For Zora:
Latest Crayfish Craze in SG
The Mexican Dwarf Crayfish which will not grow more than 4 cm.
Extremely peaceful and can be kept with water plants and tiny
fish (To be honest I feel like keeping them as well >.<
)
Below statements are quoted from Petshrimp.com:
This beautiful and relatively peaceful 1.5 inch crayfish comes
from Lago de Patzcuaro, a volcanic crater lake in Michoacán,
Mexico, in the west-central mountain region. Wild Cambarellus
patzcuarensis are mostly tan, brown, and rusty colored.. The bright
orange mutation in the aquarium hobby rarely persist in nature due
to predators, but is hardy in captivity. Some have a pair of
longitudinal dark stripes and others are mottled, lacking stripes.
They can be kept in soft to moderately hard water, pH 6.0 to 8.0,
temperature 60 to 82 F. In soft water, keep aragonite gravel in the
filter or on the bottom to provide calcium and pH buffering.
Unlike most crayfish, C. patzcuarensis doesn't destroy plants, and
digs very little. They eat live or frozen worms, insects, brine
shrimp, flakes, pellets, cooked shrimp, green peas – most any kind
of fish food. They live peacefully with small fish and usually do
not attack even newborn guppies, although they may eat fish eggs or
non-swimming larvae, and will eat dead fish. They need hiding
places when molting, as the new shell is soft and even small fish
(or other crayfish) can kill them during this time. Volcanic rock
with lots of small holes, or short segments of waterlogged bamboo
are useful as molting refuges. Don’t keep crayfish with loaches or
similar fish that probe nooks and crannies – the crayfish will be
killed during their molt.
Adult males can be recognized by the first pair of pleopods, which
are rigid with terminal hooks at the forward end (between the last
pair of walking legs). In females the first pleopods are flexible
and similar to the other four pairs of pleopods. They begin
breeding at four months old. Crayfish mate belly-to-belly, after a
claw-waving courtship ritual. Dark green eggs are laid in clutches
of about 50, attached to the mother’s pleopods under the abdomen.
They hatch in about 2 weeks, and the 3/16 inch baby crayfish drop
off and scatter about a week later. The mother continues to eat
while brooding, and won’t eat her kids as long as she has
sufficient food. The babies eat newly hatched brine shrimp, flakes,
pellets, etc. Soaked leaves from deciduous trees will provide
hiding and climbing places, plus bugs, bacteria, and fungi that the
babies can eat between feedings. If starved or overcrowded they
will attack each other and tear off legs, but these will grow back
as long as the crayfish can still get around and feed. The babies
can grow up in the tank with the adults, or you can separate the
mother before the eggs hatch and raise the babies in their own
tank.
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They come in blue as well
Can be bought from CRSHaven, Tropical Fish International at
Pasir Ris Farmway or from a private breeder.
Damage is about $65 bucks a pair :x
