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Posted: 5/29/2015 1:59:08 PM EDT
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they are suprisingly good escape artists when I was in college the science classes where on the second floor and they had a giant tank with a crawfish in it crawfish managed to redirect the filtration discharge and pumped that entire tank on the floor first time I have ever seen water running out of light fixtures easily 10k worth of damage to the ceiling of the first floor 
yup, they are sneaky imps and if your aquarium top has any escape openings, these monkeys will bolt. We run a Crayfish Rescue Mission here in south central MO and we found out the hard way to block all escapes. One guy made his way out, fell to the floor, and waltzed downstairs into our basement bathroom. Found him dry unfortunately. Also, more that one they usually fight. Of course it could be making love too. We have a small one that hides in the filter system and makes guest appearances now and then. Last week she shows up and the bigger guy pins her down. I mistook it as assault/battery and got some chop sticks to break it up. Turns out they were mating. Be interesting to see if we get eggs. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:01:39 PM EDT
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Guess it's no differnt from a turttle? need a big tank for a turtle. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:04:26 PM EDT
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Not sure if it's the stress from harvest, but the suckers you buy for food will be dead in 3-4 days if they're not cooked. Yeah, I was kinda worried about that. We'll see. These came out of the water last night and got on an airplane from LA to KY. They weren't in water as I thought. Don't know why I thought that. Anyway, I got a bucket of water from the Ohio. Who knows maybe he'll live. He was the most active one in the bag. He's sitting in a bucket of river water and has a piece of meat to chomp on if he's hungry. If he dies then I'll just replace him with one from Petco or whatever. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:05:06 PM EDT
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Oh, and a coworker said they can't survive strictly under water. I call shenanigans.
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:07:02 PM EDT
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Oh, and a coworker said they can't survive strictly under water. I call shenanigans. my blue ones lived underwater for 4 years. don't know if they are that much different than the common ones. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:14:14 PM EDT
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I used to always keep a couple in my tanks. Just have fish bigger than them and you won't have to worry about losing any. They eat anything really. Feeder fish, fish food that sank to the bottom. Frozen brine shrimp, etc Just make sure the tank is covered because they will eventually jump out and crawl 1/2 way around your house and then die  They are easy to keep. Feed them anything that sinks and cover the top. They will get out. Mine never bothered any of my fish. Give them something to hide under. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:18:36 PM EDT
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I had a few years ago. I caught them from a creek, and put them in with my catfish. The catfish ate the tiny ones, but the big one lived until I got rid of the tank. They're kind of cool to watch, I wouldn't mind having more.
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:22:59 PM EDT
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Oh, and a coworker said they can't survive strictly under water. I call shenanigans. Your coworker is wrong on every sense of the word. They "can survive out of water" for some time, they are still very much an aquatic (read underwater) species. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:27:31 PM EDT
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Your coworker is wrong on every sense of the word. They "can survive out of water" for some time, they are still very much an aquatic (read underwater) species. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh, and a coworker said they can't survive strictly under water. I call shenanigans. Your coworker is wrong on every sense of the word. They "can survive out of water" for some time, they are still very much an aquatic (read underwater) species. These are mudbugs of the truest sense. The crayfish I had as a boy was one I snagged out of a ditch in NC while on vacation. When he said that I was like   . I'm thinking, it's a freaking mini lobster, it has gills. To clarify his statement he said they had to have mud to live in. But yeah, they have gills in a sense, I was pretty sure they did live just fine submerged, mud or no mud.
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:36:33 PM EDT
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 This isn't the link I was looking for but it's similar. Skip to 4:00 if you are a TL;DW type and you cat loves you.
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To me a pet is something that will display affection back to you. To me fish/lizzards/etc are just stuff you have to take care of. IMHO Get a Saltwater tank there are some really cool Shrimps and Crabs you can get for those. Amen! As a lifelong animal-lover and caretaker of various lifeforms... I just don't have the energy to keep a bunch of crap alive anymore that doesn't care whether I live or die. I just stick to my lap cat (she cares) and our two dogs now. My youngest son won a goldfish at the carnival recently and asked me "Dad, can I keep it at your house?". NOPE!!! Because that means that I will be doing all of the caring for it from now on. The last pair of goldfish that my kids brought home, I ended-up taking care of for SIX years. I've warned my kids about bringing new "pets" home since then. Being a slave to kids and dogs is plenty! I'm content to leave wild animals in the wild where they belong these days. This isn't the link I was looking for but it's similar. Skip to 4:00 if you are a TL;DW type and you cat loves you.
