This makes me miss my crayfish.... he was very social towards me and even gently and carefull took out his treats from my fingers, and the climped on my hand so I can "play" with him by pulling him half way out of the water and back again. (when he had enough he simply jumped off) I have a new one but she is super shy I named her Houdini cause she dissapears by digigng herself into spaces that I didn't knew even excist in the tank XD I only use for plants waterweed because it grows pretty fast and when it got cut off you can simply stick it back again. Anubias are also a good pick because of the hard leafs.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

Awwwww

@buggjuice1988

2 жыл бұрын

Awww so precious

@carsonscotto1002

2 жыл бұрын

Rip🤘🤘

Hey all! I recently made a channel dedicated to keeping fish and crustaceans like crayfish. It's called "Atomic Aquatics" (here is the link: kzread.info/dron/7SmvCxp2gvScK5TVrYCoDA.html ). Please check it out!

@blackpanther1013

4 жыл бұрын

Is calcium iodine and potassium iodine good for crayfish

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

yes, but be careful not to ovverdose!

@blackpanther1013

4 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb how much should I put in the tank a few drops and I might have fish in the tank with the crayfish so will the fish be fine or does it depend.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the size of the tank, what size is it?

@blackpanther1013

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb 55 to 75 gallon tank is what I'm looking at. I currently have one crayfish in a 30 gallon tank at home but I might put it in a bigger tank.

Can we just talk about how adorable these mini lobsters are

@user-hi8bo5lu5s

Ай бұрын

Yeah these little lobsters are so cute!

I used to keep these lil guys as pets when I was a kid. Going back into it with better equipment for sure. They sure are nice pets and calming to watch . Mine never pinched me.

A couple of months ago, I bought one to feed my Oscars. He is still in the tank doing great.

@brixsumaoang7567

3 жыл бұрын

What do you feed them?

@mikeeljahosafats3231

3 жыл бұрын

@@brixsumaoang7567 What, the cray fish or the Oscars? doesn't matter I guess, the Oscars mostly get pellets. sometimes I cut up shrimp for them, but they don't seem interested in it. the crayfish eats what ever falls to the ground.

@selong6013

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeeljahosafats3231 oh, good thing the oscars didnt bully him. my oscar bullies every fish i put

Crayfish are just so insanely pretty

Our blue cray climbed out of the tank,found upside down and no movement.We quickly put him in the tank and monitored him for next hours,bluey moved one tenticle 1 hr.One leg next hour,moved 1 inch bit by bit 3 hours.Recovery next few days.Going well now.We put him in another tank and closed all exits on top.Bluey has now gone on usual day and nighttime walks and likes his new tank,complete with basking ramp.lol.❤😊

I can catch crayfish just a few feet from my house. They generally tend to be around 5-6 inches long though so too big for a normal community tank. I was thinking about setting up a tank for some Amano shrimp but I may check out some of those CPO dwarf crayfish instead.

I caught a long pincered crayfish in the creek and he's 4 years old now and very blue from the tropical flakes he scavenges he's a big bastard too. Good video thanks for the info

The crayfish at @1:43 was like gtfo.

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

lmaoooo

My son brought home a wild river crayfish yesterday. about 2 inch long, ever so tiny but very quick. He got a tank straight away, his own river water, a cave, a branch and few stones. Was not interested in a prawn but I get they eat when they want. I'm going to leave the tank in a garden, where the natural light, temperature and even rain will help to keep natural environment. Because the river is more like a stream really, I only gave them maybe 5 inches of water above so probabbly won't need an aeratore. His name is Sven :D

@Aydan.K

Жыл бұрын

youve missed the height of the water by an inch crayfishes have to be in 6 inches of water

I’m in the process of making a native tank in New Hampshire. Letting it cycle then going out to collect some things. Crayfish will definitely be one of them.

Crayfish are just beautiful and underrated

Maybe I will keep one

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

theyre very fun to keep!

@drxh5980

3 жыл бұрын

yes its cute and its very cool when u have the big one

Loved this video! I’m looking to set up a crayfish tank later this year, and I’m so excited Thank you for this!!

Rel ,and friends love him too,they still wave to him and enquire how hes going.lol❤😊

I just went to my local creek and boom, new pets

@user-sl7zw4sr9i

3 ай бұрын

Lucky u dont think any in UK

Yo keep making vids about crayfish. Very informative and good quality.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

I might lol

I never knew keeping pet fish like this was a hobby , might get into it!

