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Yep I can ship Ok that'd be cool. I'd like to see pics.

Hi there! I'm looking to trade 6 juvenile blue crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) for some CPO (Cambarellus patzcuarensis var. orange). I'll also sell the crayfish for $10 each or $50 for all 6. Here are some pics of mom and dad:

Yep it sure will. You could probably put up to 5 CPOs in a 5 gallon with adequate filtration.

The Tetra Safestart needs to be added all at once. Seachem Stability is added usually one capful a day. Just take a look at the instructions on the back of the bottle and try to find an expiration date to make sure the Safestart is still okay. I think you'll be fine with the snail in there once...

You need to make sure to put an air stone in the container with the eggs. It seems the babies are hatching. Normally after the embryos develop, the babies still remained attached to the mother's tail. She helps to get the babies oxygen by fanning her eggs and moving them around. But since these...

Shrimp and other crustaceans (crayfish, crabs, lobsters, etc.) have a hard exoskeleton which doesn't grow, but the animal on the inside does grow and has to shed the outside shell from time to time to make a bigger shell for himself. It's basically like they are outgrowing their old clothes and...

Yeah those ammonia spikes are probably the cause. Ammonia and nitrite should always be 0 in a cycled tank. Any amount of either of those is toxic. So here's what I would do. Go down to your LFS and get the littlest bottle of Seachem Stability. It has dosing instructions on the side which are...

Great looking crayfish! As far as encouraging breeding, the best thing I've heard is just keep them separate for a period of time (a day or two or more, whatever works for you), then reintroduce them and they'll get busy really quick. That's how I do it and I've been quite successful...

Cuttlebone won't cloud up the water and those eggs look like they're doing okay to me! Once they start hatching, you can just let nature take its course and there will be cannibalism but some will live. Or you can move the mama to a different tank, rub the babies off her, then put her back in...

It's really difficult to tell. The best way would be to take one out of the tank, put it on a flat surface, and take the photos that way..

From those pictures it's hard to tell. Maybe Cambarellus shufeldtii... but to ID crayfish, you need to get good pictures of the top and the bottom like this and like this. Who told you that? That is not true at all. Crayfish absolutely need a filter as they produce a ton of waste. Unless you...

The best thing for them is high calcium veggies. You can also use algae wafers or even regular fish flakes. It varies by species, but a heater is generally not necessary. A heater just makes them grow faster and makes them somewhat more active. In cooler water, they don't move around as much...

For my shrimp tank, I just have a regular ole Tetra heater in there, so whatever temperature that those things maintain the water works for me.

It mostly depends on the water temperature I think. Warmer water is going to encourage a faster life-cycle for them, hence more frequent molts.

You say you have a white crayfish, which I'm assuming is the species P. clarkii (would need to see pictures to be sure). If the blue crayfish is the same species, then it might be okay to add it if you have at least 20 gallons of tank space. If it's truly an "Asian" crayfish as they're...