The Blue Crayfish

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Blue crayfish is the same species as normal colored crayfish, The blue color is caused by gene mutation just like albino form of any animal or human species. However, just like other artificial color mutations, this blue color causes that an animal with blue color is eaten very quickly. It is like an animal which has a light panel with a title: I’m here, come and eat me. The blue color can by different at various geographic locations. They can grow to the size about 15 cm in an aquarium.

Eugene Lim from the aquarium lore-blog posted a beautiful picture of a Blue crayfish with his coconut home.

5 Responses to The Blue Crayfish

  • johnarthur responded:
    If you put crayfish in a freshwater aquarium, remember they are skilled predators that love to eat fish.
  • Michelle responded:
    Do you think it is better to put him in aquarium of his own? Who can be a good company for him?
  • johnarthur responded:
    On the old AWF website, one of the guys was an avid keeper of blue crayfish. He said they prey on aquarium fish, they spawn like crazy, and they need their own aquarium. A place called oddballfish.com sells them and probably has some more information about them. I’ve ordered from Oddball Fish, and they seem like a good place to do business.
  • Michelle responded:
    Thanks
  • bartimaus responded:
    I thought about buying one of these for my tank but the guy at the aquarium shop warned me that they were quick and had healthy appetites, and were all the more risky in a smaller tank. Hmmm, maybe I’ll have to invest in another tank now….

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