TKD wrote:I would like to ad that I have a very dark colored one as well, almost black. I guess we need to keep in mind that in a wild population there is always some color variation. I was not expecting as much though.
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Of the 20 or so specimens of Cambarellus diminutus I collected last week, there are at least 5 different color types: tan, brown, grey, rust/orange, bronze. It will be interesting to see what pops up when/if these begin breeding in captivity.
Mine are blue, but not electric. More sort of steel grey-blue. I have 10 and so far so good. 3 females and 7 males. I've slit them up between two tanks. They are all active & eating. I'll post pics when I can.
They are a lot more social than my others. My browns won't tolerate another male where they can see them. These were almost touching each other this morning and didn't go into "get away" mode until they were both after the same pellet.
What kind of camera do you use. Any time I take pictures of these guys the pictures are cruddy. I have a sony cybershot DSC-S75. It takes great pictures of bigger crays and fish but not small shrimp or small crays. That first picture you posted is just awesome. I wish my pictures turned out that good.
Also if anyone needs any info on these crays let me know.
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Welcome aboard! Many of us now have your crays and are quite happy with your work. Any hints or guides are more than welcome! So far so good with the one you sent me. Jut waiting for eggs.
It might just be the mega pixels. Mine has 3.3. How about you Mustafa what camera do you use for taking pictures of your shrimp and small crays.
It will not be long before everyone that got these has eggs and small babies. The Cajun Blue are very prolific. They breed readily. And I do not notice very much cannibalism as long as I do not crowd them. They are great little crays and will soon surpass the orange in popularity. About 12 different people in the US have gotten these so they are now spread out. This makes for a lot better chance for the blue color to remain in the hobby now that more people are working with them. Good Luck to all that got them.
All mine seem to keep the blue color. In one form or another. But the blue seems to change color also. It is more intense at times. And also dulled at times. They are still being worked with to fix a more stable color. Maybe 2 years and all bugs will be worked out.
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