Help with c.shufelti breeding.
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Help with c.shufelti breeding.
i have 4 c.shufelti in a ten gallon tank with many lants and some small fish.
i want to breed these guys, and extend my knowledge on them. is there any special thing i should know about breeding?
the tank is about 80*, should i lower it? will they breed with fish in there?
i want to breed these guys, and extend my knowledge on them. is there any special thing i should know about breeding?
the tank is about 80*, should i lower it? will they breed with fish in there?
- YuccaPatrol
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Welcome dufus.
There is a lot of great information in this forum on breeding these and other closely related crays. You can start here with a good description of this species: http://www.petshrimp.com/cajundwarfcrayfish.html
I'd suggest spending the evening reading any threads in here related to cambarellus because many of us are working on improving our breeding success and you will find a LOT of good information in there.
Your crays can handle the temp of your tank, but I would drop it down a few degrees if your fish can handle it.
However, your fish are almost certain to eat the baby crays even if they leave the adults alone and harrassment by the fish may cause the females to drop their eggs prematurely.
You'll probably have to decide what your priority is. Do you want a nice looking fish tank that has some crayfish in it or do you want to maximize your success at breeding these crays?
There is a lot of great information in this forum on breeding these and other closely related crays. You can start here with a good description of this species: http://www.petshrimp.com/cajundwarfcrayfish.html
I'd suggest spending the evening reading any threads in here related to cambarellus because many of us are working on improving our breeding success and you will find a LOT of good information in there.
Your crays can handle the temp of your tank, but I would drop it down a few degrees if your fish can handle it.
However, your fish are almost certain to eat the baby crays even if they leave the adults alone and harrassment by the fish may cause the females to drop their eggs prematurely.
You'll probably have to decide what your priority is. Do you want a nice looking fish tank that has some crayfish in it or do you want to maximize your success at breeding these crays?
- badflash
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I've had no luck breeding them in a 10 gallon tank, but in my 40 gallon breeder they go to town. 78 degrees F, hard water. Lots of dried oak leaf litter and tons of hornwort. Lose the fish. They pick at the eggs & stress the crayfish.
I have little terra cotta dishes that I've notched for caves. The females brood in them. I feed sinking shrimp pellets and sinking goldfish food. They have pretty much finished off all the string algae.
I have little terra cotta dishes that I've notched for caves. The females brood in them. I feed sinking shrimp pellets and sinking goldfish food. They have pretty much finished off all the string algae.
hmm, tha kinda sucks, well, maybe i'll just set the 29 up as a planted cray/rasbora tank and see what happens. i really want to breed these, but not to the point of a species only tank. i just want to find berried females once in a while, i could seperate berried's from the rest of the tribe.
the rasboras are mostly top and mid dwellers, and with enough micro swords or pearlgrass, they may never find the babies. oh well, i geuss i'll never have a cray farm, but maybe someday i could focus more on them.
the rasboras are mostly top and mid dwellers, and with enough micro swords or pearlgrass, they may never find the babies. oh well, i geuss i'll never have a cray farm, but maybe someday i could focus more on them.
- badflash
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My experience with pulling out berried females and putting them in a 10 gallon had the same results. No hatchlings, or very high mortality on the hatchlings.
We keep getting people here that insist on keeping fish with their crays and shrimp. After a bit they either give up and go to an invert tank, or we stop hearing from them.
We keep getting people here that insist on keeping fish with their crays and shrimp. After a bit they either give up and go to an invert tank, or we stop hearing from them.
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