Yabbies

[lilmissrazz]

ok heres my black destructor and my female red claw (obviously not kept together) the female has just been let back into the normal tank with the other male redclaw....took her out of the hatch tank which is now full of baby redclaws.

[Obrien]

i had a yabbie not too long ago he only had one claw we caught him in a pond like 2 minuites away from us. He died when i got him looked after by my uncle and aunties but the thing i found is you have to have a filter which i didnt otherwise they absolutly STINK and you have to change the water alot. Obviously i wasnt prepaired for a yabbie lol but he was fun to watch.

[lilmissrazz]

lol thats sucks obrien... i havent changed the water in my tanks since like... may ..... they dont stink but i guess its coz i have filters etc lol they are use to neglect to a certain degree

[boconnor]

The Lamington NP spiny crays would look good in an aquarium but obviously can't take them out of the NP. Caught a few by hand out of the creeks there to photograph, all the other crays I get now end up in the belly of the mertens.

[Rocket]

At the recent 'Gawler Show,' there was a Yabbie and Crayfish Exhibitor and he had one on display labelled 'Electric Blue- $80.' and boy, was it blue!?!

I catch them all the time, although, I dont keep them...... or eat them for that matter!

[lilmissrazz]

80 bucks ... tell him he's dreamin! lol

[Viridae]

I used to have a couple. A HUGE muddy blue one (talking over half a foot in length) and a small black one.

[cris]

The really blue ones like in the pic above are blue marron.
The destructors can also be very blue but nothing like the solid bright blue of the marron.

I have been keeping them for years and have never known one to catch a healthy fish.

I would really like to get some of the smaller species but havnt ever caught any before.

[rednut]

Yeah, I had a pair of blue marrons a few years ago, but don't know that much about crayfish so thought I was just dupped into buying a normal yabbie kept in clean water till it turned blue.
Thanks for straightening that out for me, chris, LOL.

I Havent seent them for sale in any T'ville petshops for years now......does anyone round here know of any?

[sengir]

I understand that the change of colours in a yabbie are not so much to do with colour of water but with oxygen levels, the higher the oxygen levels the brighter the colour, they range from dirty brown to bright blue, thru to a deep purple at the highest oxygen levels, give it a go you would be amazed dirty water lots of oxygen bright blue yabbies.

CHeers

[Magpie]

You can turn yabbies into the bright blue by keeping them in a white clay pond.
I catch quite a few redclaw, they also tend to go bright red, they do stink if you leave them for a few days though.
boconnor, I agree I wouldn't mind some spiny crays.

[rednut]

Whats the best way to oxygenate the water, like supersaturate it, so to speak? Just plenty of airstones, a 'cascade' filter and some plants (with ample light)? You guys have got me all interested in the aquatic stuff again, lol.

[Wolfgang]

Originally Posted by rednut

Whats the best way to oxygenate the water, like supersaturate it, so to speak? Just plenty of airstones, a 'cascade' filter and some plants (with ample light)? You guys have got me all interested in the aquatic stuff again, lol.

A decent aquarium filter that will agitate (ripples) the surface is all you need- I use a 500lph hang on back....that's all that airstones do as well, it's not the bubbles in the water but the agitated surface where the oxygen transfer occurs.

[rednut]

Cool, there's a new five foot tank in the house from about chrissy time, so I might have to try and colour up a few crays. Thanks wolfgang.

[bjbk18]

I got this one today. He is great to watch. Only $8 and around 15cm - 20cm. Looks like his lost a nipper, as the other one is alot bigger.