance. Especially us with families. Cheers and much love from the Caribbean. 👍👍 Love your content.
I live in Phayao, Thailand & we have these growing wild in the lake. The locals trap them and sell them. I have yet to see anyone eat them, they apparently just put them in aquariums and such. Crayfish have become very popular food in China, seeing how the Thais like everything Chinese... maybe they will accept yabbies as well.
We've recently created a new TH-cam channel that's dedicated solely to raising crayfish. At the moment we've only uploaded short clips but we're working on longer length detailed videos. This new TH-cam channel is designed to run along side a full online course that we're working on, about growing crayfish. If you'd like to subscribe to the channel then you'll be able to watch the new instructional videos as we publish them. We'll also let viewers know when the online course is available. The channel name is BackYard Crayfish: youtube.com/@backyardcrayfish?si=yFS85JLXHbcPnlqI
Water temperature & a good diet are probably the most important 2 things to consider. Too cold & they won't breed. If they're moulting regularly, then you've got their feed right. As long as you're got at least one sexually mature male for up to about 15 females, it should be all systems go.
I have a 2 acre pond but can't raise them because there's not enough cover to hide in. The bass and catfish eat them almost as soon as they hit the water.
I might actually get into this, I live in a moderate northwestern european climate though, so not sure if it would be the same, but I doubt that many do it over here yet
We do have freshwater mud crabs here on the farm. These days we only keep Redclaw crayfish in our tanks apart from Giant Snakeheads & Apple Snails. If you're here in Thailand we can supply crabs (farm gate pick-up.)
@@StanleyStuart-h1q it is indeed. I think that's why all the suppliers we've seen harvest their crayfish at quite a small size (60-100g.) We like to give them a bit longer so they're perfect for the BBQ!
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i live in south Louisiana crayfish is a way of life here we have acres and acres of ponds with millions and millions of crayfish
I love watching those videos. The guys do a great job trapping & collecting them in their boats daily. After eating them I can see why they're so popular 👍
@Oliver Frankie yeah i know the crayfish vs crawfish just trying to talk to the masses only here in la its called crawfish (coughcough the right way to say) lol
We drive 60 miles almost twice a month to a buffet. Love's crayfish when done right!!!
@@whionlee I grew up calling them crawdad's.
Quit bragging some of us aren't that lucky 😂
Deeply informative video. Learned a lot, so far. You should consider putting the crayfish farming videos together in a playlist.
Thank you. I have them in their own playlistl. It's named Growing Crayfish at home. I think it's the second one down featured on our channel page. About 20 videos in it now 👍👍👍
@@TLFarmwhich crustain culture has the best market I mean pays more which one is the easiest which one is the fastest to grow? How to find market for these does it make financial sense? Tnx ahead!
Love from China, thinking of an early retirement and go back to home village to do so myself.
Thank you 👍
Isn't youtube banned in China 🙄
@@thebeautifulanimal oh that hurts
@@thebeautifulanimal not with a VPN no?
@@imgrindin VPN is a lifesaver haha. I hope they are not snooping on it too.
What a beautiful place to live... I love the sound of all the birds in the background. Cheers.
Thank you RC. Year upon year the farm is attracting more wildlife. We're starting to see new species of birds visiting our lake which is wonderful.
I deleted TH-cam a while back. But I’m glad to find you again I just subscribed and hit the bell. Thanks so much for the contact.
That's really great to hear Joshua. Thanks for taking time out to let us know ⭐
Where I am from we call them Crawfish and they are delicious! So much better than lobster or anything I've ever had. My favorite food hands down. You make this look so easy I am going to have to give it a try.
In Australia we call them Yabbies 😂
I'm currently working on getting a Electric Blue or Blue Dream breading pair and from wild caught blue and brown crawfish and it climbed out and was devastated it was dead but little did I know it a little descendant would soon make its presence known in a 55 gallon aquarium and I was amazed to finally have a true blue crawfish that are only 1 in 10,000
Fascinating. Your presentation is very well done. Crawdads would be a great hobby to follow. I do love to eat them but I don't because of the purine and all that comes along from that. I keep honeybees too but very rarely take any of their honey. Another fascinating little bug that I love having around. I just give them a home and watch over them and let them do their thing.
