:tombstone: Marley, I'm so sorry. What an interesting creature, she'll be missed here too. Sometimes the breeding "ordeal" is more taxing than we think. Good luck with her offspring.
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maybe it was her time to go and not really something you could've helped? I don't know much of anything about crays but isn't it common for certain animals to pass on after giving birth? Sorry for your loss.
Pik, yes to your question. It is the life cycle of many creatures that after they reproduce they pass on, but not for the marmokreb. They are suppose to contiue cloning. It says that after she has her babies she will moult and then clone again in 20-42 days. Well she did her moult but then something must have went wrong internally. Not quite sure and of course we will never know either.
Thank you everyone for your sympathy for my loss. I think that it devastated my husband more than me though. It was his 1st aqua creature, and he wanted to keep her forever, I know like a child. We talked it over though and he thinks that he does want to keep one of the babies to try again.
The cray was the 1st step I took into pushing my husband into an aqua freak like me, hehehe. I will have to say he does have a new outlook on my tanks now that he has become part of them. I don't hear "You changing water again." anymore. He is more in the sense of is there anything that I need to add to the water. LOL!
Through all the thoughts and concerns for all of her babies, I have been keeping a real close eye on all of them and everybody seems normal. I have already picked out the baby that is going to stay and replace her mommy, She is huge compared to her sisters, we're talking at least 2 week difference in size. My only guess is that she is one of the very 1st to hatch and start growing. Now that the babies are starting to grow they will be easier to get pics. That should be my next post here is more baby pics.
Thank you everyone for your sympathy for my loss. I think that it devastated my husband more than me though. It was his 1st aqua creature, and he wanted to keep her forever, I know like a child. We talked it over though and he thinks that he does want to keep one of the babies to try again.
The cray was the 1st step I took into pushing my husband into an aqua freak like me, hehehe. I will have to say he does have a new outlook on my tanks now that he has become part of them. I don't hear "You changing water again." anymore. He is more in the sense of is there anything that I need to add to the water. LOL!
Through all the thoughts and concerns for all of her babies, I have been keeping a real close eye on all of them and everybody seems normal. I have already picked out the baby that is going to stay and replace her mommy, She is huge compared to her sisters, we're talking at least 2 week difference in size. My only guess is that she is one of the very 1st to hatch and start growing. Now that the babies are starting to grow they will be easier to get pics. That should be my next post here is more baby pics.
Crayfish are very opportunistic feeders and if hungry enough will eat each other while vulnerable after a molt..... sometimes.
LOL... sometimes is being optimistic. Its fairly common for the juveniles to be cannibalistic in many species,even when they're not molting... especially when molting though. I'm not sure about these guys though, never had one.
What a great thread, but I'm so very sorry that you lost Marley.
I never knew crayfish could have so much personality. I know you will miss her. :tombstone:
But, her daughter will carry on the family name... btw... have you chosen a name for her daughter.
I never knew crayfish could have so much personality. I know you will miss her. :tombstone:
But, her daughter will carry on the family name... btw... have you chosen a name for her daughter.
I really don't believe that was the destruction of Marley, even though I hadn't thought of her own young eating her. They did help her eat the moult though. I have been keeping the babies full so they wouldn't eat each other. I have witnessed one scrap that ended with one missing a claw. I qt ed the baby so she would have a chance to moult and regrow it without being harrassed. She has moulted and I am giving her another week before she goes back with her sisters.
Melody, No I haven't really wanted to name her yet. I am sure that we will name her soon though. I am in the process of researching some possible changes, meaning swapping tanks and using the 10 for another QT or DPs. I just can't make up my mind! Yikes my MTS is getting xtreme. I am sort of leaning toward the DP's though b/c the crays will be an excellent live food source for them. Who knows right now, I am still drained from Christmas with the families, my husbands and mine, out of state.
Melody, No I haven't really wanted to name her yet. I am sure that we will name her soon though. I am in the process of researching some possible changes, meaning swapping tanks and using the 10 for another QT or DPs. I just can't make up my mind! Yikes my MTS is getting xtreme. I am sort of leaning toward the DP's though b/c the crays will be an excellent live food source for them. Who knows right now, I am still drained from Christmas with the families, my husbands and mine, out of state.
I am so sorry that you lost her. I have been reading this thread with great interest because I want to get one myself. Can you tell us what yours eat? Thanks !!
Well Donna mine eat just about anything that I give them they are big scavengers. For example:cuccumbers, lettuce, broccoli, carrots, algae waffers, green beans, shrimp pellets, flakes, and possibly a few mts and or weak snails. They tend to like squashed pond snails too. Mwahahaha, I don't like my population of pond snails.
And Donna, right now I have babies to trade or sell, so just give me a pm and we will deal.
We have named the replacement, Marley 2, ironic huh. My husband wanted to keep the name so we did. LOL
And Donna, right now I have babies to trade or sell, so just give me a pm and we will deal.
We have named the replacement, Marley 2, ironic huh. My husband wanted to keep the name so we did. LOL
