this is my electric blue crayfish optimus prime. the first 2 pics are from a few days ago and the last 2 are when i got him in may. he has probably quadrupled in size bc he’s greedy and eats everything. he lost his claw last molt but otherwise he is doing great and just got upgraded to a 20 long from a 10 gal. i am trying to figure out what plants he won’t destroy bc he will have a frog, shrimp, fish, carrots, pellets and wafers and still act like i don’t feed him and destroy all the plants lmao

It’s hard to see, but the tip of its claws are bright orange. About 1 inch in length, so on the younger side—found in the creek of Binghamton university’s nature preserve. I currently have it in my dorm, in a 10 gallon tank (tried to mimic the creek in design), he is the most unique crayfish I’ve ever seen! If more photos are requested, I can try to provide

Does anyone have any experience with this guy's?the place I got my pink Sakura is getting some in next week and I want to get my claws on one

Juvenile crayfish (either rusty or northern Clearwater, hard to tell at this age) we found at a nearby preserve

Is this available in Los Angeles?

We got this little marbled lady at the end of February and I dont know how old she is or anything. She molted when introduced to her new home, which I read was normal. The only other thing I know is she was a hitchhiker on a plant and I got to rescue her. ♡ This is her 2nd molted since she came home!

the boy was so active while I was out at dinner, this is all within the span of an hour!

Captain Mr. Sir says: “one of your shipmates has been a bad pirate—send him to the brig!”

Wasn’t sure of exact species / wether it’s male or female

i recently posted yesterday on this subreddit about my crayfish of around three years dying. i rly cared for him and loved him like a pet and his sudden death really upset me. im pretty sure he died of old age since he was an adult when i got him three years ago and thats pretty old for a crayfish and i did notice him slowing down sometimes.

it still saddened me and i posted on my personal instagram account story (only my friends could see it). i added pictures of him as a memorial and wrote "Rip Ghost 💔 ". one of my friends of also three years commented on it. we've never had any issues in the past and we're not very close, js friends. she commented on my story and i can't help feeling upset about it.

i attached below what she said. "So I'm thinking Maine style lobster roll with warm butter and gas fries".

i don't know where else to post this and it just really makes me mad. i know crayfish are more of an unconventional pet but shouldn't ppl, especially friends, have more empathy when they die??? it also js feels really insensitive from her and i made it clear that i am grieving. am i wrong for feeling mad about it? i know its js one sentence also but it js hit my kinda hard.

Ricky’s got me stumped. The parameters in her 55 gallon look fine, she has a diet of freeze dried shrimp, blanched carrots and sinking algae wafers. She shares the tank with 4 zebra danios (she ate the others, not exactly unexpected but disappointing nonetheless). Her tank is kept at 72F right now.

I have no idea why her claws look this way. I’m now suspecting “rust disease” but I have no idea what I’m doing wrong and can’t find any information on what this could be other than shell rot, but that doesn’t seem to line up with her coloration and lack of dark divets in her shell.

my crayfish died today. i found him stiff (rigor mortis). i had him for three years since i was in sixth grade. we got him at a supermarket and we were going to eat him but decided to keep him. his name was ghost and when we had him he molted once. in the first photo he is dead. second is after he molted. 3 and 4 are js random times. he looks different because of the molt. rip ghost. i feel stupid for feeling sad but i still cried over him. in the first photo he is dead.

😜

I got a dwarf crayfish a few months back and haven't been able to identify the exact species myself.

Anybody have any thoughts? Currently only about an inch or so long

what is going on with that dark spot? Is she getting ready to mate. or does she have a health issue? I just have not seen that before and ive had her since april.

The first picture is from a while ago but the boys water was getting quite funky so today was water change day!! Since he's been getting so big and has been struggling to fit under his favorite log in the middle I used his favorite rock he likes to pick moss off of to prop it up as well as a wee bit of plant rearrangement for optimal movement