Happy News!! Dwarf Crayfish Babies!

[KasumiKi]

I posted these pictures on another thread but I thought I'd make a separate thread to just show baby pictures! <3 My blue dwarf crayfish came to me with a surprise batch of eggs under her tail and a few days ago the eggs were gone but I couldn't see any babies. Just when I thought all hope was lost I saw a baby! And today I was able to see at least 4 if not 6 babies! The striped ones look like their momma and I'm so excited to see what the father looked like!

Here are the first few pictures! Please excuse my horribly messy tank. I was trying to not clean anything in case the babies were in hiding and I accidentally hurt them.

(I hope it's ok that I'm making a thread. If there's something else I should do please let me know!)

 

[Kathryn Crook]

I posted these pictures on another thread but I thought I'd make a separate thread to just show baby pictures! <3 My blue dwarf crayfish came to me with a surprise batch of eggs under her tail and a few days ago the eggs were gone but I couldn't see any babies. Just when I thought all hope was lost I saw a baby! And today I was able to see at least 4 if not 6 babies! The striped ones look like their momma and I'm so excited to see what the father looked like!

Here are the first few pictures! Please excuse my horribly messy tank. I was trying to not clean anything in case the babies were in hiding and I accidentally hurt them.

(I hope it's ok that I'm making a thread. If there's something else I should do please let me know!)

Congratz!

 

[Suzanne2]

They are so teensy tiny and cute!

 

[richiep]

Now the fun starts, well done

Any idea how many she had

 

[KasumiKi]

Any idea how many she had

Not really. I was never able to count how exactly how many eggs she had in the first place but my guess is she had at least 10. I tried to estimate from how many eggs I was able to sort of see when she came in her shipping bag and at the time my estimate was somewhere around 16-18 so we'll see how many actually made it and how many survive the next little while. I'm very very excited even if she didn't have very many!!

 

[richiep]

Considering she was berried from the supplier you've done very well looks like you've got a good mum there keep pictures coming

 

[KasumiKi]

Also this is the mom! This was right when I added her to the tank. I have a more recent picture of her without the eggs but I'm having trouble uploading it right now so maybe it'll work later!

 

[richiep]

I'll be very interested to know if they get on with each other as time goes on as they are supposed to be placid

 

[olcin]

new here. seems I can't find where I can make new thread title.
does anyone know if it is possible to breed a Brazo dwarf crayfish with Mexican dwarf cray?
if yes, what color will be of their offspring?

 

[Suzanne2]

new here. seems I can't find where I can make new thread title.
does anyone know if it is possible to breed a Brazo dwarf crayfish with Mexican dwarf cray?
if yes, what color will be of their offspring?

HI olcin maybe this will help you to post your question
https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/how-do-i-post-a-question.14493/

I don't know about breeding crayfish though.. Hope someone else does. Have a great day.

 

[Jellibeen]

Congrats! they are so cute.

 

[olcin]

HI olcin maybe this will help you to post your question
https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/how-do-i-post-a-question.14493/

I don't know about breeding crayfish though.. Hope someone else does. Have a great day.

thank you!!!

 

[Kathryn Crook]

Congratulations! I just got orange dwarf crays and the day after receiving them, the female became “pregnant”. So hopefully in a month or so, I will also be posting baby pics!
They are so cute! Good luck!