Keeping Freshwater Crayfish
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found a super blue one in the wild once, beautiful little dudes
Crayfish don't necessarily need an out of water section if you have good air flow. Meaning a sponge filter or airstone. If the water is stagnant you need a way for them to get air.
I heard lake crawdads are good for captivity. They are somewhat social when you keep then awhile but some big ones are very careful and can live long
You forgot DO NOT use plastic or rubber plants. Crayfish will try to consume them
Crap
I have plastic plants and real ones. They havent eaten them once.
Mine did. Almost every day I'd find a piece of plastic floating in the tank, or stuck in the filter. I finally just pulled them out.
Oh shiii
True
I put 2 of these in one of my tanks thinking it would be a good idea, over time they multiplied and ate all of my fish. Now I have so many I have no idea what to do with them. So I just got them a dedicated tank.
What did you feed them?
I mean it’s an idea but crayfish are known to be food for humans. Boil one up.
@@HDBD10 why would someone eat their pet
Its so bizarre my crayfish ate all but one of my white clouds that were used to cycle the tank and the survivor loves hanging around the crayfish. Been the last one alive for months now.
What happened to it?
Yoshi278 the crayfish killed that white clouds bullies and they are now best friends lol
I had a similar thing happen with Rosy Red Minnows. I bought a dozen, put them in my tank, and was down to four within a week. Then three more gradually disappeared, and the one left has been in there over a year now. I've seen him resting on top of a crayfish, so they must have some sort of agreement now.
Based on yours and the other dudes story i think this may be a evolutionary instinct that serves as a failed attempt to evade eliminating the species in their environment as a whole, the strategy not working because theyre too simple to stop and think about how reproduction isnt possible with just one most of the time. Silly theory but its what came to mind.
I’m thinking of catching on and keeping it as a pet through college and beyond thanks for this vid !
One time I had a blue clawed crayfish that dug a hole underneath some big rocks that stacked up to the surface. The whole thing collapsed on top of him. Rest in peace my little friend 😭
EDIT: Gravel substrate btw
i shouldnt have laughed at that
Rip captain crayfish
I live in upstate ny and rusty crayfish seem to be the only type I can find. I have 2 of them in a 20 gallon tank. I made plenty of hiding spots so they never battle.
I live in ny too...do have an air filter...how is your tank set up?
This video was very helpful, thanks, 1 new subscriber🦁
OMG, how exciting! I want to do this. Thanks for sharing. Subscriber from Florida USA
Interesting video! I've kept locally-caught crayfish for a few years now, and they never stop being entertaining. I put 10 rosy red minnows in the aquarium with them and there are two left. The crays enjoyed the fresh meat! Good thing the fish were only 11 cents each.
Hi M.. excellent video.. wonderful info. I had no idea they came in different colours!
The ditches and ponds near me are full of these during the warm summers and springs.
Mine lives a happy life. From chilling in his alligator skull, to eating goldfish, to moving rocks around, to exploring his tank.
Same mine always moves the rock
I get my crayfish for free in one of the local streams.
+GreenLeaf 82
I live in LA, all my local lakes are over fished and I can never find anything 😩
I see. Where I live creeks are everywhere and filled with crayfish, they often become pests because of their number, and they kill lots of fish in ponds, lakes and the creeks, preventing fishermen to catch any fish accept a good size crayfish. I think the fish are dying because they are mostly just Rusty Crayfish.
+GreenLeaf 82
Wow really?
Why don't locals fish them for food heh
Rusty crayfish? Aren't those the species of crayfish that are incredibly aggressive and spreading across the united states? Where are you located?
+Minepro 20000 Yes and I am in Ohio there are lots of rusty crayfish there.
I have a pleco, he hangs around my crayfish Pepper, they enjoy each other’s company.
Thanks, very helpful
I owned a Crayfish a few years back in a 20in×16in×10in tank. I would put 20 feeder goldfishs in the tank per week and it would eat them all by the end of the week. It lived in the tank for 1 and a half year. It grew to be 5 inches then it escaped the tank(6th time) and died by the shoe rack. It was cool while it was alive. It killed all its family(8) and a bamboo shrimp. During its life it ate a lot of goldfish. I would love to raise another one.
I find them in my back yard there like trensh there water runs when it rains, most of them are small ..
