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In my 40 gal. breeder tank which houses a pair of Blue crayfish I recently noticed tons of miniscule "things" swarming around. They are too small to see exactly what they are. They remind me of those flying gnats you see clustered above the grass in the summer time. The only thing I feed the...

My P. alleni molted on Halloween and then again last night. he seems to get a deeper blue with each molt. I removed the first shell mistakenly thinking it was the dead crayfish since I didn't see the molted cray at the time. I have read that they will eat their shells after a molt to ingest the...

Today is my 59th birthday and I had planned to go to Maryland to spend a few days with my son and his family but something came up and they had to cancel. One bright light is that when the mail came, there was a box addressed to me which contained an unrelated pair of electric blue crayfish...

Due to Hurricane Sandy, I have been without any power since a week ago this past Sunday. My tank went from 75 degrees down to 48 due to no heat in the house. Of all my fish the only 2 survivors were the blue crayfish (which molted the other day, I thought I'd lost him too) and one lone zebra...

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I want to watch my crays but being as they are nocturnal, if I turn on the lights at night they eventually retreat into their respective crevices. Would using a red light at night work the same as it does for reptiles and amphibians? I used to keep tree frogs and in order to observe them at...

Aside from the names being different can anyone tell me the major differences in these two crayfish as far as behavior, husbandry, etc.? I have a P. paeninsulanis now and will soon be getting a pair of P. alleni. I know better than to attempt to keep them together but is the P. paeninsulanis...

I have a 30 gallon breeder tank with 2 male flame gouramis, 6 zebra danios and 6 black skirt tetras and an emerald cory. The gouramis most of the time seem to hide among the plants and tree root decorations. I have never seen them chased or bullied by any of the other fish or each other and come...

I was just recently given a Via Aqua VA-680 18 gallon tank. It's a beautiful oak tank with matching hood and stand. I will have to replace the fluorescent tubes, which should be no problem. It was apparently used previously for a terrarium because it's full of gravel, rocks and has cork bark...

I have zebra danios and black skirt tetras and I was feeding them Tetra Min and Spiralina flake food and then I picked up some frozen brine shrimp and used them for every third feeding. Now they almost ignore the flake food and go nuts for the brine shrimp.

I want to set up a tank for rearing baby crays down the road. I have a 20 long in storage and figured I would use that. I have a pair on the way and figure it would be prudent to set up ahead of time just in case. I've read that once the female is berried she should be separated until she drops...

I just got him a couple of days ago. I acclimated him to the tank by adding tank water to his bag while floating it. He seemed to be fine, wandering around the tank the first few hours then making a home in a slate cave. He's been eating algae wafers and strolling the tank at night. Today I...

I have a 30 gal. breeder with 10 zebra danios, 8 black skirt tetras and an electric blue crayfish. I just added some new plants and when I stirred up the gravel to bury the plant bases a butt-load of uneaten food stirred up. I did a 10 gallon water change with water pre-treated for chlorine and...

I am so bummed. I just purchased 5 zebra danios, 3 black skirt tetras and a blue crayfish for the tank. When I was floating the bags I noticed a foul odor coming from the water. Just on a whim I picked out one of the smaller pieces of driftwood and almost yakked. The smell was horrible. It gave...

I finally acquired an Electric Blue cray. It's only about 2.5-3" long and it's a male. Nobody seems to stock any females and I would love to pair him up. Anyway, he is very cool, has beautiful coloration and seems to be happy cruising his new habitat. I had black skirt tetras swim right up to...

I was thinking of getting 10 Zebra danios and 5 Black skirts for my 30 gallon with the pair of Elec. Blue crays. From what I've read, they should be safe from the crays due to plenty of plants and hiding spots for the crays and the fact that they are top/middle fast swimmers. Any thoughts?

I was wondering if anyone can direct me to a source for a female Electric Blue cray. No local pet/fish shops carry them and I found a source for males but would love to attempt breeding. Any help or suggestions would be welcome and appreciated.

I am soon going to be getting a couple of Electric Blue crayfish and was wondering if anyone had any experience with these? It will be mainly a species specific tank with possibly a few fish to provide bacteria. There are plenty of hiding spaces to keep possible male/male aggression abated. In...

I recently set up a 30 G. breeder tank to house Electric Blue crayfish which is currently cycling. Mixed fine/pea gravel substrate, driftwood and plastic plants (crays are notorious for tearing up live plants), and a couple of slate hides.