Ron Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I know people use Marbled crayfish as feeders but has anyone ever ate one themselves? In the past, I was thinking of using them for an aquaponics system but normally the fish used are consumed. They breed fast and produce large numbers, I just took ~375 babies from 2 clutches and put them in a 40 gallon to grow up. Maybe I'll have a crayfish boil and try it out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Im sure they would be delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Yep you can. Not much meat on them, but yepper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 The crayfish you get a Chinese buffets are delish but not much meat either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 We'll see how the new tank does starting with all babies. I just added another 2 groups of babies, ~425, and a female who's babies are almost ready to go so there will be around 1000 babies in there soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodbigelow Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I know people use Marbled crayfish as feeders but has anyone ever ate one themselves? In the past, I was thinking of using them for an aquaponics system but normally the fish used are consumed. They breed fast and produce large numbers, I just took ~375 babies from 2 clutches and put them in a 40 gallon to grow up. Maybe I'll have a crayfish boil and try it out . These are exactly the types o' thoughts I've been having ever since 2 weeks ago when I first stumbled across the marbled. I feel there is a lot of potential in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 They mature fast. At around 2" they can have their first berry. From between 20- hundreds of berries each depending on size and maturity, you can see why I tell people to freeze the babies at feeding size for fish or they'll be swamped with them. Of course with aquaponics, this is actually an advantage. No mating required, so you KNOW you will have berries and not have to rely on random happenings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodbigelow Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I have come across several good papers talking about how ideal they are for aquaponic systems in that they can be fed to the fish you generally have in the set-up, produce excellent fertilizer for plants,etc. They can be used for people food, but they are pretty small. Unless one of us gets lucky and hits the right series of events to make them grow bigger, they probably aren't themselves such a great HUMAN food source, but indirectly as being an excellent fish food and nutrient rich water for plants, they seem almost a perfect part of a good aquaponics system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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