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Those things are pretty enough that you might have a market if you decided to sell them. Just check the KY aquaculture regs first; down here the cost of the aquaculture license is prohibitive for a casual operation, but it might be less in KY. Just a thought! If you really want a positive...

Filet and fry. There are a lot of bones, but they are in a plane, not scattered through the meat, so it's easy to fillet the meat away from the bone. Be sure to fry the fins too, they make great "fish chips".

+ 1. Kentucky also has many more crayfish species than does Minnesota; the mid-southern states are the world center of crayfish diversity. Here's a list of Kentucky species: http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/country_pages/state_pages/kentucky.htm

It is an odd one. The narrow claws are the main reason I think it's a Procambarus, and the pond habitat points to P. clarki, but the coloration is very unusual.

My best guess without the specimen in hand is that it's an oddly-colored red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarki. Is that individual typical of the ones you find in the pond? P. clarki are usually red-and-black mottled.

Where did you get it? At first glance it looks like a Hobbseus species, but I don't know of any Hobbseus in your area.

Nice classic American, VF!

Awesome! It looks like limestone; shouldn't hurt your tank, but like bluekrissyspike said it may damage the fossil eventually. I don't know the fossils up there, but it could actually be an ammonite or nautiloid rather than a snail. You should show it to a geologist and get a positive ID!

Thanks for the info!

Here is a commercial glass lid: http://www.aquariumguys.com/glasscanopy1.html It consists of two panes of glass joined by a plastic hinge, plus a strip of plastic along the back edge which may be cut to accomodate cords, airlines, filters, etc. You can make your own glass canopy with two...

Newts can climb glass. They are not as good at it as some salamanders, but I have seen them do it. Get a secure lid. A hinged glass lid is ideal; it is secure and keeps humidity high in the paludarium.

7-8" greens are common, at least where I live, and record-size fish are 12" or a little more. I suggest a 30 or 40 breeder as minimum tank size for one fish. Sunfish appreciate cover; if you offer some driftwood, rocks, or plants he will be happier and probably show better color (speaking of...

I suggest a separate tank, for the reasons listed above, and because a tank dedicated to snail production gets messy. You may not want it out on display. I've got a 29 gallon that I'm using as a physid and planorbid factory; it has a gentle in-tank filter of the type sold for amphibian tanks...

Any chance of some photos of your trumpet snail lookalike? I don't know the Pacific Slope fauna well at all, but I know there are some pleurocerids (AKA pennywinkles, periwinkles, river snails) up there. Many pleurocerids, at least here in the east, look similar to trumpet snails.

Nice shots! If you don't mind, Cuvier, please tell me more about the places where you found atyids (flow, substrate, water temp, anything like that would be great). The reason I ask is that I am considering buying some Atya scabra and would like to match their natural conditions as closely as...

It is definitely a Cipangopaludina.

Fantastic stuff, Cuvier, thanks for sharing! Do you ever run across Atya scabra there?

Cool stuff, man! If there are delicate areas you want to keep the beetles away from, you can brush a little formalin on them. Also, isopods work well for fragile specimens; they're less likely to pull pieces off and carry them away, or chew through ligaments.

Get an EPDM rubber liner of at least 45 mil thickness. Other liner types, especially PVC, break down quickly, and thinner liners are more likely to be punctured.

That is a fine example of a warmouth.