That sounds a great deal for the bees. Thanks for your kind words 👍
How big are the big tanks you have where you keep the males and females together? The concrete ones.
The main tank in the video is 4mx2m. Since making this video we now have 11 tanks in total.
@@TLFarm thank you for the quick response! We're just starting raising crayfish and in the process of getting tank sizes and materials to build the tanks. Hopefully we'll be going by the end of Oct. Thanks for all the great videos and all the help good sir.
Good explanation on everything, cheers to 15k more subs mate! We used to catch crawfish up at the golf course dams, there was always a bunch in the mud water and in cat tails. It was so fun too there were so many in the net every time we pulled it in.
Cheers Aaron. Never gets boring trapping & catching crayfish 👍👍👍
Thanks for ALL your help & information
Lovely to hear that, you're very very welcome ⭐
Thanks for sharing this knowledge. I am not into crayfish keeping, but it's nice to see good knowledge in other aquatic critters.
You're very welcome and thank you for watching 👍
another great video. i am in Ireland, going to try to catch and grow some natives from the local river. obviously will not get the size you have but i agree with you, they are fascinating animals. life seems pretty good over there. stay safe and keep up the good work
Thank you Philip & best of luck with your venture 👍👍👍
Be careful bud, I don't know if the rules are the same as in England but here, catching and removing live crayfish from natural water sources, be it invasive signal crayfish, or the endangered natural white claw crayfish is illegal and you get a fat fine.
Think you are on the right track using those containers for the females,easy to check their progress and remove when they are finished.I'm. using a pvc fish pond and it's really difficult to find them let alone check their condition,wondering do you ever change the water in those female containers? Keep up the good work,well done
Cheers John. We tend to change the water roughy once a week.
@@TLFarm what kind of water ?
this is so cool!! i can't wait to get back to the kingdom to maybe give this a go. thanks for sharing!!
Our pleasure thank you Ray.
What a great cost effective idea, dreaming of my semi retirement In approx 10 years and giving this a go
BBQs are never the same once Yabbies have been thrown on there!
Great video.We have native crawfish in Washington State in the US. I'd be interested in creating a small set up for personal consumption only. Could you tell me what size tanks you use to grow out the adult crayfish and the annual yield you get from each of these tanks? I just want to get a sense for how much space is needed to see if it's practical for me to do this on my property.
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Loved the video. I agree with you about the taste. I'll take crawfish over lobster any day. Anyway, my crawfish story is that we had some at home for a pet for my son and it was amazing to watch. It would stalk, kill and eat a goldfish right before your eyes. Really interesting to watch! Thanks for the peek into your world and thank you for sharing your adventure with us.
Cheers Dennis. Goldfish serial killer lol.
I recommend a plant like lotus root that can feed off the wastes and clean the water to nitrogen cycle.
the java moss and ferns are doing that
Hi, i love your setup ! i am searching for the right algae to feed my crayfish, what's the name of your clumpy but fluffy one:) ?
Apologies for sounding thick as mince mate, but we haven't got a clue of its name. We have two different types that form naturally. Both do well in half light conditions. One gets eaten until it is spent (the fluffy one lol.)
The other one is very clumpy/ lumpy. The juvenile crayfish eat it but it's too prolific for them to clear it all. This one, to date has only grown in one tank.
We tend to fill a tank a couple of weeks before introducing the baby crayfish. Because we don't scrub the tanks clean the algae grows back quite quickly each time.
Sorry can't be more specific for you mate.
What you sayed on the end of the vid was excactly my idea a few years ago . Then i saw a few catch and eat vids on YT and i found out that these buggers where here in the netherlands to and where spreading in pounds and canals . In time maybe i will try to catch a few of them and try to setup an non escape place for them . For feeding i was thinking on worms , because i want to make also compost for my garden its a win win for me . The prices on foods and meats are on the rise and they will go thru the roof so i think i will start to make some plans for the very near future . Thanks for the lesson .
Worms are a very good food source for crayfish 👍👍👍
Most vegetable scraps from your kitchen will be happily eaten by redclaw. They can be voracious omnivores. You may have to weigh the vegetables down though. I feed my crays zucchini or cucumber as a treat. Cut into 1/8ths and weighed down with a fork. My catfish also love the cucumber.