Love the video! I had no idea that there were so many types, I just discovered they can be pets and they’ve can be blue! I’m literally losing my mind! I’m babysitting one for a friend and probably just won’t sleep and just watch him

I wish I had found your video before. My crayfish was found dead this morning and I don’t know why. It’s very sad because there isn’t much information out there about Crayfish and Crayfish care. I don’t what I did wrong.

@AtomicQBomb

9 ай бұрын

Probably failed molt or copper poisoning, assume you properly cycled the tank priorr

Just added a wild caught ozark banded to my endler tank

great looking video!

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

thanks :)

I saw some orange crayfish in a nearby river so I'm planning on going back to catch one.

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

you should :)

Great post. Thx. 😊

The juveniles almost look like dwarf shrimp. That’s pretty cool

I have a blue crawfish with red rocks. It really makes my living room better.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

sounds beautiful! whats its name?

@Gorg-oe1hu

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb Well I let my niece name him.... its, "Sir Siry Sir".

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

awwww

Atomic QBomb, I have never even CONSIDERED owning a Crawdad (I love & study BIRDS), but since parts of our apt bldg caught on fire 8 weeks ago, they'd had all of us evacuate, & put us into different hotels til they get it all fixed up. The one I'm stayin at is digging up rocks & dirt in this stream next door, & one crawdad either was tryin to get away from that, OR possibly "escaped" from one of the nearby restaurants, & crawled to our hotel, & scared one of our maids when she saw it outside, so the front desk clerk got it, then saw me & asked me if I wanted it. I am TOTALLY NEW to caring for critters like this, plus don't currently have extra money to the petstore & splurge on a buncha new items... but I felt sorry for the little (about 4"-5" long, maybe), so I took it, & put it in a spare plastic basin w/water (had originally got the $1 basin to wash dishes in, but bought a larger one for dishes, so this is the new Crawdad's tub, now. I put a couple man's-fist-sized rocks in the basin/tub, plus a ceramic coffee cup on it's side (best I could think of for a "hiding place" for it. Hmm, what with "Crawdad", & "HidingPlace", I think I'll name this Crawdad, "Corrie", for Corrie Ten Boome! "Corrie the Crawdad" will be it's name!). And, all I had was mealworms & red-crawler worms (for the birds outside), & a cam of white chicken meat. I put both a mealworm & a red-worm into the water w/Corrie, & some of (just a couple Tablespoons worth) of the dirt that was with the live red-worms, into the water. She(?) didn't seem interested in eating, but I then started lookin up all I can on how to care for her. Some articles say (but don't show exactly how) that they need a way to crawl OUT of the water, for alternate oxygen. How FAR out of the water?? ALL the way, or just stickin it's head out of the water?? Please share whatever'd be most helpful for this little tyke's care, under these circumstances! Thanks so much!

@flashlitestriker4028

3 жыл бұрын

I put her new "home" basin/tub into the bathtub in the bathroom, & turned the light out, so maybe that will be more to her liking.

Very cool, thinking of getting one!

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

You totally should!! Theyre really calming pets and honestly, I much prefer them over any other aquatic pets!!

@WillHirsch

4 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb I did! I got an electric blue one and I love him

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

im very glad!

cool vid

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

thanks :)

First video that i saw that makes sense

This was very helpful, thanks! I think I need to wait until I have more money to get my own crayfish, but oh man they are beautiful!

satisfying video!

Question, I have a 20 gallon tank that has plants and a filter in it and I bought one red Louisiana crawfish from a grocery store. He's been in the tank for two days and is doing ok, but spends most of his time hiding and hasn't eaten anything yet. I suspect he's just getting used to his new environment and is exhausted. He was placed in a large basket with a bunch of other Crawfish and was hosed off every few hours at the grocery store. The fish guy at the grocery store said those crayfish had been in the store (in a basket) for 5 days and who knows how long prior to reaching the store. I think he is just tired and needs to rest in his new environment. He wasn't super weak when I got him, he still tried to fight the tongs and acted alert so I don't think he's doomed. I remember the ones I caught back home and kept as pets would eat the first night I had them, but they also weren't left in a basket with 100s of other Crawfish for days and days. Any ideas about how long I'll have to wait for him to become active again or things I can do to help him?

Just this week I added a blue yabby to my aquarium family

Well you’re definitely right about the destructiveness, in Australia the most common yabby or crayfish as you call them in America is called Cherax destructor.

I’m getting a crayfish, I just wanted to know . I have one ghost shrimp and two goldfish. Would they wor, good together? I also have gravel in my tank so should I switch to sand?

@AtomicQBomb

4 ай бұрын

Either the goldfish will eat the crayfish, or vice versa. Theyre both aggresive omnivores. As for the shrimp, its 50/50 really. Substrate is fine as gravel, sand is best but gravel is fine too.