Outstanding video
My blue crayfish had her babies yesterday. I took 3 out that I'd like to try and raise. I have lots of decorations and hiding spots for them. How big of a tank should I put them in as a nursery? I love crays and my last one lived almost 3 years.
+Kat Cetera
That's so cool, why not raise them all? If you drop her (softly) in the aquarium shell drop the rest of them. You can trade them with other aquarium for fish and supplies (:
The nursery tank can be as small as a 2.5 gallon with a tiny heater and Sponge filter.
I highly recommend chola wood if possible because they will kill each other if they don't have enough space. Keep me updated !
Myaquariuminfo What temp should they be kept at? She doesn't have a heater.
+Kat Cetera
I've kept a few without, but it would just to be safe when it comes to the babies, a neutral 78 should be okay.
@@myaquariuminfo does a blue crayfish alone in a 20 gallon tank keep the water cloudy. That’s my problem. What can I use to keep the water clear
@@janiceancar2216 I’ll need more description about your tank, it could be the cray eating your plants/shrimps dirtying the water or sand/gravel residues or simply cray crap. I don’t think 1 cray can dirty the water in a 20 gallon tank
Can I keep a crayfish I bought from an Asian market as a pet?
The Dark red ones people use for eating?
+Oink ards
Yeah why not? (
Farm it Up to a big size and eat it then
Oink ards those ones are probably lobsters which can get massive.
I just did that lol. They don't seem to be eating but they're probably just stressed atm. Its only been a short while.
Dylan James Chang how he doing now?
Good video bud
Thank you for the informational videos about crayfish, I have been watching your videos for about a month and you have motivated me into getting some crayfish in march :D Oh, and what kind of crayfish in the one in this video?
+Henry Nguyen
Wow that's so cool Henry! You're the best and you're welcome.
I highly recommend it, they're definitely one of a kind. Just remember plenty of hiding spaces.
I'm afraid this one was more of a rescue heh, my buddy has a shop and he takes in fish as trades so that's how I got this one, but may I recommend the "electric blue" crayfish for when you go shopping!
I'm going to be posting specific videos about crayfish like mating, feeding dos and don'ts, so I hope you stick around!
Can't wait for the next video! By any chance do you breed your crayfish? If so, will you sell some on your website?
+Henry Nguyen
Every now And then only because they can be a little aggressive and eat up plants.
I have about 10-15 babies from the crayfish video I just posted.
When they get a little bit bigger I'll post a few to try it out (I've never shipped fish) definitely. They're about the size of a grain of rice right now.
@@myaquariuminfo should I get another crayfish and put it with the one I got. Confused
crayfish aquarium using pebbles and stone will be fine correct but no soil or planted tank substrate?
I have heard that crayfish normally has lots of parasites in them. Would you check their health and remove their parasites before having them as a pet?
I have an Aquarium with some rocks at the bottom it is a 10 gal with two i
Have made hiding spaces for them and the water is shallow enough for them to poke there head out but what do I need to buy for it a filter or a water circulater???
Hey I have a question actually? Would 10-15 gallons be appropriate for a 3 inch cray? I’m kinda considering making a bookshelf style tank so there’s lots of floor space along with a mini canister filter for the flow in the tank. Do you think this could work? I’m not afraid of going bigger but obviously smaller is preferred.
Thx for this im thinking about getting one and this realy helpt me
Did you get one?
@@northernflockvlogs7693 no i decided to go with fish i have 2 tanks now but i am going to get a mexican dwarf crayfish
Can I keep him underwater forever?
Yes they'll survive but they do like to hang out above the waterline too!
@@myaquariuminfo I want to get a blue one but they will eat all my tankmates. I have mystery snail, Racer snail, red cherry shrimp, and Cory catfish. I think they would be all goners.
Squirrel Attackspidy you need some kind of air bubbler or they will drown
Some times they like to come up so give them a rock that reaches above water
Patty Maizels they die yet
If you dont use a slope in your tank you can use an aerator on high to give them oxygen they will go to it when needing air
This is at my school right now. We also have some beetles. There doing a raffle.