I’ve just started with 200 Cherax Destructor crayfish in a 5000 litre tank in Australia. Love to see what you’re doing and after a year I’ll move to Redclaw and then maybe saltwater prawns.
That sounds great Brett. Do you have any videos of your setup? Always looking for new ideas this end 👍
@@TLFarm I’m planning to breed bigger crays, I’ll pick out the biggest males and females to breed separately in isolation tanks and BBQ the runners up. With a few generations I should be able to get 30% increase in weight. The Australian CSIRO did something similar a decade ago so there’s scientific reason behind it.
That sounds like a good way to go 👍
I’ll send you some pics when I find your email.
Depending where you are in Aus you may not be allowed to raise redclaw as they're an introduced pest in most of the country. They're from the Norman River basin in FNQ and even here in SE Queensland they're a pest. They've just about wiped out all other crayfish down here including C. destructor. Check your states biosecurity regulations.
Hi leigh and toon
You should set up a weekend workshop, I would be the first one to come over and spend time to see how it all goes together. great vid
Wow that's a cracking idea John.
We do run farmstays for guests.
We have accommodation available in our village house just a stones throw away.
Liegh. Toon is cheeky. Watching her catch fish and tease you was the best. I’m old as dirt but God, she makes me laugh out loud. I cant sit and watch while drinking or it flies out of my nose. We love her so much mate. God bless you two. You did good son. 👍👍👍. Give her a squeeze for all of us that think highly of her. Also that Viking toast is used in Iceland. Where the crazier Vikings went.
Thanks for your kind words Harvey. It's lovely to hear that you guys enjoy watching Toon & her funny antics. I feel fortunate to have a wife that makes me laugh each & every day 👍
Do we have to remove the SKELETON SHELLS of the crayfish that have shed or can we just leave them in the tank ? Does the water need to be heated or can it be as low as 66 degrees fareignheight
We leave the shells in the tank for a couple of days, then remove what they don't eat.
Minimum temperature for breeding red claws is 73.
Very interesting video mate! I live in the states but your method would also work great out here depending on where in the country you live. I think your right in that the little Crayfish could be a sustainable food source. When things go sideways. Good information!
Cheers Derrek. A tasty, cheap & relatively easy backyard food source. One of our better ventures here on the farm lol.
I'm into aquaponic gardening now. I would like to see you do a gardening video. Raising tilapia in the large tanks and then in the grow beds where it's a float system you would have crayfish.
We've just started trialling growing some vegetables in 3 new crayfish tanks in a shaded area. Video soonish 😉
My crayfish can all climb the whole 60cm of airline all the way to the top of their tank, took me a little while to work that one out! Also super jealous of your Thai setup!
Like the movie the Great Escape lol. Cheers Leigh.
Use a big washer? Frisbee with a hole cut in it?
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I've had them climb an airline or heater lead and then push open a glass lid, drop to the floor only for my dog to be growling at them in the kitchen when I get up in the morning. Usually it's large males who like to look for new territories. During droughts they trap water in their carapace like a scuba tank in reverse and can cover literal miles in one night looking for another waterhole.
@@TheCaptainbeefylog Cheers for the reply, I ended up using an elasticated nylon net over the top because it was so stretchy they couldn't just lift it up but they spent hours hanging to the top of the airline trying their best! Sadly the ones who did make it out likely found themselves dinner for the foxes or badgers in the garden.
Also...👉 got u! (👌)
True, my grandfather always used to say if you own a bit of land you can grow potatoes and survive.
His reference to growing high carb potatoes is something many survival homesteaders talk about these days 👍👍👍
Someone’s a fan of the streets.
Dizzy new heights blinded by the lights !
Now to watch the rest of the video haha
Brilliant 👍👍👍
How wonderful to live in such a beautiful part of the world!
Sir when you clean your tanks are you taken your vegetation out of your tanks also. How often do you clean your tanks. Thanks can you give us suggestions are you separating the young crawfish babies
Awesome vlog and advice mate. At the moment I am busy starting a worm farm as I have big plans for that but crayfish do interest me also.
