" Blue " Cambarellus Shufeldtii CAJUN

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:39 pm

I can finay report that I have young crays.
I have counted 5 in the leaf litter. I hope there are more.

And the 2 females that I have are berried again.

John

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:50 pm

Excellent!

Now that I'm watching I see mine mating all the time. I think it must be pretty much non-stop!

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:10 pm

My 2 Females are berried all the time.

I have 7 Males and only 2 Females.

The young C. shufeldtii are alot smaller the the C. patzcuarensis .

I just put more leaf litter in, for them to hide in.

John

FISH WORLD ERIE · Post by **FISH WORLD ERIE** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:00 pm

Good job everyone.

Jason

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:34 pm

Newjohn,

One of the texts I read recently suggested that females lose eggs due to harrassment by males when they are carrying eggs.

Try isolating your berried females in a floating plastic guppy breeder and you might find that your females produce more offspring.

Congrats on the babies!

pturley · Post by **pturley** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:25 pm

I just found out tonight that one of my females is berried up with 15 or so dark eggs as well...

Sincerely,
Paul E. Turley

FISH WORLD ERIE · Post by **FISH WORLD ERIE** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:04 pm

You won't need containers for these. You should have babies in 2 weeks. Congrats!

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:34 pm

Just a update

I have removed 17 Young Crayfish, and put them in a grow out tank.

Out of the 17, 3 have " The Blue" coloration. Nothing like the one, in the first pictures.
They seem to lose the bright Blue as the mature. I hope this generation will keep more of the Blue coloration.

John

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:08 pm

I have babies crays all over the place now and at least 4 are the nice light blue. I also have two females withbabies on their bellies "pudding bellies" as I call them, and two more females loaded up with eggs.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:14 pm

badflash
The is Great News
Please, when you get time, could you post a few pictures ?

With only 1 "Blue" Female, It will be awhile for myself to get a good Breeding Colony.

John

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:02 pm

I will try tomorrow if I'm not too hung over

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:24 am

Congratulations

!

I will try tomorrow if I'm not too hung over

You might have lot of company on that subject

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:52 pm

I started pulling out juvie crays today. My back gave out when I got to 30. There are loads of infants in there too, but I'll leave them in the main tank to grow out. Most are showing lots of blue! Hard to tell from this picture though:

Two of my females are berried up again. Looks like the pudding bellies let the babies loose. They should mate again soon too.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:05 pm

badflash
There are alot, Showing the Blue.

If they keep breeding like this, you will have to set-up another pool .

Please Keep the updates comming
John

michiganmale248 · Post by **michiganmale248** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:42 pm

It's great to see how well you guys are doing with these. Its probly just me but it looks like a couple of them came out a orange or red, or is this what the brown look like young?

Anyways, Keep up the good work.