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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    May be an old thread but I wanted to bring it back to life.

    I've looked all over the net and haven't found anyone who has personally eaten marbled crayfish, so I may end up being the first.

    I just started a 50 gallon tank with ten crays and 15 red Nile tilapia. I'm not surr if they'll play well together, but I figured I would give it a try. I have back up tanks or screens if I end up needing to Seperate them.

    Once I have everything set up I'll post a few pictures.

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    i now have a couple hundred marmokrebs.. 3 hatches so far even with some pretty cool water in my basement this winter..
    i'm raising them in regular glass fish tanks, if i put smaller ones in, they're going to get eaten by the yellow perch or bluegill, but there will be quite a few left to grow some out.. my first one is probably close to 3 years old and it's at eating size, slow growth in cool waters but they can handle it...
    and if any breed in the pool (i put several berried krebs in the pool so far) they will end up feeding the yp and bluegill

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    Hypothesis: If/when the crays can fit in the tilapia's mouth the cray's will be eaten.

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    i had a few smaller tilapia eat the smaller crays (when the tilapia were 3"-4" and on high protein food, but once they get bigger, they have no interest in them

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    so who has made a meal out of these besides your guppies ? ? all of mine died off before i could get em big enough to cook

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    i've eaten plenty of crayfish, but never one of this species.. i imagine they'll be pretty similar to other freshwater crayfish i've eaten.. (great with butter, very mild and slightly sweet)
    need a mess of them for a meal, and it's just going to take a while to get enough big enough with my conditions.. if you have warmer water year round, you'll have faster growth
    if i can get all 7 of my glass tanks going with a few berried females in each one, i should be able to get enough for a meal for me and the wife in another 2 years or so

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    i did find out they do fight and eat each other, i thought they were veggies only but they get pretty pissed at each other and show down

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    marbles are omnivorous. They will eat snalie and plants and probably anything else they can catch and fit in their mouth. However they are not known for aggression.

    I have seen a berrying female (all marbles are are female) get aggressive over a hide but I cant say i have ever seen a fatality.

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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    I had them for a while .... definitely not for eating, but just top keep the bottom of the tank clean ..... the Tilapia would eat the smaller ones, so I never had an abundance of them - but since they are illegal in Montana, I sold them off and went back to using snails ..... which provided the tilapia with a lot of protein
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    Re: Marble Crayfish- Marmorkrebs

    I have several of them in my basement tanks, and had to pull them out and out them in separate 10 gallon tanks to get berries. Once they are big enough to eat, I will be breaking out the drawn butter and will post an update on the flavor profile...
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