This makes me miss my crayfish.... he was very social towards me and even gently and carefull took out his treats from my fingers, and the climped on my hand so I can "play" with him by pulling him half way out of the water and back again. (when he had enough he simply jumped off) I have a new one but she is super shy I named her Houdini cause she dissapears by digigng herself into spaces that I didn't knew even excist in the tank XD I only use for plants waterweed because it grows pretty fast and when it got cut off you can simply stick it back again. Anubias are also a good pick because of the hard leafs.

Can we just talk about how adorable these mini lobsters are

Hey all! I recently made a channel dedicated to keeping fish and crustaceans like crayfish. It's called "Atomic Aquatics" (here is the link: kzfaq.info/love/7SmvCxp2gvScK5TVrYCoDA ). Please check it out!

A couple of months ago, I bought one to feed my Oscars. He is still in the tank doing great.

I used to keep these lil guys as pets when I was a kid. Going back into it with better equipment for sure. They sure are nice pets and calming to watch . Mine never pinched me.

I can catch crayfish just a few feet from my house. They generally tend to be around 5-6 inches long though so too big for a normal community tank. I was thinking about setting up a tank for some Amano shrimp but I may check out some of those CPO dwarf crayfish instead.

Crayfish are just so insanely pretty

Loved this video! I’m looking to set up a crayfish tank later this year, and I’m so excited Thank you for this!!

I caught a long pincered crayfish in the creek and he's 4 years old now and very blue from the tropical flakes he scavenges he's a big bastard too. Good video thanks for the info

Our blue cray climbed out of the tank,found upside down and no movement.We quickly put him in the tank and monitored him for next hours,bluey moved one tenticle 1 hr.One leg next hour,moved 1 inch bit by bit 3 hours.Recovery next few days.Going well now.We put him in another tank and closed all exits on top.Bluey has now gone on usual day and nighttime walks and likes his new tank,complete with basking ramp.lol.❤😊

The crayfish at @1:43 was like gtfo.

Love the video! I had no idea that there were so many types, I just discovered they can be pets and they’ve can be blue! I’m literally losing my mind! I’m babysitting one for a friend and probably just won’t sleep and just watch him

Yo keep making vids about crayfish. Very informative and good quality.

I’m in the process of making a native tank in New Hampshire. Letting it cycle then going out to collect some things. Crayfish will definitely be one of them.

Crayfish are just beautiful and underrated

Great and informative video. Thank you for the info 😊

Great video! Very informative and we'll put together. I especially liked seeing video of molten crayfish. It was cool!

Rel ,and friends love him too,they still wave to him and enquire how hes going.lol❤😊

This was very helpful, thanks! I think I need to wait until I have more money to get my own crayfish, but oh man they are beautiful!

I never knew keeping pet fish like this was a hobby , might get into it!

Maybe I will keep one

Im looking to get crayfish the florida type and this is very helpful for me thank you 😀

I just went to my local creek and boom, new pets

Great post. Thx. 😊

My son brought home a wild river crayfish yesterday. about 2 inch long, ever so tiny but very quick. He got a tank straight away, his own river water, a cave, a branch and few stones. Was not interested in a prawn but I get they eat when they want. I'm going to leave the tank in a garden, where the natural light, temperature and even rain will help to keep natural environment. Because the river is more like a stream really, I only gave them maybe 5 inches of water above so probabbly won't need an aeratore. His name is Sven :D

Well you’re definitely right about the destructiveness, in Australia the most common yabby or crayfish as you call them in America is called Cherax destructor.

great video quality!!

great looking video!

Just added a wild caught ozark banded to my endler tank

Very cool, thinking of getting one!

Just picket up a blue one from pet shop it was dumped over night this video was so so helpful thank u

I saw some orange crayfish in a nearby river so I'm planning on going back to catch one.

Thanks a lot!!!

