Meet 'Juno'

[Big Vine]

Jerry and Juno are both offspring of the same parents, and they will eventually be mated to produce offspring of their own. Taking that into consideration, I thought that 'Juno' was a fitting name for the female cray (esp. when you look at the origins of this name in Roman mythology, in which Juno is sister and wife of Jupiter and Roman goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth).

She is smaller than some of the other females I could have kept, but I chose her on account of the purplish-pink markings that appear much more prominently on her than on most of the other crays.

She still has a lot of growing to do before she will be ready to be introduced to Jerry.

I'll start a "Jerry & Juno's Journey" thread in the Breeding section of the forum as soon as they're ready to 'do the deed,' lol.

BV

 

[Helena21]

Great BV!! your right about the purpish tint to her, shes really pretty, its like you can tell shes a girl without sexing her properly . Cant wait for the Jerry & Juno Journey

 

[Fuzz16]

oo what happened to jerrica? sorry if i spelt that wrong.

will incest in crays cause deformities? heh

shes pretty though, her back and what not. will the designs fade?

 

[Big Vine]

Thanks!

oo what happened to jerrica? sorry if i spelt that wrong

You spelt it correctly.
Jerrica was traded in at an LFS...there wasn't room in my tanks to keep her as a pet and raise the other crays, and she was way too big to be expected to mate with one of her sons, lol. So I decided to devote my tank space to the littluns' instead.

will incest in crays cause deformities? heh

Perhaps way down the line, after multiple generations, but for now it should be okay. If I decide to have a third batch (i.e. after Jerry & Juno's batch), then I'll bring in some new genetics...but that's still a long ways off...

will the designs fade?

The purplish-pink coloring will probably stay...I hope!
Matter of fact, I've seen ones at the LFS which are just about full-grown and have a lot of purple-pink on them...they look stunning! Hard to say for sure with Juno though---none of her siblings really seem to have that coloring, as far as I can tell.

BV

 

[IDunnoWhy]

She's a beauty, and great choice on the name. *thumbsups

 

[Big Vine]

Thanks, Denny!
Cleaned the tank glass today and got a few more pics...check out the last one!

BV

 

[IDunnoWhy]

Great pics, that last one is WAY cool, It looks like her "mouth" area is glowing

She's a real looker, Jerry's gonna a very lucky cray....Hubba Hubba.

 

[TheFighterFish]

I'm still amazed that you managed to breed them. You're Good. Haha.

 

[Big Vine]

Thanks, FighterFish.

Hubba Hubba.

*laughingc
BV

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

She's a real beauty. What do you feed them?

 

[Big Vine]

Thanks Gerald.
I feed almost exclusively Wardley 'Shrimp Pellet Formula.' Of course, Juno happens to also get Hikari 'First Bites' and crushed up flake foods as she performs clean-up duty in the con fry tank.

BV

 

[jessey]

she is beautiful! her colors are so different and pretty. and i agree, juno is the perfect name!

 

[big54bob]

Oh BV she is amazing. I cant wait to see what my baby crays turn out to be like.

 

[MemnochsKat]

Wow BV, Juno is beautiful. Not camera shy either. Can't wait till her and Jerry are old enough to be naughty, so we can all live vicariously through them *silly grin*

Here's a question for you... What % of the cray born in your last batch, would you say made it past the first month mark, second month mark, and so forth?

Your LFS must love you.

 

[Fuzz16]

hmm, maybe while your all busy trying to breed pink platies you should try for the purple pink color too!
think about it...you could get rich! just tell the wifey that and get yourself more tanks lol

 

[Big Vine]

Lol...thanks!
No more tanks for me though---not while I'm still living in this apt. Well, not entirely true...I'll probably pick up a 2nd 3 gal. Eclipse setup just for Juno, but that'd be it.

What % of the cray born in your last batch, would you say made it past the first month mark, second month mark, and so forth?

Good question, but nearly impossible to tell. There were just so many of them in a tank with so much cover that it made it virtually impossible to see them all at any given time. Not to mention their different growth rates, which made it even more confusing. Sorry I can't give a straight answer, lol.

BV

 

[skratikans]

shes a gorgeous cray...can you post a pic of the whole tank?