Category: Crayfish

To tell you frankly, I spent hours trying to figure out how to identify crayfish gender. Most of the resources are very complicated and for animal experts. It is quite hard for us, crayfish keepers to understand those scientific resources. So, in this article, I’ll show you the differences in laymen terms so that even […]

If you are keeping crayfish for some time now, chances are at some point you’ll find your crayfish carrying eggs. Now, this will be a big moment in your crayfish keeping journey. Seeing eggs might make you confused and you may want to know what to do now. What are your responsibilities? Well, don’t worry. […]

Choosing the suitable tank mates is extremely important both for the crayfish and the tank mate you choose. If they are not suitable for each other, either the crayfish will eat the tank mate or the crayfish itself will turn out to be the food. These are generally the ideal tank mates for a crayfish […]

Do you know wild crayfish species can live much longer than the captive ones? Some wild crayfish species can live 10 times longer than a captive crayfish species. Do you want to know how long can your crayfish live? Crayfish can generally live for 2 to 3 years in captivity. In the wild, some species […]

Crayfishes are generally very hardy creatures. If everything is right, they won’t die just out of the blue. So, if your crayfish has died, there is something wrong with your crayfish tank setup. Crayfishes mainly die due to poor water parameters. They can also die because of larger & aggressive tank mates, uncycled tank, lack […]

Crayfishes are very dirty creatures. If you want to keep them, you’ll have to know how to clean and maintain a crayfish tank. Otherwise, your crayfish tank will just look like a pile of garbage! In this article, I am going to show you step by step how to clean a crayfish tank. I’ll also […]

Whether you wanted it or not, your crayfishes have mated and produced tons of babies. Now you there are hundreds of baby crayfishes swimming around in the tank. You need to know what to do, how to take care of them. Does the situation sound familiar to you? Well, you’re in the right place. In […]

Diet is one of the most important factors for keeping a crayfish. In order to keep the crayfish happy, you’ll need to know what it eats. There are lots of information on the Internet about diet of a crayfish. None of them is wrong, but I wanted to write something that is very comprehensive and […]

If you are going on a vacation, it is normal to wonder how long can a crayfish live without food. I need to go on tours quite often, so I did some research and here’s what I came up with. A crayfish can live without food for up to a week. The crayfish needs to […]

Though it is not recommended to keep crayfish with other fishes, many of us just don’t want to look at a single crayfish in a tank. I understand, but crayfishes are not compatible with most other fishes. With that being said, you may keep some fast moving fishes with dwarf crayfishes. You can put dwarf […]