First video that i saw that makes sense

The juveniles almost look like dwarf shrimp. That’s pretty cool

thanks so much

Thx for a crayfish vid

I'm going to get one they seem cool and I met one and there pretty chill

satisfying video!

I have a blue crawfish with red rocks. It really makes my living room better.

Question, I have a 20 gallon tank that has plants and a filter in it and I bought one red Louisiana crawfish from a grocery store. He's been in the tank for two days and is doing ok, but spends most of his time hiding and hasn't eaten anything yet. I suspect he's just getting used to his new environment and is exhausted. He was placed in a large basket with a bunch of other Crawfish and was hosed off every few hours at the grocery store. The fish guy at the grocery store said those crayfish had been in the store (in a basket) for 5 days and who knows how long prior to reaching the store. I think he is just tired and needs to rest in his new environment. He wasn't super weak when I got him, he still tried to fight the tongs and acted alert so I don't think he's doomed. I remember the ones I caught back home and kept as pets would eat the first night I had them, but they also weren't left in a basket with 100s of other Crawfish for days and days. Any ideas about how long I'll have to wait for him to become active again or things I can do to help him?

I wish I had found your video before. My crayfish was found dead this morning and I don’t know why. It’s very sad because there isn’t much information out there about Crayfish and Crayfish care. I don’t what I did wrong.

Man it's been years since I had a crayfish. When I was a kid I caught one from the wild and named it Cookie haha. I shall be a new starter to this hobby I'm hoping to get a blue crayfish or one that is red and white. Also...are shrimp okay with them or they just loners?

They look interesting and cute

i have had many crayfish, not much luck with them though. 2 of mine died for an unknow reason, 1 died because he had internal parasites and i had no clue, my 4th one passed because he got stuck in a molt which was odd because my parameters are damn near perfect and he got plenty of minerals and other yummy food. im going to assume that since he had internal parasites from a petco ghost shrimp he ate that it took a toll on his energy even after being treated. i've had the procambarus clarkii species. im thinking of getting a cherax species just to change it up. it still a bummer i paid 50 bucks for a ghost variant of procambarus clarkii and he passed due to a failed molt

Atomic QBomb, I have never even CONSIDERED owning a Crawdad (I love & study BIRDS), but since parts of our apt bldg caught on fire 8 weeks ago, they'd had all of us evacuate, & put us into different hotels til they get it all fixed up. The one I'm stayin at is digging up rocks & dirt in this stream next door, & one crawdad either was tryin to get away from that, OR possibly "escaped" from one of the nearby restaurants, & crawled to our hotel, & scared one of our maids when she saw it outside, so the front desk clerk got it, then saw me & asked me if I wanted it. I am TOTALLY NEW to caring for critters like this, plus don't currently have extra money to the petstore & splurge on a buncha new items... but I felt sorry for the little (about 4"-5" long, maybe), so I took it, & put it in a spare plastic basin w/water (had originally got the $1 basin to wash dishes in, but bought a larger one for dishes, so this is the new Crawdad's tub, now. I put a couple man's-fist-sized rocks in the basin/tub, plus a ceramic coffee cup on it's side (best I could think of for a "hiding place" for it. Hmm, what with "Crawdad", & "HidingPlace", I think I'll name this Crawdad, "Corrie", for Corrie Ten Boome! "Corrie the Crawdad" will be it's name!). And, all I had was mealworms & red-crawler worms (for the birds outside), & a cam of white chicken meat. I put both a mealworm & a red-worm into the water w/Corrie, & some of (just a couple Tablespoons worth) of the dirt that was with the live red-worms, into the water. She(?) didn't seem interested in eating, but I then started lookin up all I can on how to care for her. Some articles say (but don't show exactly how) that they need a way to crawl OUT of the water, for alternate oxygen. How FAR out of the water?? ALL the way, or just stickin it's head out of the water?? Please share whatever'd be most helpful for this little tyke's care, under these circumstances! Thanks so much!

My crawfish has been in the same tank with a mystery snail for almost a year, no issues.

