Lobster/Crayfish 18th Edition

Originally Posted by weixiong80

WOW Lobsterman!!! you got 8 crays in 2 days and those you got definitely cost you a bomb!!!! prob well over 100 bucks?? rich!!!! and you got lots of tank!!!!

by the way whats the diff between cherax sp and destructor???

Well, there is a reason why he calls himself the Lobsterman.

Cherax sp. belongs to a fairly broad group of crayfishes, which includes the common names: Blue Moon, Orange, etc, that has not been formally described, unlike the Cherax destructor, although they are fundamentally part of the same Cherax family. As for exact differences, there will be a need to refer to the identification keys, which can be pretty detailed.

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my pleco is quite aggressive towards my cray
its size is roughly 2.5 times bigger
will it hurt my cray? should i remove the pleco ASAP?

thanks

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is this method the correct way to identify male and female cray?
left got "flap" female, right no "flap" male

Originally Posted by kebab7

the coour of the blue destructor is unique...

The pastel blue is indeed nice.

Originally Posted by weixiong80

WOW Lobsterman!!! you got 8 crays in 2 days and those you got definitely cost you a bomb!!!! prob well over 100 bucks?? rich!!!! and you got lots of tank!!!!

by the way whats the diff between cherax sp and destructor???

Nah... far away from being rich... but you can say I have the itch! Like what Ryan explained, what we say cherax sp. or procambarus sp. etc, it simply means that it has not been given a scientific name yet.

Originally Posted by xaine

Procambarus Clarkii (white) are nice to have, but pray that they do not have mixed genes along the way, sometimes after afew moults, other colour starts to appear. Just like my red clarkii, which becomes red and blue now. I do see white/blue ones to be pretty common.

I fully understand what you mean. I have had pink, purple and blues from my whites..

Originally Posted by dnsfpl

my pleco is quite aggressive towards my cray
its size is roughly 2.5 times bigger
will it hurt my cray? should i remove the pleco ASAP?

thanks

There is a high chance when your lobster moults, the pleco may be able to get its way.

This is a friendly reminder to all, to remember to keep your tanks covered properly. Despite being victim more than once, I have another escapee in the house yet to be found. A white. Never underestimate these critters on their determination to do a 'Mas Selamat'.

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Originally Posted by Lobsterman

There is a high chance when your lobster moults, the pleco may be able to get its way.

you suggest i remove the pleco ASAP?

Originally Posted by Lobsterman

This is a friendly reminder to all, to remember to keep your tanks covered properly. Despite being victim more than once, I have another escapee in the house yet to be found. A white. Never underestimate these critters on their determination to do a 'Mas Selamat'.

hope you can find him or her soon..................i have been wanting to diy a cover for my tank but juz no time...........my blue clarkii can almost reach the top of the tank liao from climbing the fake plants.....and he also starting to climb the internal filter liao............but i got cover that portion with a small board....
and yes they can be quite determined sometimes from what i observed......

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heres a pix my tank
hope the 3 can live in harmony