Meh that's BS. Only people who don't like cats believe that crap. If you had ever had a close relationship with a cat there would be no doubt in your mind it loved you back. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:44:00 PM EDT
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Here, try this pet on for size.
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:44:50 PM EDT
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Crayfish = Food = Yes.
Pet = No Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:52:10 PM EDT
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If I can't put a leash on it and take it along for a walk or for a ride to the store, or if it doesn't let me know when something is going on outside that I need to know about, I'm not interested.
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Posted: 5/29/2015 2:55:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. We fed them regular fish flake food which they did eat, but not sure if it was enough.
Though, now that I think of it, we did use water from the hose to keep the pool full, which is going to be chlorinated. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 3:04:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This isn't the link I was looking for but it's similar. Skip to 4:00 if you are a TL;DW type and you cat loves you. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 3:10:58 PM EDT
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If I can't put a leash on it and take it along for a walk or for a ride to the store, or if it doesn't let me know when something is going on outside that I need to know about, I'm not interested. i could put my snapping turtle on a leash and take her for a walk, but shed try to kill and eat anyone that walked by |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 3:14:23 PM EDT
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Here, try this pet on for size. <a href="http://s104.photobucket.com/user/Weatherholt/media/ours295.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m167/Weatherholt/ours295.jpg</a> 
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Posted: 5/29/2015 4:16:09 PM EDT
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Pond water is the answer. Go get a bucket of murky pond water and a bubbler to airate the water. Creek rocks for the bottom of the tank. They wont make it in clean water. you want to make it as much like creek water as posible. when I was a kid, I kept all kinds of wild aquatic animals. They all did best in pond water. I loved watching the insects and other critters. This is what I did when I had tadpoles. They were already used to that water, added a small filter and bubbler and ended up with frogs and a salamander. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 4:17:20 PM EDT
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Until you have felt the love and affection of a crayfish, you haven't lived. 
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Posted: 5/29/2015 4:20:27 PM EDT
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yup, they are sneaky imps and if your aquarium top has any escape openings, these monkeys will bolt. We run a Crayfish Rescue Mission here in south central MO and we found out the hard way to block all escapes. One guy made his way out, fell to the floor, and waltzed downstairs into our basement bathroom. Found him dry unfortunately. Also, more that one they usually fight. Of course it could be making love too. We have a small one that hides in the filter system and makes guest appearances now and then. Last week she shows up and the bigger guy pins her down. I mistook it as assault/battery and got some chop sticks to break it up. Turns out they were mating. Be interesting to see if we get eggs. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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they are suprisingly good escape artists when I was in college the science classes where on the second floor and they had a giant tank with a crawfish in it crawfish managed to redirect the filtration discharge and pumped that entire tank on the floor first time I have ever seen water running out of light fixtures easily 10k worth of damage to the ceiling of the first floor
yup, they are sneaky imps and if your aquarium top has any escape openings, these monkeys will bolt. We run a Crayfish Rescue Mission here in south central MO and we found out the hard way to block all escapes. One guy made his way out, fell to the floor, and waltzed downstairs into our basement bathroom. Found him dry unfortunately. Also, more that one they usually fight. Of course it could be making love too. We have a small one that hides in the filter system and makes guest appearances now and then. Last week she shows up and the bigger guy pins her down. I mistook it as assault/battery and got some chop sticks to break it up. Turns out they were mating. Be interesting to see if we get eggs. Really?
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Posted: 5/29/2015 4:23:51 PM EDT
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I used to keep them in a 20. They will kill each other whoever molts first dies. You will end up with one. Put pregnant guppies in there and the cray will feed itself.
they also eat fish food,I made an aluminum rod with a slot on the end to feed them tap water will make them turn interesting colors as they molt, ones have turned red or blue they came from the store a boring olive drab color. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 4:48:15 PM EDT
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I had one in a 100 gallon aquarium with a pack of piranhas it lived for approx a year.
