robertmarda
Aquarium Advice Freak
I was watching my crayfish when he grabbed the thermometer in the tank and relocated it from the front of the tank to the back. It must have been in his way.
A few days ago he started a major project which I have now realized looks like an excavation site. He has pushed all the gravel from one side of the tank away from the edge and has formed what looks like a ditch from the front to the back of the tank. I can see the bottom of the tank in many places. I even saw him picking at the silicon in the front corner and considered putting my hand in the tank to halt this action. I thought to myself he's going to make the tank spring a leak.
I must say this crayfish is very industrious. One of the reasons I like him so much. He seems to act with intelligence and build things that are useful. In this case, he may be building a new home since the pleco always pushes him back into his cave where he currently lives. He's probably tired of that. The entrance to the cave he made smaller by building a wall part way up.
Have any of you ever seen crayfish do these things?
A few days ago he started a major project which I have now realized looks like an excavation site. He has pushed all the gravel from one side of the tank away from the edge and has formed what looks like a ditch from the front to the back of the tank. I can see the bottom of the tank in many places. I even saw him picking at the silicon in the front corner and considered putting my hand in the tank to halt this action. I thought to myself he's going to make the tank spring a leak.
I must say this crayfish is very industrious. One of the reasons I like him so much. He seems to act with intelligence and build things that are useful. In this case, he may be building a new home since the pleco always pushes him back into his cave where he currently lives. He's probably tired of that. The entrance to the cave he made smaller by building a wall part way up.
Have any of you ever seen crayfish do these things?