I'd love to have a crayfish in my fish tank but if it's going to kill my fish then no chance! Great video. Watching your video has made me decide that I can't keep one. What about freshwater crabs. Do they kill fish?

I love crayfish I started caring for them a month ago with my first being a blue brazos but he died while molting now I have a young cherax pulcher, in a 20 gallon 30 inches long 13 in wide and 12 in long, up to how many fish can I put, I currently have 2 black mollies, they don’t mind the crayfish and when I come up they swim towards him I guess for protection?, the crayfish doesn’t mind either but if they touch him he will try to grab them but he hasn’t so far

Would you recommend crayfish as someone's first aquatic pet? Also, do crayfish need a calcium source (other then recycling there old molt) such as cuttel bone? :)

Best video!

Do crayfish mate in captivity? How many can live together safely? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I used to catch them in the lake behind my house but I would release them soon after. I’m thinking about getting some for the house. I live in south Florida. Also if you know of any good places to buy them in my area that would help also. I really like the blue ones. They are fascinating creatures. I really enjoyed your video. Thanks

In your opinion is it best to get them online ? And if so do you have any recommendations on where

I have a 45 gallon bow tank I'm wanting to convert into an electric blue crayfish tank (he will be the feature of the tank). Should I use sand or gravel? Would you have a planted tank or non-planted? driftwood or rock/plastic caves? I'm guessing with a 45 gallon bow, he would be better as a solo crayfish. What friends would be best to go with him? We do have one red tailed shark we'd like to put in and add other fish. Thank you SO much in advance for your help. I really want to make this successful. I'm familiar with water parameters, etc. as I've kept fish for many years.. just never crayfish.

i got a few dwarves and today i got a blue one. the blue one immediatly made known what his home would be and every so often one of the dwarves peeks in just to be scared away by a much bigger blue boi. really curious how this will end up but i have a good feeling about it as there are plenty of spots the blue boi cant reach

Can they be kept in a pond with goldfish? And what size tank would you recommend for multiple? Like two or three?

cool vid

Hi, do you have any more info on Cherax Pulcher and Boesmenai crayfish? I really am set on keeping those.

My comment is a bit late to the party but I’ll try anyway! I was looking into getting a pet crayfish, and once I move out and get a bigger tank for my ryukin I am left with a 60 litre tank. That’s why I was wondering if it is okay to keep a crayfish in a 60 litre tank (thats about 15,85 gallons) I saw online that a Mexican dwarf crayfish are good to go, however I’d like for it to thrive rather then just survive so I was wondering if the tank is big enough (I won’t be planning on getting tank mates then)

All of mine are wild white river crawdads I been wanting to keep them for a good while now for bait breeding and kinda have a little experience with it but normally I don't keep them long but it's been years since I had any and back then wasn't into breeding just wanted to keep them for a few weeks But I caught a 7 inch white river on a bluegill tail and figured I'd use her to start my breeding tank And since I have them in a blue tank I'm hoping I'll have some start turning blue but I plan on getting black kongs at some point so I can breed my big white river (Larry(SpongeBob reference)) with them bc she has really vibrant red pinchers that she tries to use on me a lot and has cut me open with them but along with the red she has a dark brown body with red in her tail joints So maybe a black kong with her will have a black body and red pinchers

Going to at some point put some in a 65 gallon tank!

How many crawfish can you keep in a single tank? And I know you said 15 gallon tank but would a 10 work too?

Hi, I'm considering keeping a Signal Crayfish to learn it's behaviours, see how big I can grow it and a number of other reasons. Could you offer any advice? Are there anything I need to consider specific to Signals? Thanks in advance

These amazing creatures will eat anything!

If you need to supply more calcium, would a cuttlebone suffice? I had hermit crabs, but they tended to ignore it.

Nice video! How do you think a Betta would fair with a Crayfish in a 40 Gallon tank?

