Upgrading Zoidberg's tank!

[exasperatus2002]

Crayfish are cool critters. There used to be a site dedicated to keeping them but it shut down.

[HerpDerp]

Crayfish are cool critters. There used to be a site dedicated to keeping them but it shut down.

It's surprisingly tough to find good info on keeping crayfish. It all seems to be the same info over and over again. And even though most are cold water species the majority of info I've found was on tropical species, go figure! A site like that would have been helpful lol. So far I've just used my knowledge of typical Maine habitat and waters do care for him, along with some further research on their typical habitat. This has got to be the easiest species to care for though since they're known to be invasive outside of their typical range lol. And I found him in a nasty pond full of chemicals and very low oxygen levels.

On another note, the bug in my tank is NOT a water beetle. After some research I have discovered that it is a water boatman bug that is herbivorous. So much for it controlling baby guppy blooms! Very cool addition to my tank though! Wonder what other critters I could keep to make it more natural... LOL.

[NatureLady]

I keep some at my work also. They are my little interior decorators and mine love minnows as a snack. I house mine with a Green Sunfish and two very quick rosy minnows. I put plant cuttings into my tank to allow mine to explore, eat, and destroy every now and then.