What type of crayfish did I just buy?

[Randi83]

The guy at the fish place said its some type of Australian(ish) hybrid. Basically he had no idea. Anyone else know?

 

[dougall]

Looks like a marmokreb to me.

 

[Randi83]

Looks like a marmokreb to me.

Anything specific I need to know about it? My kid has already named it Kansas after the band but I guess it may be female now huh?

 

[dougall]

all, or at least most all, are female

you will know if it gives birth without a partner.

no real special care needs from my memory, just dont release any offspring to the wild.

 

[rufioman]

No idea what kind it is, it's a bit pale. Markings looks marmokreb though, which I think are self-cloners.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=marmorkrebs

 

[mdwalt1]

Anything specific I need to know about it? My kid has already named it Kansas after the band but I guess it may be female now huh?

Cool name. I'm going to see Kansas in Houston in October for their 30th anniversary of the Leftoverture album which they will play in its entirety. But I digress. Make sure you have a nice secluded hiding place for your cray to retreat to and some driftwood for it to perch on. They love that stuff.

 

[Randi83]

Ok so another question. Our cray...now named Wednesday, has been reclusive. She usually begs for food but has been in her rock cave. Today my daughter decided Wednesday must be dead. She went to move the rock. Wednesday moved but some round dark grey balls came out of the rock cave. Are these eggs? If so will she eat them now that they aren't on her tail? She has her tail tucked so we can't see if there is anything on her tail.

 

[rufioman]

Eggs, definitely.