Baby crawfish questions

The female will have a large clutch of eggs under her tail. If you put a crayfish in a net, it will likely climb out. If you want your crayfish to breed, put a sponge or something over your sump intake to keep them out. Also make hiding places for the young crays to hide. Some make things like straw wall things (search forums), I used large rocks jumbled with four or five 1/2 inch by 3 inch long PVC pipes, when I used to breed crayfish. Very sturdy and can could accommodate a large number of young crayfish.

The way to tell a female from a male can be difficult, if your species doesn't have specific color/visual cues (or if you don't spot the eggs). You need to pick the crayfish up and basically pin down the claws and lift the first set of limbs between the swimmerets and their legs (where the tail connects to the body). That is where their reproductive organs are. Google something like crawdad sexing for pictures.

here is a link on how to sex crays. http://www.crayfishworld.com/sexy.htm
like stated b4 the female will carry her eggs under her tail for about 30 days b4 they will hatch. mine waited 36 days. the straw wall works great i used it and worked great.

i used little blobs of aquarium silicone to glue them together. a teadius job but well worth doing, and i left to dry / cue for 48 hours before putting in my tank. i would next time go with black straws but these were the only ones i had at the time. terry and his technicoloured crayfish wall lol

This is just such a brill idea well done..... Would it be wise for me to make one of these as my shrimpies are carrying eggs..... Might it give some a chance?

Wouldn't it be possible to just use a rubber band to hold them together?

carlyleigh said:

This is just such a brill idea well done..... Would it be wise for me to make one of these as my shrimpies are carrying eggs..... Might it give some a chance?

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yer you could use it with every same invert / creature. thanks