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    Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    I am wondering if anyone is raising Red Claw Crayfish? If so, please post some pics. I am trying to figure out how to add it to my system's design! Thanks in advance

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    i'm considering ordering some, but plans are still in my head for the most part. i brought parts of my system indoors for the harsh northeast ohio winter. I have 3 tanks, 1 with bluegill, 1 with yellow perch, the 3rd is going to be for the redclaw.
    right now the plan is looking like using an 8' dia snapset pool (18" deep) in the basement. i'll probably put the pool on top of foam insulation with a heating blanket, then the pool on top.
    i'll probably need to add a filter to my system, since i only have 1 pair of growbeds in the basement.

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    I've posted a lot on these. Keep them apart physically from the tilapia so the baby crays are not eaten. They canb share the same water as long as the nitrates are kept below 50 ppm. They benefit from about 75 ppm salt. Select plants that can deal with that.
    The best fertilizer is the farmer's shadow

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    Badflash, you have been my inspiration for the red claw crayfish! Thanks again! I will search around for more details, but basically I wanted to get an eyeball of what a system looks like and how it all fits together.

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    I'm using redclaw in one of my tanks with the goldfish - nothing special only change to having silver perch is that i throw in vege scraps every 4 days as well as standard fish feed. they have been coming along nicely. Caught a female from my dam loaded with EGG's and managed to have about 50 survive...

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    Quote Originally Posted by carbrooksilkies
    I'm using redclaw in one of my tanks with the goldfish - nothing special only change to having silver perch is that i throw in vege scraps every 4 days as well as standard fish feed. they have been coming along nicely. Caught a female from my dam loaded with EGG's and managed to have about 50 survive...
    Wow that's great! I hear they taste like lobster... I'm hoping they do

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    found this thesis on red claw, (i just started reading and it looks pretty interesting)

    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...2dzDZVlPgZ_1tw

    it should open a pdf

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    It won't load. Point me to the search page and what you typed in and/or the title of the publication. I would love to read it! Thanks

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    google Antonio Garza de Yta
    his thesis should be second item down

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    Re: Red Claw Crayfish, anyone?

    Redclaw sound like something fun and different, but I would like to taste redclaw to see if I like them before I spend money on buying live ones to stock. Do any of you know of a company that sells them frozen? It would be great if they shipped them directly to homes too.

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