Live Food for Crayfish?!?!

[firstblue]

Hello, I was wondering what would be good options for live food for crayfish? Specific suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Lillyan]

Platy, breed easy. Or feeders of the smallest size.

 

[amazonadam]

Lol, plants! No seriousle though, it might be worth your while to set up a 5 gallon and breed least killies, with luck and a few months, you could have a constant live food supply.

 

[mellowvision]

I don't think there's anything faster than guppies.

 

[Kaosu]

..my cray loves snails.
Ramshorns and pond snails. seems to ignore the guppies.

 

[azolla]

most crays are opportunistic scavengers. although all mine love snails, especially my larger species. i also collect fallen leaves in late winter, let them dry completely over the winter, then soak them in water for a week. after that i drop a couple into every tank and watch the fun. snails, shrimp, and crays go nuts for these. also there is no cost to collecting these yourself, just be sure you use oak or maple leaves as these are not poisonous.

 

[Taysius]

I have fed my cray earthworms and she likes them.

 

[fshfanatic]

they are scavengers, feed them just about anything. Why bother with live??

 

[igor.kanshyn]

I keep dwarf crayfish. Like this one CPO male. They are almost not aggressive and do not eat plants.

I was thinking about feeding them with planaria Have anyone tried that?

 

[mellowvision]

I would test that in a specimin container first. If he doesn't like planaria, then you just started a planaria colony in your cray tank. I've tried feeding my fish planaria, and so far, NONE of my fish will eat them. The larger fish try, and then spit them right out.