I just got a Louisiana red freshwater crawfish pet and put it in about a 2.5 gal fish tank. I put it outside and under a roof. Inside the tank are about a 2.5 inch tall fake plant and seashell and 5.5 inch tall rock little mountain thing. I put some gravel about 1 inch tall at the bottom of the tank. I got some rain water and poured in about 3/4 of the tank. What do I feed it, improvements, tips, what it needs, etc
It will try to eat fake plant. No fake plants
awsome video
+Jean-Michel Gervais thanks (: how are you
very good I have made a lot of videos about my fishkeeping hobby and im in the process of upgrading my filtration systhem to add more fish :). I also plan to get a nano tank that I will probably get in april :)
I have a ivory crayfish in a ten gallon with 2 sucker fish and 2 tetras so do I HAVE to make a spot for them to get on land
So my guppies and Molly's are being very brave trying to eat the pellets near crayfish. Are healthy fishes to fast for CF to catch or its only a matter of time? He literally just chills I haven't seen him even attemp to catch one
what kind of filter works best with crayfish?
I have one crayfish in the tank with my angelfish. So far so good
How about now?
I have a Cray fish call wasabi I had the name picked out for my Betta fish sushi for when he got a tank mate but he died before I could get him one like a week later I got wasabi my dad was going to use him as fish bait but he let me keep him. I've had him since he was a baby and he loves to climb his plants, eat, hide in his bell, moving rocks and trying to catch the guppies I have in his tank. The guppies are fine, he doesn't really pay the much attention to them anymore (the guppies are called chop, stick and rice)
Cool, I grow crayfish in my backyard pond.
Do you buy them from the pet store? Or catch them live?
@@bassmaster117 No I bought 150 from a crawfish farm 5 years ago, now there are thousands of them in my pond.
@Myaquariuminfo will all this still apply for a crayfish I got from a creek
Is it okay to leave wood chips in the crayfish aquarium? I’m just starting and wondering if it’ll be okay to leave wood chips in there for like an asthetic or should I just not
You are awsome
Sorry for the late reply, ive been on vacation but thank you so much for your kind words!!
I have a crayfish I had bought from a petco and when I saw the receipt, it said bubble bee shrimp but it certainly doesn’t look like a shrimp. When I tried to see if they sold more of the crayfish to properly identify it, there was no name of the crayfish anywhere near the tank I bought it from. There were bubble bee shrimp in the tank but there was no crayfish, could you help me identify it?
i just got a crayfish i need tips on how to take care of it thanks if you give me tips
Thank you I have a cray fish
🙌 nice!
how big of a tank do i have to use?
Is it also the same with other crayfish. Or different.
What live feed can u give them
If it is good to give them space out of the water what is the best filter setup? Most commercial tanks I’ve seen sit at the top and require a water level too deep to allow for the crayfish to safely be out of the water partially
Try a sponge filter🙌
How many times do u feed ur crayfish
what works extremely well for baby crayfish? 3:09
How often and how much to feed?
I recommend catching your crawfish like i did mine in a small homeade trap and I catch minnows cut there heads off gut them and cut them into small pieces and give them to mine i take cucumbers and boil them and let him eat it and he sometimes eat fish flakes in my fish tank I used to have 40 minnows now 38 a large 3 year old goldfish the crawfish he ate 2 large minnows and he will eat algae and and be good for a wile easy and interesting per if had him for 6 months and trying to find a female crawfish for him to breed them in a 15 gallon instead of a 75
So I just caught some wild crayfish and I need more details on about what exactly to give them to eat
Just plants you find in the the water you found them and worms in stuff but I am 3 years late
Thanks I’m getting one today! I had one before, it died :( I’m getting a new one! :3
Edit: oh and yes I know how to take care of one nowwww :333
Like shrimp pellets?
Also how am I supposed to tell what kind of crayfish I have.
I have a question my cray fish is not eating his shrimp pallets so does that mean he doesn't want to eat it or what
Does it hurt to have snipped by it?
Do you need a filter and how do you keep the water from not getting green
Sorry for the late reply, coming back from a break from the vids! Anyways, Yes definitely. the filter and frequent water changes should help.
Nice gold barbs
😎🙌
Your awsome i lik this vid i subbed
Wow! Thank you so much!
Myaquariuminfo yep also cool crayfish
Will a 12x12 tank be okay for my crayfish ? He’s a Blue Alleni Crayfish and he is about 3 or 4 inch’s long .. I’m going to buy him and his own tank tomorrow .. I was looking at a 12x12 tank that I can offer him land and water
Do you need. Filter?
