My New Crays :)

[MOsborne05]

Per BV's request, here are a couple of pics so you can better judge their size. They were really interested in those pennies!

Here's a full tank shot with a penny and quarter against the glass on the left side.

And here are the crays

 

[brian1973]

OMG..those things are tiny and they have very nice coloration. If you dont mind telling how much did they cost. I have to admit I have a hard time looking at crays as anything other than bait but the more I see on here the more interested I become in keeping them.

 

[MOsborne05]

I paid $70 for the pair. They aren't a mated pair, but they are a sexed pair. Hopefully I will be able to recoup some of my money when they start having babies

 

[skratikans]

WOW...I really want some now..lol..beautiful! what temp do you keep the water at?

 

[MOsborne05]

Right now, the temp is 78 degrees. I found another person that has eight pairs of them, and has had several batches of babies, and he keeps the temp at 75 degrees. So I think I am going to bump the temp down a little bit.

 

[Meghan]

Awe, haha they are so cute!

 

[brian1973]

I paid $70 for the pair. They aren't a mated pair, but they are a sexed pair. Hopefully I will be able to recoup some of my money when they start having babies

Was that with shipping or just for the crays?

 

[MOsborne05]

Just for the crays It was $85 shipped for the two crays, and 6 super red adult cherry shrimp.

 

[brian1973]

OMG..can you get life insurance on fish??

 

[MOsborne05]

LOL, I wish! They aren't cheap, but that's because there is such a limited supply of them. Demand far exceeds supply at this point.

The wild form of these crays are normally brown, and the orange is a trait that some of them get. But the orange ones don't survive in the wild because the bright color makes them easy prey. The brown ones are cheaper, but you will get mainly brown crays, with a few orange. In order to get 100% orange babies, you need two orange parents, which you can only get from a breeder. Hopefully, once more people start breeding them, the supply will keep up with demand, and they won't be so expensive!

 

[brian1973]

i dealt with this when i was in the reptile hobby but IMO there is alot more chances of death with fish..not sure about crays. Good luck with them and breeding.

 

[MOsborne05]

One of my crays just molted, which is a good sign right? Not the best pics, I know, but I was about to leave for work when I saw it!

 

[skratikans]

NICE! what a great sign! I just hope mine will be able to thrive like yours!

 

[MOsborne05]

Thanks! I figured that means that they are happy in their new home. Hopefully yours will do well, and we can spread them amongst other MFT's, like BV did with his blues

 

[brian1973]

great sign means it's ready for the bait bucket ...J/K.

Good looking crays..hopefully you can get them to breed.

 

[Big Vine]

Congrats on the successful moult! *celebrate
BV

 

[skratikans]

Im getting these crays too! Im soo excited
What kind of rock are you using, I love it! looks very natural

 

[MOsborne05]

They are lava rocks from Las Vegas. I bought a flat-rate box of them from a guy on Planted Tank, and they've worked out pretty well. It was $20 total, and it was all of those rocks, plus a few more that I have in my 20 gallon long.

 

[skratikans]

could you maybe pm me the guy? I want to see if maybe he has any left

 

[skratikans]

when your guys breed, will you be removing the adults from the brood?