Marble Crayfish Care

Martin et al 2010a.

Marble crayfish care.

They do best in medium hard to hard water with a ph in the neutral to alkaline range. You can also give the marbled crayfish away to those you trust to take care of it and who won t release it. The marbled crayfish produces a lot of waste is easy to raise and keeps on multiplying making it a great choice for aquaponics. Marbled crayfish a true self cloning wonder for the domestic aquarium.

They can be housed in extreme conditions and will be fine. This aquarium freshwater crayfish is an omnivore. Previous post next post. The marbled crayfish is a medium sized crayfish with a distinct marbled color pattern and small chelae.

This entry was posted in caresheets freshwater crayfish and tagged aquarium crayfish marbled crayfish self cloning crayfish marmorkrebs on october 11 2017 by mari. Marbled crayfish detailed guide. They do well in cooler temperatures between 72 74 degrees fahrenheit. They can also co habitate peacefully with aquarium shrimp and community fish.

Marbled crays live to be about 3 years old. Cray care marbled crayfish are easy to raise and colonize. Care diet and breeding. Virginalis or procambarus virginalis sp.

The marbled crayfish or marmorkrebs is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in germany in the 1990s. The marbled coloration from which its name derives is always present and is especially noticeable on the lateral parts of its carapace which is usually olive or dark brown but can range from tan to reddish to blue kawai et al 2009. They are not overly aggressive either with other crayfish or with fish species but should be kept well fed if kept with very small fish species. They are decent algae eaters and if sufficient algae is not present foods intended for.

Like most crayfish the marbled crayfish is an omnivore who will eat a variety of plant live or dead matter meaty foods detritus and even a small slow swimming fish if he can catch one. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled. The marmorkrebs crayfish procambarus fallax f.

Unlike most aquarium fishes and shrimp marbled crayfish are not picky about their water at all.