- Clint |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:12:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I used to keep them in a 20. They will kill each other whoever molts first dies. You will end up with one. Put pregnant guppies in there and the cray will feed itself. they also eat fish food,I made an aluminum rod with a slot on the end to feed them tap water will make them turn interesting colors as they molt, ones have turned red or blue they came from the store a boring olive drab color. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:23:14 PM EDT
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never considered keeping a crawdad as a pet.
always ate them or used them for bait. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:31:59 PM EDT
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I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:39:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMr Pinchy! Start clarifying butter now... |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:42:40 PM EDT
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I kept two in my aquarium when I was young. One of the little bastards somehow escaped (I think he climbed the airline). Step-mom saw the wee feller trucking full speed across the dining room floor and it scared her to death. Dad said to lose the crawdads...
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:45:06 PM EDT
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Kids had one as a pet many years back! Lots of info on the interwebz about care, feeding, etc...
The crawdad never left the tank, and ended up being pregnant! Hundreds o babies hatched and clung under the tail. Unfortunately they were all sucked down the filter, or eaten by other fish. The mother lived about a year or so! One day we came home and saw a little lobster tail floating in the tank. Apparently it died and the other fish picked it apart! |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:45:31 PM EDT
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I had one in 5th grade, even entered it in the school pet show. I didn't win most original pet. Fuck them. Anyway, it was cool and easy to take care of. Giant salamanders are also cool.
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:46:38 PM EDT
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That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. how did mine live for years under water? |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:47:42 PM EDT
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When I was a little kid, I used to go to the lake and catch crawdads for my dad and uncle to eat (I never liked them). The bait that worked best was a piece of raw bacon. I learned this from the other 20 guys out there catching crayfish... who were all using bacon as bait. Don'y know why, but it worked. Bacon works well for most fish in my experience. I think it has to do with the grease carrying farther in the water for them to catch a scent. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 5:57:37 PM EDT
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Fuck those things. Or maybe I should chalk it up to my own ignorance? I had a nice little classroom aquarium going; fish, plants, snails. Then, at the pet store, I spied some crayfish and thought, "that might be interesting for the kids to see."
On Monday morning everything in the tank, except the crayfish, was dead. I thought they were bottom-feeding scavengers. I had no idea they would swim after live fish or eat plants and snails. The tank was a wasteland. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 6:21:31 PM EDT
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Aren't they brackish water creatures? Fresh water would kill them Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile No I used to catch them as a kid in little streams in riverside that was most definitely not brackish water, I've also seen them in the new and James river in VA both fresh water. They don't need salt water. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 6:50:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck those things. Or maybe I should chalk it up to my own ignorance? I had a nice little classroom aquarium going; fish, plants, snails. Then, at the pet store, I spied some crayfish and thought, "that might be interesting for the kids to see." On Monday morning everything in the tank, except the crayfish, was dead. I thought they were bottom-feeding scavengers. I had no idea they would swim after live fish or eat plants and snails. The tank was a wasteland. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 7:06:40 PM EDT
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I remember having them in class one year at elementary school but I've never had one as a pet.
I've lived in my house since 1993 and back in the late 1990's I remember the creek across the street getting the highest I've ever seen it after some heavy rains. There is a clay tile drain with no trap that goes from my basement floor to the ditch in front of my house shown in red. There is also a larger culvert from that ditch going to the creek shown in orange. My house wasn't built yesterday and my basement had water that year due to the high water table. I didn't have water back up into my basement when the creek flooded, but I had 13 baby crawdads about an inch long in my basement the morning after the creek flooded. Those little dudes traveled all that way trying to find refuge in the mini flood. I gathered them up and returned them to the creek. 
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Posted: 5/29/2015 7:25:17 PM EDT
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When my daughter was growing up she had a couple bluegill, crawdads, etc. in her aquarium. I went to add another crawdad one day. As it fell to the bottom the bluegill literally inhaled the thing. I was thinking WTF? This crawdad was almost 1/3 the size of the fish and it ate it like you pop a potato chip into your mouth. No point really just kind of interesting.
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Posted: 5/29/2015 7:37:04 PM EDT
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That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. Bullshit. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 7:43:24 PM EDT
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Great thread. Just decommissioned my kids' tank their aunt had given them with some "glow" fish. BORING.
