Timelapse Marbled Crayfish

The marbled crayfish or marmorkrebs is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in germany in the 1990s.

Timelapse marbled crayfish.

Marmorkrebs roughly translates from german as marbled crab the scientific name for marmorkrebs is procambarus virginalis previously procambarus fallax f. 1 2 years. Means of introduction and spread. Marbled crayfish feed on algae plants snails and amphibians and can out compete native species including fish.

Behavior of marbled crayfish there are several facts about them that you need to know if you decide to keep them. The population is exploding in europe but the species appears to have originated only about 25 years ago. Their transformation is mind blowing and unique. Baby crayfish growing video from day 1 to day 75 10 weeks.

The marbled crayfish is a medium sized crayfish. Therefore keeping them in a planted tank can be a challenge. First of all marbled crayfish are very destructive. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known.

The informal name marmorkrebs is german for. If i missed any state s please post so i can add. Crayfish growing time. The only known cases of marmorkrebs in the wild are where they have been introduced by humans.

They are an asexual relative of slough crayfish procambarus fallax that live across florida and southern georgia in the united states. The marbled crayfish can live up to 2 3 years in their adulthood they grow up to 3 5 inches or even more. 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. Found in the wild.

Blue marble crayfish self cloning crayfish. Marbled crayfish are widely available in the aquarium trade creating a high risk of introduction and spread through the release of unwanted pets. 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.

Hardness range 3 15 dkh. 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. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. The marbled crayfish is a mutant species that clones itself scientists report.

Because of their size many people try to put them into small spaces. Most females only get about 4 inches with a few getting a little larger than this.