I love crayfish I started caring for them a month ago with my first being a blue brazos but he died while molting now I have a young cherax pulcher, in a 20 gallon 30 inches long 13 in wide and 12 in long, up to how many fish can I put, I currently have 2 black mollies, they don’t mind the crayfish and when I come up they swim towards him I guess for protection?, the crayfish doesn’t mind either but if they touch him he will try to grab them but he hasn’t so far

They look interesting and cute

I keep trying to look up the different kinds of crayfish with no luck

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

darn :-( if you describe how the look, i could help you!

@palomanyoka1343

4 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb That's the thing, I don't know the different kinds out there and I wanna find out.

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

try checking out the 'Cherax Pulcher', they are one of my favourites.

My crawfish has been in the same tank with a mystery snail for almost a year, no issues.

Thx for a crayfish vid

I had a tank just to spoil two crayfish a d they both where from a local bait store they lived 4 years and went from 3cm to 15cm long and where very good pets and I am currently setting up a new tank to rescue some new crayfish from the local bait store and I hope they live as long again or even longer

I have no idea why my 7 year old self wants to get one from a restaurant

This is nothing about the video but I'm getting a pet crayfish in a couple of days and I'm so excited

From aquatic invertebrates to Minecraft

Hey say if I went to a river where my dad says there it crayfish in (this river it in thatcher, AZ) and then get the river water and river dirt. Grab a big plastic tub fill the water up a little bit to where my crayfish could come out of the water and breath or stay in the water and breath without an oxygen pump. And then bring it down to pretty (or very) hot Goodyear, AZ would that work?

great video quality!!

I have had 2 orange dwarf crayfish and i have snails they all ignore eachother. So maybe the bigger ones kill the snails? Mine didn't though it would walk on their shells for fun lol

Great and informative video. Thank you for the info 😊

It's 3AM I can't sleep I don't have time money or space for a tank but now I really want crayfish

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

theyre one of the best creatures ever! I love them!!

i have had many crayfish, not much luck with them though. 2 of mine died for an unknow reason, 1 died because he had internal parasites and i had no clue, my 4th one passed because he got stuck in a molt which was odd because my parameters are damn near perfect and he got plenty of minerals and other yummy food. im going to assume that since he had internal parasites from a petco ghost shrimp he ate that it took a toll on his energy even after being treated. i've had the procambarus clarkii species. im thinking of getting a cherax species just to change it up. it still a bummer i paid 50 bucks for a ghost variant of procambarus clarkii and he passed due to a failed molt

I got 2 crayfish and I found there species a rust invasive crayfish

My little boy wants to know if we can put little “swimming frogs” in with our crayfish?

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

No you cannot unfortunately. Frogs, in nature, are Crayfishs’ main prey, so a frog wouldn’t last a day even.

@tommyornothing7301

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb Okay, thank you!!

All of mine are wild white river crawdads I been wanting to keep them for a good while now for bait breeding and kinda have a little experience with it but normally I don't keep them long but it's been years since I had any and back then wasn't into breeding just wanted to keep them for a few weeks But I caught a 7 inch white river on a bluegill tail and figured I'd use her to start my breeding tank And since I have them in a blue tank I'm hoping I'll have some start turning blue but I plan on getting black kongs at some point so I can breed my big white river (Larry(SpongeBob reference)) with them bc she has really vibrant red pinchers that she tries to use on me a lot and has cut me open with them but along with the red she has a dark brown body with red in her tail joints So maybe a black kong with her will have a black body and red pinchers

That cray in the last clip appears to be in a special molting tank? Is this beneficial?

Going to at some point put some in a 65 gallon tank!

@cameroncarsdocspitcrew.2972

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, That's What My School Teacher Mr. Manameit Put Them In Gray Basons.

If you need to supply more calcium, would a cuttlebone suffice? I had hermit crabs, but they tended to ignore it.

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

That should work :)

Great video! Very informative and we'll put together. I especially liked seeing video of molten crayfish. It was cool!

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! It was my first ever video that involved my voice, so sorry if I sounded weird 😂

@DeviGomez

3 жыл бұрын

You sounded just fine. Good job!

