Louie

That came out very nice .Looks like underwater cave rock.

I would have never thought that 'greatstuff' even coated would work under water.

Has anyone successfully kept a M/F pair of Clarkii crays together through out their adult lives?

The tank I was considering was a standard 36 inch , 30 gallon long . If it is even possible to keep 2 Clarkii's together .

Doc,

          That is why I did not get them . There is no info out on them .  I am looking now at the white clarkii crays

Stef,

        There is a show that used to be on Animal planet now it is re-runs which if you haven't seen it, You would enjoy . Called Fatal Attractions.

"One of my cats is a bengal"

There is a place not far from me that has been breeding caracals, servals , jungle cats and bengals for years .

Thanks Doc4PC2,  I am ordering from Han as everyone loves his shrimp guards .

Thank you everyone . I also plan to set up two more tanks and sent h4n a pm. I like his shrimp guards which in truth I did not think they truly prevented baby shrimp from being sucked down since they are so tiny but good to know they do.

Stef,

         That would be unnerving . I would not want to live by someone who kept big cats .

I recall my friend sold several lion cubs but again those were different times, people were not as educated as now as far as wild pets .

 I had 2 female fruit bats till they were grey with cataracts, they lived many years and tame as any dog (got them as babies) , They were kept outside in a large aviary with bat houses , perches , etc and we had a pair of keel billed toucans in another aviary right next to them.

We actually gave away several baby toucans from that pair.

I am pretty sure that toucans are still sold .

Would like to replace the sponge intake on my eheim 2213 canister filter with pantyhose because the pantyhose just seems easier to clean as far as rinsing under tap water and I can not do the same with the sponge , afraid it will kill lots bacteria and cause problems in the tank .

I have been squeezing the sponge 'clean' in a bucket of tank water , once every 2 months but it doesn't get completely clean this way.

Does anyone use regular pantyhose , if so will it protect baby shrimp from being sucked up like sponge filter?

Thank you

OblongShrimp,

                            Yes I agree , who knows if they are truly dwarfs , esp since they are new in the market and no one has any info on them.

Doc,

        As far as small crays I keep CPO's . I myself would never keep them with shrimp but either way these dwarf blues in theory are smaller and less aggressive but no one seems to have their scientific name nor place of origin.

I also see the Cajun dwarfs being sold as dwarf blues thus bit confusing.

Stef,

          Oh you are in Louisiana .  I have been there .   I have a friend who in the 70s had a turtle, fish farm place there and later until the mid 80s imported exotic animals for the pet trade such as sloths , monkeys , even cheetahs , Those were different times with no regulations , heck no internet .

 People sold with catalogues using money orders or checks .

A very pretty yellow rili.

Triton,

             I ordered 10 from Will which arrived yesterday and spectacular looking.   I have no idea what grades mean with those SSS but suspect these are high grades .

Crisp white and bright red .

Bigger Jeeps are very common here .  I love them but my wife is another story .

Decades ago my brother in law had a Sumari jeep which as you know are like toys but they live in Key west and very safe for any vehicle.

This particular pet store carries unusual stuff and the woman who owns it knows her stuff but yet nothing on the tiny blue dwarfs as far as any info.

Either way I notice you keep rabbit snails . Some months ago they had golden rabbit snails which I never saw before.

Very pretty indeed.

I do not use FB but know the younger generation likes it . My daughters enjoyed it before getting married .

I am not the most comp savvy person going and every 3 years when I return my leased car for a new one , I ask for non electric manual roll down windows and the old fashioned dial type non gadget radios . They no longer make cars with either of those features which ticks me off.

Art,

        Have you found any interesting crays at the market , kept any ?

ShortGirl,

                 That sounds like them, The pet store I go to knows their stuff and the owner told me these did not grow over 1.5 and were not the Cajun dwarf crays .

 They had a few and pale looking as you stated but 2 were a very nice deep blue .  They stood out .

   I regret not getting them but since they had no idea of their scientific name nor any care info I did not . They sold them all in a few days.

Thank you Soothing.  I did not see it there but that site was the first place I ever purchased crays from decades ago . Not sure if he even still ships to Florida .

I sent you a link of the blue dwarf because not sure what the rules are as far as posting links to commercial sites . This is same blue dwarf my pet store had (sold out) . Think they got them from same source.

Having purchased them from you last December , your pics do not do them justice.

The blue is striking and very hardy and active .

Anyone familiar with or keep the new "blue" dwarf crayfish on the market?

It is not a Cambarellus dwarf , Cajun dwarf .

I saw it for sale at a pet store but the owner did not know the scientific name for it nor much else .

Glad I asked because I was looking at them for the future .

Thank you

Are Tiger shrimp difficult compared to Cherry shrimps ?

I had a 55 gallon marine tank for 12 years with UG filter and skilter 250 (HOB filter) , using air stones good powerful air pump. It was archaic by todays standards but the fish thrived .

The carbon inserts are small and exhausted so quickly that not worth it .

Water changes and vacuuming the substrate is the key with UGF but they work .

I do find the old style box filters which can also hold carbon besides floss and bio media to be a better option.