I have two blue and one red
The red one have a small right arm
I feed them sea weeds
the crayfish also makes a great meal
The guide told me when I found my crayfish, that that species had gills, and therefor would die if exposed to air for like a minute.. Is this true?
What is the the water temp
I had 5 in a tank i caught them in the yard, im pretty sure i identified them as all female they got along well for weeks, feeding them well.
I caught a def male and put him in the tank and he has eaten the two smaller ones already over night, i guess they were males?
I want to breed them at scale so i can eat them fresh water( and aquaponics) rather than mud but they seem difficult to keep alive, most of the babies im trying to keep, that i catch, die within days, in the same tanks i keep goldfish in. The water i get them from is nasty, is it too much of a shock to put them in clean water? Bacteria? Ph? Goldfish are fine in it though.
I have a baby crayfish, and i am a little concerned about how often to feed them. Now Im feeding him 2 small portions a day, But is it better to feed him once a day But more food?
After they breed can I eat them I heard crawfish taste good?
Can i feed a fish to my crayfish . And are crayfish and lobster same
What if the crayfish stays in one place for a long time?
Can I hold them every once and a while
Can they be kept with shrimp
My uncle actual bought a bucket load of these crawfish (they were red though) and I ended up saving 2 of them before my uncle could even boil them. Sadly my dad won't buy me a tank so hopefully they will eat if I let them out of the tank and crawl around for a while. They aren't really happy with their small tank right now and I feel so bad.
Ella of Frell It was thrown away cause it wasn’t edible to eat anymore hehe
My lobsters love eating tetras I’m pretty sure the brightness attracts them
Does the ph matter much if I’m just keeping a crayfish and that’s it ?
So I got bark substrate but I'm planing on using a lot of wood to create lots of hiding spaces do you think they would be OK with the bark substrate?
It doesn’t float?
In my stream near my house the crawfish have been eaten by birds I am currently breeding some to put Back into the steam hopefully it works wish me luck
My crayfish was a very natural brown colour but has turned white is this normal? How should i help him get his natural colours back?
Do they need air pump?
Not my finest moment, but I trusted a pet store employee. I only get aquatic animals from pet stores and I took interest in a blue crawfish. I was told the blue species are fully aquatic, not subterranean like the others. My poor girl has been fully submerged for nearly a month! How can I fix this? My thank's filter wont work if I drop the water levels.
No worries! It's good that you're looking into it, try a sponge filter. This lets you drop down the water line and adds oxygen into the tank!
My crawfish buddy is one that kept escaping the buckets and didn’t want to be dinner! He gets to retire to a tank
Yo sir can i keep crayfish with no tank i just put it in a container with water and how do i feed crayfish with live worms
can you keep them with oscars?
Can they be with guppies
Do you feed lobster from the market the same as crayfish
Yes!
Hi would water changes all the way be good so the crayfish can get some air and be out the water. I do thr once every 3 to 7 days for him
Buy a filter bro, you. Can just buy a cheap one for like 10 dollars
mine when I bought it it was not active and it don't eat the food I gave
what kind is in this video? a self cloning crayfish?
Yes, good eye. Marbled crayfish
my crayfish just somehow snapped it's own leg with no reason 😞, is it a problem?
+Philip Pham
Nothing to worry about. Happens all the time in the wild. It'll grow back in the next couple of molts 👌
Happen to me 2
Hi guys, I need some help here. I move my crayfish from a small tank to a bigger tank, after that my crayfish have been stop eating for 2days. Once I put back to the small tank, they start eating again. Can I know what is the problem?
*can i keep it with my bichir*
I have a 6” weather loach and I’m a bit worried about losing him.
I was worried because I put one in my tank and my loach lays around a lot. I thought he might get caught. But my crayfish stays to himself.
Do I need to oxygenate the water as well or are the plants enough. Many thanks
If u still need to know, and air pump works best.
I dont have a tank or anything for mine
I heard that there has to be something in the water to help the crayfish shed. Do you know what this is and how I get it?
Sorry for the late reply, coming back from a break from the vids! Anyways, calcium. you can use the white calcium pieces they sell for pet birds beaks at most pet stores.
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