Re: NANFA-- Crawdad

William Allen jr. (billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com)
Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:31:31 -0600

One thing to remember - they eat aquarium plants like crazy.

I got into a big argument with my 5th grade teacher 40 years ago. because
she didn't believe that they shed their skin. When a shell appeared in the
tank holding the 2 specimens I had put in the classroom fishtank, she
thought that one had eaten the other. I told her that one doubtless had
escaped and the other shed its skin. I hated it when people thought they
knew more about stuff like that than I did. I still do.

I had a lot of problems in 5th grade.

----- Original Message -----
From: Garry & Giselle <gar.giz.nick_at_sympatico.ca>
To: Nanfa <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Crawdad

>
> Hi guys:
>
> I noticed a note from somebody asking about their experiences with
> crayfish and thought I might add my 2 cents worth. I got the notion to
> add some crayfish to my tank for the purpose of doing a little house
> cleaning on the bottom. One small problem. When I added about 4 or 5 of
> them to my tank, they barely made it to the bottom without being eaten,
> by my 4 Ambloplites rupestris. I've heard that this is one of their
> favourite foods. Ha! Anyway, the crawdads immediately went into hiding
> and that is basically where they stayed. So much for putting them to
> work. They disappeared one by one and I figured that they just got eaten
> when they ventured out. I took last remaining one and tossed it into a
> smaller tank with smaller fish in it. Now, this one is happily motoring
> around whenever he/she pleases and has no fear of the smaller fishes.
> They are indeed amazing creatures. It is interesting to watch them move
> enormous amounts of gravel and to watch them eat.
> Rich Butts, if you want to discuss crayfish off list, feel free to
> e-mail me.
>
> Garry Heinlein
> Ottawa, Canada
> gar.giz.nick_at_sympatico.ca
>
>
>
>
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