QldMick Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 these guys came today. just getting used to artificial plants as these would eat the real ones i had in there. FighterFishClub and smicko 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted April 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2020 unfortunately this all in one tank had a decent gap across the back that i didnt think about. well 2 got out the other night, and one of those died, the only male. ok so he has been replaced now and have worked something out to stop it happening again. here's the whole tank its a bit strange having fake plants but real ones would just get eaten. tried to give them as much cover as possible. given their first lot of veggies, their loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Update, one females shell never hardened and accidently got crushed handling it still soft a week after molt. I now have 1m (who has 1 half size claw growing back after an attack during molt) and two females, 1 molted in the first week and has a reasonably hard shell now. I decided that coral sand would be a better option for their shells and 5.5kg coral sand arrived yesterday. Due to attacks by each other during molts I've added as many hides as I possibly can, 4 clay caves/logs, 4 natural wood logs and 8 fake plants(the crays will eat live plants). Looking pretty chokers so here's some pics. johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 they should breed in there how big is the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted August 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 19 hours ago, johnbetta said: they should breed in there how big is the tank Its 63L, I wish I could upgrade but we could be moving and I already have 2 big tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 ohh cool thats a nice size tank where are u moveing to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 hamishh34 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted October 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Looking like both my girls have eggs now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted October 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Still waiting on the babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted October 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 Current pic of the second female to lay, a bit behind the first. Couldn't help myself, had fold up aquaculture tanks packed away in the garage from when I used to breed. Just goota sell my gym to make up for the space I'm taking. Here's the two females just released into the big tank, And the tank its self, Craigo and Grover65k 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 wow cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted October 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Big thanks to aquaholics for this 150cm Dymax REX Planted LED, its super bright and with a little help perfect size for the tank. Now everything's ready for the babies, kinda wish I wasn't going away tomorrow but there enough hides, elodea weighed down on the bottom to chew on and the adults will be getting a bit of feed while I'm away too. johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Babies have been released, it just so happened to be the morning I'm going away for five days, I'll ask for them to be to feed them a tiny amount each day. litigator666, JB and Grover65k 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Back from bris and all good, counted 20 bubs that I could see, hoping there's another 20 or more in hiding. Female also molted and is visibly larger (see below), successfully re-introduced to the original cray tank with the male. Still have 1 female left holding eggs in the baby tank so more bubs to come. Craigo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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QldMick Posted October 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Found 2 babies in the adult tank, must have left the mum early. hamishh34, johnbetta and Craigo 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 very cool your lucky congrates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custardcrouton Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 They look awesome Mick. What are your plans for the babies? I had some (no idea what they were, as they came from a river way down south in a state where I grew up, which nobody talks about anymore) many years ago when I was a teen which bred over 50 from memory. The young ones ended up eating each other which only left me with two. The friendliest of the two would come out of the water and take food from your hand. He perished when I got a pet rat which used to roam around my bedroom at night. It pulled my yabby from the water, chewed all its legs off and then stored the body in my socks drawer to feed on later... It was (was... when it had claws...) longer than the rat. It lived for a few weeks afterward, but it lost its will to survive or eat. Horrible way to die and left me really torn, as I had it since a baby and would have been 4 or 5 years old. johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted November 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Hey, Gonna try and raise them in tanks, I have a 1.5m x 1m tank that I'll try and grow out the two batches. I tipped up the female remaining in the fry tanks cave up and babies came out, I'll give her a few more days and they should all be released. In that tank with all the hides and stuff I have no idea how many were born and how many may have been eaten or died. johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted November 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 Still very happy with these guys. Male hanging out with one of the females, I didn't feed for one night last month and he molted and lost a claw. The two females both molted in the fry tanks after releasing fry. Starting to get a bit of size to them. johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Bad news is I lost my male a few weeks back. Good news is I have plenty of bubs. Here's one of the biggest fry. A few out and about in the fry tank. My biggest female now in the fry tank with the other female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted February 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 Bubs growing up, keeping one male for display for myself and will move the others on. Here's the biggest of the bubs I pulled out to have his own display tank to grow up in. Another molt or two and he should be around full color as the juvies start off dull. Here's the big boy, obviously likes his food. raycam01_au 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted July 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just an update,So sold a few of these guys, making room for females and more smaller ones to grow more.There is a massive size difference between the smallest and the largest.Here is my biggest boy raised from my breeding, cool fella, Craigo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigo Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Are you selling more Mick? awesome work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted August 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 19 hours ago, Craigo said: Are you selling more Mick? awesome work Not at the moment sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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