I have a 45 gallon bow tank I'm wanting to convert into an electric blue crayfish tank (he will be the feature of the tank). Should I use sand or gravel? Would you have a planted tank or non-planted? driftwood or rock/plastic caves? I'm guessing with a 45 gallon bow, he would be better as a solo crayfish. What friends would be best to go with him? We do have one red tailed shark we'd like to put in and add other fish. Thank you SO much in advance for your help. I really want to make this successful. I'm familiar with water parameters, etc. as I've kept fish for many years.. just never crayfish.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry I’m late. A red tail shark will get killed by a crayfish. An unplanted sand aquarium would be best.

i have a question. Can i keep a dwarf crayfish in a 5.8L tank made of plastic??

do you know if i could get any dwarf crays in new jersey? i would love to fill my 100 gallon with a ton of those colorful dwarfs and some shrimp

Is it dangerous to get crawfish from local ponds and stuff? I was always told they could have parasites.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

They can, but it’s fine so long as they won’t be with other crayfish. If you’re planning on eating them, then yes parasites could be dangerous. I’m not sure, but I heard boiling them will kill every parasite.

Can they be kept in a pond with goldfish? And what size tank would you recommend for multiple? Like two or three?

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm they can, but either the goldfish or the crayfish will eat the other.

Hi, I'm considering keeping a Signal Crayfish to learn it's behaviours, see how big I can grow it and a number of other reasons. Could you offer any advice? Are there anything I need to consider specific to Signals? Thanks in advance

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

Im glad you asked! I've taken care of signal more than any other crayfish. Signal crayfish grow very large if kept healthy and in a large enough tank (upwards of 8 inches if i remember correctly) so you will need to be very careful will what fish you put in there if any! They crayfish will also need a decently large tank depending on how long you are planing on keeping it for.

@1DreadedAngel

4 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb as long as I can really. The plan is to have a Cray in his own tank and maybe a female if I keep the tank indoors. So it would be a tank specifically for Crays so any advice would be appreciated

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

one crayfish would need 15 to 20 gallons, but two would need at leat 40 (they are very territorial!)

😶 everything I read on wiki was a lieeeeeeee. I’m not surprised tho. I’m really happy I found this. Thank you for the info

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

Uh oh, what did the wiki say that was wrong?

@andyaria7100

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb snails are great with crayfish.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

LOL YEAH no. Crayfish will DEVOUR snails bahahahahaaaa

Im looking to get crayfish the florida type and this is very helpful for me thank you 😀

Thanks a lot!!!

My cichlids would demolish my cray fish

Can 1 or 2 crayfish be kept in a 10 gallon tank? Will they outgrow too fast? Or keep to the size of their environment

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

They would hurt eachother, they will need more space! Unless you have CPOs or very tiny crayfish.

My comment is a bit late to the party but I’ll try anyway! I was looking into getting a pet crayfish, and once I move out and get a bigger tank for my ryukin I am left with a 60 litre tank. That’s why I was wondering if it is okay to keep a crayfish in a 60 litre tank (thats about 15,85 gallons) I saw online that a Mexican dwarf crayfish are good to go, however I’d like for it to thrive rather then just survive so I was wondering if the tank is big enough (I won’t be planning on getting tank mates then)

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

A Mexican dwarf crayfish would certainly thrive in 15 gallons, but anything larger wouldn’t do to well. Hope that helps!

These amazing creatures will eat anything!

thanks so much

I have a 10 gallon fish tank is there a crayfish that could live in that?

What about pleco being crayfish's tank mate?

@AtomicQBomb

Жыл бұрын

good question! They will never work unfortunately. Any bottom dwellers will be killed by the crayfish

I have 3 crayfish I found in a ditch.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

nice!

i got a few dwarves and today i got a blue one. the blue one immediatly made known what his home would be and every so often one of the dwarves peeks in just to be scared away by a much bigger blue boi. really curious how this will end up but i have a good feeling about it as there are plenty of spots the blue boi cant reach

Would you recommend crayfish as someone's first aquatic pet? Also, do crayfish need a calcium source (other then recycling there old molt) such as cuttel bone? :)

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

sure! and they might need extra calcium if its not already present in their diet. Good luck!

@definitelynotavegan7285

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Just picket up a blue one from pet shop it was dumped over night this video was so so helpful thank u

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad I could help :)

Looking for a Thunderbolt Crayfish, would you know where to find any?

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

ah the cherax pulcher! one of my favourites, theyre so beautiful its hard to believe they even exist! You can buy them from online vendors like Aquatic Arts, but if you prefer in store, then i would have to know your approximate location :-) good luck!

After having him for 2 months, my blue crayfish is rejecting his frozen bloodworms & sinking wafers. What should I feed him instead?

@brianheidel4550

Жыл бұрын

raw meat of almost any kind would be fine. i would recommend raw fish or other "sea food" type meat. also, raw veggies - peas, carrots, corn, etc. canned veggies work too as long as there are no spices or seasonings added. if salt is added, just rinse it in clean water before feeding it to the crayfish.

