Cohen Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Have any of you had a CPO or Mexican dwarf crayfish before? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Yours? Do they terrorize the fish? CPO.. beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohen Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/30/2021 at 11:37 PM, Trish said: Yours? Do they terrorize the fish? CPO.. beautiful! This is not mine, but they are pretty peaceful, they can even live with shrimp. But they do tend to get curious with fish with long fins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchwayAquatics Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I have some currently in a 20g long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohen Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 1:00 PM, ArchwayAquatics said: I have some currently in a 20g long. How many 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec2cool Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) I kept a pair for a few months. They don't seem to like eachother at all and they'll absolutely eat my bladder, ramshorn and malaysian trumpet snails. However, they left my baby mystery snails as well as platy/swordtail fry alone. They also didn't bother any adult fish (They were also quite terrified of them) They suddenly passed away on me, a month away from eachother. I have no clue why but I plan on trying them again at some point, very cool animal, interesting to watch! *EDIT* They would also damage plants. They obliterated much of my dwarf hairgrass as well as eating the leaves of several other plants. Edited July 2, 2021 by Alec2cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchwayAquatics Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 I've 3 adults. I recently spotted two little fry but haven't seen them for a few days. Not sure if they were predated or just effectively hiding in the hornwort jungle in that tank lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyP Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I don't know if this is still currently but ive bred CPOs like crazy a couple years ago. You basically only need 2, better 3 tanks. One for the males, one for the females and one grow out tank. To breed them just put two of them in a small container (maybe 1 liter or so) with very few plants and leave them for half a day or a day. After that u put the female in the grow out tank and wait for the babies to hatch. Maybe I could help someone with this ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Yep. They are some of my favorite community crustaceans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I have a dwarf Mexican crayfish in the 5-gallon tank on my desk with shrimp and a few guppies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 2:43 PM, Ninjoma said: Yep. They are some of my favorite community crustaceans. I'm curious what else you keep with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 11:25 PM, Cinnebuns said: I'm curious what else you keep with them. Currently they are in my 75g with a rainbow shark, roseline sharks, SAEs, gouramis, a crab and a crayfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sora Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 7/2/2021 at 5:57 PM, Alec2cool said: They would also damage plants. They obliterated much of my dwarf hairgrass as well as eating the leaves of several other plants. I have one cpo in my planted 20 gallon and she never ate any of my plants, maybe they have different tastes, like bettas. The only problem I have is that whenever I feed her, my chunky cories always steal her food! maybe I should make a food bath or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllFishNoBrakes Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I have a small army, and have traded off an additional small army. In my opinion, they’re just big shrimp with claws! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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