Now I'm considering setting it up again with some natural, local creatures. ETA: I can either search the creeks and find a crayfish, or just give in and buy a "blue lobster" from the pet shop. Hmm... |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 7:47:14 PM EDT
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Bullshit. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. Bullshit. Yeah they just need enough dissolved oxygen in the water just like most fish. Plus tap water usually has chlorine in it how would you like to breath that? Id say between both of those that covers alot of the oh noes they can't live in water bs. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 8:00:55 PM EDT
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they are suprisingly good escape artists when I was in college the science classes where on the second floor and they had a giant tank with a crawfish in it crawfish managed to redirect the filtration discharge and pumped that entire tank on the floor first time I have ever seen water running out of light fixtures easily 10k worth of damage to the ceiling of the first floor
Yes they are. 40 or so years ago had a 25 gal. tank with several in there. One night I was awakened by a 'click-click-click' sound across my floor. The crabs climbed out via the air line tube. Was weird seeing a line of large crabs crawling on the floor, glad they did not get into my bed. They lived 3 years +-. Give it a try. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 10:14:59 PM EDT
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I put him in a 3/gal bucket with some water from the Ohio in it. It was all I had. He's been in there since about 1. I just got home from getting supplies. He's acting pretty sluggish. I poured a gallon of treated tap water in there. I went back 15 minutes later and he's fiesty again. I guess he was low on o2. I'll go set up the tank right meow
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Posted: 5/29/2015 11:02:18 PM EDT
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When I was a kid, I had 3 different aquariums in my room. We were really poor, so they were mismatched junk from garage sales and Goodwill. I caught most of my fish from local pond, creeks and the San Gabriel River.
I would use the soil or gravel from the river, along with native plants. Naturally I had a few crawdads. They were really fun to watch and lived for quite a while. I suggest building a native habitat like that for yours. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 11:08:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 11:09:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: how did mine live for years under water? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. That's because you drowned them. Crawfish need to be able to get out of the water. There's a reason their nests are holes in the DRY ground near the water. how did mine live for years under water? |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 11:17:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When I was a kid, I had 3 different aquariums in my room. We were really poor, so they were mismatched junk from garage sales and Goodwill. I caught most of my fish from local pond, creeks and the San Gabriel River. I would use the soil or gravel from the river, along with native plants. Naturally I had a few crawdads. They were really fun to watch and lived for quite a while. I suggest building a native habitat like that for yours. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 11:19:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. just had a wide shallow bowl with gravel and rocks and a air stone tossed in fish food and small chunks of hamburger or whatever raw meat I had lying around |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 11:21:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had some as a kid they lived for a couple years just had a wide shallow bowl with gravel and rocks and a air stone tossed in fish food and small chunks of hamburger or whatever raw meat I had lying around Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I tried numerous times when I was about 10. Tried everything I could think of then to keep them alive—bubblers, no butler but daily water changes, etc.—but could never keep them alive long. YMMV. just had a wide shallow bowl with gravel and rocks and a air stone tossed in fish food and small chunks of hamburger or whatever raw meat I had lying around I lived on the banks of the mighty St. Croix River and fished every day that the river was not frozen. |
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Posted: 5/29/2015 11:23:07 PM EDT
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Crawdads LOVE bacon! When we go fishing, the youngsters get to catch crawdads with bacon tied on a string. They have a
blast, lots of screaming and hollerin'. It's fun to watch. Edit: Pro-tip. If you leave your crawdad catch outside the camper in just a bucket 'o water, the skunks and/or coons will eat them. Every one. Grandchildren can become despondent about this fact. They get over that, however, when tbey catch more. |
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Posted: 5/30/2015 9:11:00 PM EDT
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When I was a kid, I had 3 different aquariums in my room. We were really poor, so they were mismatched junk from garage sales and Goodwill. I caught most of my fish from local pond, creeks and the San Gabriel River. I would use the soil or gravel from the river, along with native plants. Naturally I had a few crawdads. They were really fun to watch and lived for quite a while. I suggest building a native habitat like that for yours. I set my tank up like the local natural habitat.I half buried a PBR can in the gravel,added a broken Bud bottle that the catfish used for a cave,tossed in assorted pop tops and bottle caps.It looked perfect.I needed a tire,but a front tire from a early 70's Snapper lawn mower was the smallest I had,and it was just too big for a 20 gallon tank. |
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Posted: 5/30/2015 9:44:46 PM EDT
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These things are poop machines! Lol
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