I reckon vermicomposting is a great option out here in Thailand. We had a very basic set-up in our chicken coop up until recently. I was emptying it out & forgot to recover their tank. The day day the chickens looked a lot fatter than usual lol.
Great news this morning is that we've just trapped a second female out of our outdoor pond that's carrying eggs 👍
@@TLFarm my African Nightcrawler population is thriving and I think I've mastered how to keep the conditions just right and prevent any predators or bugs/ants etc getting in so I'm just going to take time this year to scale up and then see expand the farm next year ready for commercial scale vermicompost production
Really informative Leigh - thanks very much from Belair, South Australia
Thanks for watching Blaaade, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Awesome. I tried mildly successfully to raise pacifisucus crayfish for along time. I have been thinking of trying red swamp crayfish. This was an excellent vid for people to start out and gain a great interest. Love the accent. Luca Rufus Oregon USA
That's very kind of you, manly thanks Luca and glad you enjoyed it 👍
I'm from the southern part of the United States. We boil those things up, Cajun seasoning with potatoes and corn and a cold beer.
hi toon how are you and your crayfish now ?
Good on both fronts thank you 👍👍👍
Awesome video! I'm starting on trying to breed them your video helps a lot!, Greetings from Mexico!
That's fantastic to hear. I think you're the first viewer from Mexico that's commented on our channel.
Good luck with your crayfsh venture.
We'll be posting more of these type of videos in the near future 👍👍👍
how do you cultivate that green fluffy algae. what do you put in your pond to make the algae multiply faster?
What camera did you use to shoot this ?
I think that was a GoPro 5. We use the 8 these days. It's s
much smoother & better audio.
I love this video and thank you for the knowledge. I need to move to Thailand to get a $20 set up like that 😂😂
That's very kind of you thanks DF 👍👍👍
Hello! Thanks for sharing all your tips. I've been trying to find a crawfish restaurant in Thailand but I can't seem to find one that's similar to Louisiana style boils. Do you have any recommendations?
Thanks again Leigh . Very informative. 😊
Do you prepare the water with any chemicals or is it just tap water and add the crayfish(shrimp)?
We don't use any chemicals. We're off-grid, so use rain water, water pumped from.our borehole or outside ponds.
If using tap water, maybe let it stand for a day or two before adding your crayfsh. That'll help to dechlorinate the water. If chlorine levels are very high then it'll take a few more days.
Crayfsh are very sensitive so it's worth the wait.
Hope that's of some help.to you.
Cheers Leigh and Toon.
I love the way you talk absolutely love it
Can you put a sucker fish to clean the bottom of the tank
Thank you for sharing and I'm interested to learn more. Please advise how to started!
We have a dedicated playlist here on our TH-cam channel with about 20 videos all about raising crayfish in tanks & ponds 👍👍👍
Looking to just get a small tank for some personal consumption. Thanks for the tips and advice!
You're very welcome. Cheers Leigh.
Great Video. Learned a lot from your videos. wondering what's the name of the plant on your pond? cant find matched of hyacinth on google. anyways thank you for sharing your experience with those yabbies!
Gidday from an Aussie in Pats (Swimming pool construction & reno co). Missus has got a place in Surin. 13.5 Rai of rice paddy. I am looking at alternatives as rice farming is a joke to say the least! Where are you located? Cheers
Hi Steve we are in the province of Kamphaeng Phet 😉
Absolutely stanning video. Very well explained. Many thanks
Thank you, that's very kind of you. We're glad to hear that you enjoyed watch it.
The last time i saw you on the net you were selling off your goats. I am glad to see you are into another endeavor.
Educational & Inspirational, great stuff Leigh
Very kind words thank you TT.
Leigh, are you still raising the crayfish ? Do you eat them or sell them ?
We certainly are. We sell & eat them mate.
dream it up! Sounds tough! My Boyhood catching crayfish in cracks in culvert. thank you for video.
Hello, what are those aqua plants called? Those submerged algae looking.
are you feeding them zooplankton or the phytoplankton ?
I live in Nigeria Africa.Am interested in breeding crayfish . were can I get the cryfish broodstock?
