Timelapse Marbled Crayfish

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Timelapse marbled crayfish.

Marbled crayfish feed on algae plants snails and amphibians and can out compete native species including fish. Burrowing can destabilize banks and shorelines. The marbled crayfish is a medium sized crayfish. The marbled crayfish or marmorkrebs is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in germany in the 1990s.

The only known cases of marmorkrebs in the wild are where they have been introduced by humans. However because crayfish are messy creatures produce a lot of waste it is a good idea to put them in as big of a tank as possible. The population is exploding in europe but the species appears to have originated only about 25 years ago. Found in the wild.

How blue marbled crayfish molting how blue marbled crayfish molting difficult life or death process lost one claws if you like this video hit the like button please subscribe to my channel. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed totally confusing and unreliable. Most females only get about 4 inches with a few getting a little larger than this. They are an asexual relative of slough crayfish procambarus fallax that live across florida and southern georgia in the united states.

Observe their personality and have fun. Behavior of marbled crayfish there are several facts about them that you need to know if you decide to keep them. Their transformation is mind blowing and unique. Marmorkrebs roughly translates from german as marbled crab the scientific name for marmorkrebs is procambarus virginalis previously procambarus fallax f.

No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. If i missed any state s please post so i can add. Blue marble crayfish self cloning crayfish. Therefore keeping them in a planted tank can be a challenge.

The informal name marmorkrebs is german for. I want to start selling off my daughter s marbled crayfish again but i need a complete list of all the states that marbled crayfish are illegal in. Means of introduction and spread. First of all marbled crayfish are very destructive.

1 2 years. The marbled crayfish can live up to 2 3 years in their adulthood they grow up to 3 5 inches or even more. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. Marbled crayfish are widely available in the aquarium trade creating a high risk of introduction and spread through the release of unwanted pets.

So far i managed to gather a few states but i want to make sure i get as many as possible. Because of their size many people try to put them into small spaces.