Somewhere in my community tank are four Shufeldtii (maybe three- haven't seen more than three at the same time in months).
They started out shy- became less shy- and then I added Kuhlis a few months back they became super shy again... now I almost never see them.
One was heavily berried last I saw her a few weeks ago- I'd love to know how her eggs/young are doing.
In the upcoming week I'll be FINALLY getting my invert paludarium set up and then beginning of the year hope to move the shufeldtii over along with all the shrimp + non pest snails once the plants and everything else has had time to settle.
Hopefully in the absense of fish my crays will not be quite so shy.
Beginning to forward plan to tank-transfer day for the inverts and I've realised- I've absolutely no idea how I'm going to catch the things when it is time to move them.
Can I lay traps for them or do I have to remove every plant and every slate cave so that they have nowhere to hide? That's quite a disruptive task to say the least.
Anyone ever had to move shy dwarf crayfish out of a heavily planted community tank with lots of hiding places before? How did you do it?
I used to see them every feeding time- now I only see them about once a week. (although last I saw them I did see three of them- so I know there are still at least 3 of the 4 alive). I think they eat baby snails so don't really have much need to come out for feeding time.
Also- am I best waiting until the berried female's eggs have hatched before moving her? Is she going to drop her eggs if I move her? (she may have already had young for all I know... they should be born before end of the year shouldn't they if I saw her berried late November)
They started out shy- became less shy- and then I added Kuhlis a few months back they became super shy again... now I almost never see them.
One was heavily berried last I saw her a few weeks ago- I'd love to know how her eggs/young are doing.
In the upcoming week I'll be FINALLY getting my invert paludarium set up and then beginning of the year hope to move the shufeldtii over along with all the shrimp + non pest snails once the plants and everything else has had time to settle.
Hopefully in the absense of fish my crays will not be quite so shy.
Beginning to forward plan to tank-transfer day for the inverts and I've realised- I've absolutely no idea how I'm going to catch the things when it is time to move them.
Can I lay traps for them or do I have to remove every plant and every slate cave so that they have nowhere to hide? That's quite a disruptive task to say the least.
Anyone ever had to move shy dwarf crayfish out of a heavily planted community tank with lots of hiding places before? How did you do it?
I used to see them every feeding time- now I only see them about once a week. (although last I saw them I did see three of them- so I know there are still at least 3 of the 4 alive). I think they eat baby snails so don't really have much need to come out for feeding time.
Also- am I best waiting until the berried female's eggs have hatched before moving her? Is she going to drop her eggs if I move her? (she may have already had young for all I know... they should be born before end of the year shouldn't they if I saw her berried late November)
