Marbled Crayfish Breeding

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Marbled crayfish breeding.

Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed totally confusing and unreliable. Breeding marbled crayfish is super easy because they do not even have to mate. Marbled crayfish are found throughout the southern parts of the united states inhabiting a variety of water ways ranges from creeks to marsh areas. Marbled crayfish marbled crayfish an invasive species the marbled crayfish is considered an invasive species in sweden.

Marbled crayfish a true self cloning wonder for the domestic aquarium. Some aquarists might also like to breed marmorkrebs as live food. They were discovered in an aquarium shop in germany in the late 1990 s. Marble crayfish do not need a mate in order to breed.

I ve had these marble crayfish for sometime now. See more info under the welcome tab. The marbled crayfish or marmorkrebs is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in germany in the 1990s. They make an especially great food for puffer fish which naturally feed on crustaceans.

They are for lack of a better term self cloning. A marbled clone this aquatic clone is a crayfish that has no official scientific name yet but it is known as a marmorkreb or more commonly as the marbled crayfish. What s going on everybody rob here with a little video about marbled crayfish. The informal name marmorkrebs is german for.

If you re a beginner and would like to get into breeding crays this might be a good species to start with. They can even be grown in buckets. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. Their offspring will be excat clones of their parents.

With its origins in the southeastern united states the species introduction into the swedish ecosystem is a threat to the native biological diversity. They are an extremely hardy breed that can live in all but the harshest water conditions and will also breed in most any water conditions. Due to its asexual mode of reproduction even a single marbled crayfish can overpopulate a home aquarium in a short time. Marble crayfish are non aggressive and cannot be housed with shrimp.

It takes them between 5 and 7 months depends on the temperature to mature enough to have their own babies.