I have a slimy alga we call Cotten candy and the tads do a pop eye growth spurt on it in SW Fl
I would love to see a 1 lb red claw.to cold here to grow
Great setup you got there, thanks for sharing 🙏
Cheers Robert, very kind.
Are they similar to yabbies and Marron from Australia ?
Hi Colin. Yes they are actually Yabbies 👍👍👍
These are redclaw from Queensland. Pretty much illegal in most other states as a pest.
I am growing snails in my pond in the south of Thailand,wondering if Red Claw will eat the snails,growing snails for our restaurant ,red Claw would be a nice extra
Hi John. Good news is redclaws only eat the small snails. Bad news is they'll eat them all. We just keep the adult Apple Snails with them (no dramas) & collect the snail eggs before they hatch back into the pond. Super quick & easy. Hope that helps. We'll be doing more Apple snail videos in the near future 👍
@@TLFarm Thanks for that,thought that would be the case,I am growing the small ones,dont know the name,so thinking I will grow the freshwater prawn instead,Thanks for your reply
Sounds like they're hoi bang or hoi com. Hoi bang are just like small apple snails. Hoi come are more pointed & don't lay eggs (they just pop out mini snails.)
Best of luck 👍
Very very interesting. Fantastic communication👍. Here in the southern US, they go by Mud Bugs or Crawdads (sure you know this, tho).
Cheers FC, glad to hear you enjoyed it. Last month I heard them call Crawchies for the first time!
really good content buddy 👏
Nice one thanks Shane. Much appreciated this end 👍
That is a cracking setup, very enjoyable watch...I won’t say you’re so lucky because you’ve made all this happen off you’re own back 👌 just love that farm 🙏🙏
Thank you kindly Chris. Sadly no more quail egg omelettes but Yabbies on the bbq is definitely an upgrade matey.
@@TLFarm sounds good to me, might have to go shopping for breakfast though, every day that passes is a day closer to getting back to Thailand, can’t wait 😄
What is the name of the thing that you put the crayfish in?(The home)
Do you think the same kind of system work for ghost shrimp
My understanding is that shrimps aren't as hardly as red claws crayfish. Our glass shrimp seem to grow best just left to get on with things in the fishing lake.
We'd like to have a go at growing large freshwater shrimp sometime in the future 👍
Thanks for this video, can you tell me where can I order a crayfish? Would like to start breeding
We supply breeding sets. Here's a link to our website: www.porpeangfarmthailand.com/crayfish
Great let me look at this
Sound too good to be true, nice sharing 👌
Thanks for watching GT.
Isan gets cold from between November to February especially first thing in the morning
Ours shut down for about 2-4 weeks per year. They don't eat, molt or move much but they're fine.
You can top up the water level in the tanks which may help or if you're still concerned just add a small water heater.
What is the Vegetation in the thanks... seems like you Need that to Make everyone Happy But Cannot seem to find a Name or Link
where did you get the redclaws? like to get some of them. how much cost per each?
Here's a link to our crayfish sales. We currently have young ones of various sizes for sale. www.porpeangfarmthailand.com/crayfish-sales
Any questions feel free to email us (contact link on the website.)
Cheers Leigh and Toon.
Is it easy to get license for farming crayfish? Me and my wife want to come and visit you guys but it's to far
Which province is this, i can see some coconut trees too.
We are in Kamphaeng Phet province.
@@TLFarm ok thank you.
How do you make these caves?
They're blue plumbing pipework cut in half along the length.
Start of small is that a good idea ???
Definitely. We started with about ten young adults, then scaled up.
I have 2 blue crayfish. Not sure how old they are but ones male and ones female. They have been mating none stop. It's been 5-7 days and I see no eggs? Is that normal? And when do I remove the female when she's carrying the eggs? Also I have a weired question to. My blue crayfish will turn like a redish hue under there blue skin then it disappears. It's almost looking like there blushing. Or are mad? Is this normal?
You should of continued your ending speech. So much of us is in need proper and sensible guidance. Especially us with families.
Cheers and much love from the Caribbean. 👍👍 Love your content.
How about hatched brine shrimp for food?