I just got a crayfish, but I found him in lakes, and I don’t even have a tank for him yet. I’m really trying my best ti take care of it

Can crayfish such as the white clarki and gohst clarki live with african ciclides? if not, why not? Hope you can telk me more about it.

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

NO they unfortunately cannot!! Cichlids will KILL your crayfish as they naturally hunt crayfish, plus the crayfish May attack the cichlids as well.

bro i had a dream about my crawfish in my dream i took out my crawfish and looked for worms or parasites in its shell and i accidently cracked him open and he died, lets hope that doesnt come to reality

I just wanted to know how much or how deep of water in the bank for crayfish? Some farmer told me use sallow water for crayfish. 😩😩 how high or how low?

Where online would you recommend buying pet crayfish from

@AtomicQBomb

11 ай бұрын

Buying online places a lot of risk on you as the buyer. Id recommend instead going to a local pet store, and asking them to order in a specific crayfish breed.

@bullseye2583

11 ай бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb ok thx for the advice

Thank u for the uselfull infos in this video. I have a 500 lt aquarium that i would like to house for some crayfish. I have some questions and many doubts. How many crayfishes can i put in 500lt ? Are they going to live with a Caridina Shrimp colony? I have aswell a big kissing gurami that I would like to add in this aquarium. I think is not a problem.. I dont think guramis and crayfishes can kill eachother..but.... is it dangerous for the gourami when he is sleeping lying on the substrate?

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

500 litres hmm… you would probably be okay with shrimp and crayfish, make sure to look up the water parameters to ensure they work together. As for the gourami, it might be fine for a while, but I believe they will probably be killed by one of the crayfish. Best of luck!!

@domeah

2 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb thank you for a so fast answer. One more .. how many crayfish in 500lt? can fit 3 or 4?

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

@@domeah oh 4 would be just fine, the only thing you need to worry about for amount of crayfish is the area at the bottom of the tank, but in a 500 litre there should be more than enough space for 4. Make sure to put plenty of hiding spaces!

I'm going to get one they seem cool and I met one and there pretty chill

Im getting ready to get a crayfish. I have 29 gallon and I plan on getting a procrambarus. Any good tips?

I don’t know if you’re still active or not, but would a ten gallon work for a single crawfish?

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

Hi yes, that should be alright, but I would recommend more to help dilute the waste.

Hello there, is Cherax destructor same with P. alleni?

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

Are you asking if they are the same species? No they are not

@paulfarnaom.ao-wac3714

2 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb, so there is a blue crayfish-P. alleni and a blue crayfish-Cherax destructor?😅 (Pardon me for asking naive questions😅 haha, newbie here, it's been more than three weeks, I've been taking care my two crayfish, one's red & the other blue. I've been skimming through google & KZread to know more about these particular crayfish and stuff😁.)

Would it be possible to have 1 florida clayfish and 1 cherax pulser clayflish in a 180 liter tank?

Hey I got a crayfish i was wondering if it’s okay if I take it out the tank once in a while and play with it?

@AtomicQBomb

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't recommend it, BUT if you are very careful and you research the dangers that dust poses to crayfish, you might be able to. If you do, you should put it on a dry towel next to a shower that is running (NOT IN THE SHOWER!) so that the steam from the shower will remove dust from the air and help keep the crayfish calm. You can gently touch the crayfish, but be very careful not to touch it too much or too roughly. A good way to keep it happy is to feed it while it is walking around the towel.

@jameswilson9866

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb ohhh okay thanks for getting back to me!

the crayfish i want needs mud floor quite deep but is that safe to get from the enviorrment where it was caught

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

What crayfish species?

@mercuryforlife969

2 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb N. norvegicus

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

@@mercuryforlife969 well I’ve never kept that one, so I’d recommend checking online. I’ve kept all my crayfish with either sand or gravel, so I wouldn’t know unfortunately

@mercuryforlife969

2 жыл бұрын

@@AtomicQBomb well it is a deep water lobster/ crayfish so it has to be in a dark room

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

@@mercuryforlife969 you can always give it a shot. The only downside I could imagine is parasites or harmful bacteria is the mud, but that’s just speculation. Give it a shot and tell me how it goes!

Do they produce alot of waste?

@AtomicQBomb

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, crayfish eat and poop a lot. That’s why you want a lot of water for each crayfish!

Where can you sell your bred crayfish?

Best video!

Can I put one with a American bullfrog?

My crawfish lives great with my 3 cichlids ? Is this normal lol

Can crayfish live with out a air pump

@unidentifiedleiviathan7250

4 жыл бұрын

They can, but make sure they can move outside the water

@AtomicQBomb

4 жыл бұрын

exactly