Can 1 or 2 crayfish be kept in a 10 gallon tank? Will they outgrow too fast? Or keep to the size of their environment

Hi! I love your video! One question.. how often do they molt?

Can you keep more than one crayfish/lobster in the same tank? If so how big do you think the tank should be?

I have a 15 gallon tall corner tank and was thinking of turning it into a crayfish tank could I keep 2 or 3 in that size I am 4 years into the fish hobby so pretty good about water changes and testing all that good stuff , also do they fight with each other if you get different colored ones ?

I have one of these

That cray in the last clip appears to be in a special molting tank? Is this beneficial?

I have a 15 gallon tall tank. Do you think that would be ok for them? Or do they really need that horizontal walking space?

I’m getting a crayfish, I just wanted to know . I have one ghost shrimp and two goldfish. Would they wor, good together? I also have gravel in my tank so should I switch to sand?

I had a tank just to spoil two crayfish a d they both where from a local bait store they lived 4 years and went from 3cm to 15cm long and where very good pets and I am currently setting up a new tank to rescue some new crayfish from the local bait store and I hope they live as long again or even longer

Thank u for the uselfull infos in this video. I have a 500 lt aquarium that i would like to house for some crayfish. I have some questions and many doubts. How many crayfishes can i put in 500lt ? Are they going to live with a Caridina Shrimp colony? I have aswell a big kissing gurami that I would like to add in this aquarium. I think is not a problem.. I dont think guramis and crayfishes can kill eachother..but.... is it dangerous for the gourami when he is sleeping lying on the substrate?

Im getting ready to get a crayfish. I have 29 gallon and I plan on getting a procrambarus. Any good tips?

Can crayfish such as the white clarki and gohst clarki live with african ciclides? if not, why not? Hope you can telk me more about it.

This is nothing about the video but I'm getting a pet crayfish in a couple of days and I'm so excited

I keep trying to look up the different kinds of crayfish with no luck

Would it be possible to have 1 florida clayfish and 1 cherax pulser clayflish in a 180 liter tank?

I have a white one I just got today! I wanted to know if I should get him a buddy or not because I felt bad about him being the only one so far 😂

hi i am looking in to getting some of these i have a 30 gallon tank which will be only for the cray fish .. could i keep multiple ones in the same tank or just 1 thanks

I have had 2 orange dwarf crayfish and i have snails they all ignore eachother. So maybe the bigger ones kill the snails? Mine didn't though it would walk on their shells for fun lol

😶 everything I read on wiki was a lieeeeeeee. I’m not surprised tho. I’m really happy I found this. Thank you for the info

My little boy wants to know if we can put little “swimming frogs” in with our crayfish?

I just got a crayfish, but I found him in lakes, and I don’t even have a tank for him yet. I’m really trying my best ti take care of it

Interested in my first crayfish tank just wondering if I need to have an area for them above water

I recently bought 3 neon red crayfish. Im really confused about the water level. Some sources say it's better for the crayfish to be able to climb above the surface. Others say you dont need to. I have an oxygenator. Should i still go forward with the half land/half water set up?

i got a few questions, sorry to bug you, but i want 1 crayfish, what tank and filter should i get. also, how do you trll the temperature and pH, and what foods are goods. thats all for now, thanks

It's 3AM I can't sleep I don't have time money or space for a tank but now I really want crayfish

Mine keeps crawling up the side between the filter and wall do you think he would benefit from a basking platform?

Is it dangerous to get crawfish from local ponds and stuff? I was always told they could have parasites.

From aquatic invertebrates to Minecraft

My cichlids would demolish my cray fish

Not sure if you'll respond or not but what is the recommended amount of meal worms I can feed one? And how often should I rotate from worms to vegetables?

I just wanted to know how much or how deep of water in the bank for crayfish? Some farmer told me use sallow water for crayfish. 😩😩 how high or how low?

Hi what anti chlorine recommended for crayfish? Tia

I got 2 crayfish and I found there species a rust invasive crayfish

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