Thank you! So interesting to learn more about these amazing creatures. New subscriber! Looking forward to seeing more ☮️💯
Thank you that's very kind of you.
What do you feed them?
The first few weeks they feed on algae. These days we also add a couple of small water hyacinth plants. They climb up & feed on the root systems.
I live in Phayao, Thailand & we have these growing wild in the lake. The locals trap them and sell them. I have yet to see anyone eat them, they apparently just put them in aquariums and such. Crayfish have become very popular food in China, seeing how the Thais like everything Chinese... maybe they will accept yabbies as well.
thanks for the nice video, can I ask which parts of the frogs do you eat and which region in thailand do you live for example puhket or bankok
Thanks Rub Lood. The small wild frogs we eat the whole thing (minus the internals). The bullfrogs it's the same apart from the bones & head.
Phuket or bangkok are not the only
Places in thailand
Great info, but where ya crawfish at?
Great job
Please can i get an online course on how to farm this please I'm from Nigeria
We've recently created a new TH-cam channel that's dedicated solely to raising crayfish.
At the moment we've only uploaded short clips but we're working on longer length detailed videos.
This new TH-cam channel is designed to run along side a full online course that we're working on, about growing crayfish.
If you'd like to subscribe to the channel then you'll be able to watch the new instructional videos as we publish them.
We'll also let viewers know when the online course is available.
The channel name is BackYard Crayfish:
youtube.com/@backyardcrayfish?si=yFS85JLXHbcPnlqI
Good day you make great videos,I want to get into crayfish farming. From Trinidad and tobago❤ learn’t alot
What is the pellet feed called if you don't mind ?
Hi Chris, we switched to beta-grow catfish pellets & just blitzed them in the blender lol.
How dose one get crayfish to start breeding
Water temperature & a good diet are probably the most important 2 things to consider.
Too cold & they won't breed. If they're moulting regularly, then you've got their feed right.
As long as you're got at least one sexually mature male for up to about 15 females, it should be all systems go.
I finally got 2 girls berried up. Love your vids guys. Keep up the good work.
That's great news Chris & best of luck with your hatching. We found it such a relief once the breeding started.
I live in canada. Very cold winters. -40c. Can i grow them inside and how old before you can eat them
What is the size of your concrete tank, and how deep is the water in it?
Wow! Nice , I 've a 1000 square meter lake.i wonder how many crayfish can i put inside and if they can breed in this lake and with what intensity ?
I have a 2 acre pond but can't raise them because there's not enough cover to hide in. The bass and catfish eat them almost as soon as they hit the water.
I might actually get into this, I live in a moderate northwestern european climate though, so not sure if it would be the same, but I doubt that many do it over here yet
It might work out well for you with a small heater for the cooler months. Best of luck.
@@TLFarm thank you
Are those freshwater crab and if they are how can I get them online?
We do have freshwater mud crabs here on the farm. These days we only keep Redclaw crayfish in our tanks apart from Giant Snakeheads & Apple Snails.
If you're here in Thailand we can supply crabs (farm gate pick-up.)
@@TLFarm I live in Tennessee was hoping to find a online supplier to do in pond or a setup like yours
This is really cool. I live in arizona and I want to start a crawfish farm.
What species are the crabs and where can I procure some?
Freshwater mud crabs. If you can get her we'll collect a load of adult ones for you for free.....Kamphaeng Phet (Lower Northern Thailand.)
@@TLFarm I would love to come but I live in Arizona, USA. Do you know any businesses that would be willing to ship them here?
Thanks very much.
What food for crayfish did you give?
Hi Ernie, we give them a crayfish/shrimp sinking pellet. The nearest I've found to it online is: Sinking Crayfish Pellets - amzn.to/3rHo7Wz
Thanks,,
Great informative video.
Well done on what you've achieved to date.
Glad you enjoyed it Mr Wayne, cheers.
How many weeks from hatch to eating ????
You're looking at around a year for them to reach 100g.
@ToonLeighporpeangfarmThailand thanks very slow process then
@@StanleyStuart-h1q it is indeed. I think that's why all the suppliers we've seen harvest their crayfish at quite a small size (60-100g.)
We like to give them a bit longer so they're perfect for the BBQ!