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I vote we get back on topic...
I'm so dreadfully sorry for your loss :( I know I would have completely freaked out in that situation. You did what you could do without causing unnecessary stress to him. RIP scaley baby :(
Alright, one of the cray's eggs hatched last night, and I have several more reaching 'breeding' size.
Hopefully in a few months I'll have a large enough colony to start offering some for sale. Let me know if you will be interested. These will not be sold live! Sorry, but this is to make sure...
Here's some pics of the marbled crays. These are all babies, the big female and the two medium sized ones hide VERY well, and they all have eggs so don't want to disturb them. Please note they are not naturally blue, it is from something missing from the water/diet and it is being corrected.
Yup! Here's another interesting fact about crays:
American native crays carry what is known as the Cray Fish Plague. Other cray fish from around the world cannot live through it. If you have, for example, a P. Clarkii and a C. quadricarinatus (Australian Red Claw), you would have to use two...
They are rather easy to breed, at least most species. My unidentified pair, the male has tried to breed with the female. They are still young though. Really fun to watch, and I'm working on getting them to eat from my hands!
The P. Clarkii are not considered hermaphrodites as there are both males and females in the population, but apparently someone has seen a female reproduce without being in contact with a male.
Some snails are hermaphrodites. I have two species of snails, pond snails and mystery snails. Pond...
There have been some studies on some different species of cray fish. Seems one species, I believe P. Clarkii, has exhibited cloning abilities.
Thanks frost! Yes, it's on the food item list for tegus. Turtles love them too!
I'll try to get pics of that particular species, but here is the other kind I have. It's so far unidentified, but looks to be a Procambarus sp.
This is a male and female pair, but too young to really start breeding. Once the male is in breeding form I should be able to get them identified...
I have one suggestion. When you are on a board, in order to post a new thread you have to scroll all the way down to find the button. Or, at least I do. There isn't a 'Post New Thread' button up top, just at bottom. Anyway we can have on up top as well?