Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Yeh Bird lets see some photos
Yabbies are the aptly described Barbarians of the crayfish world
I started with 12 adults in early Sept and now have approx 70 youngen's

Anyone think Marron could survive in the US? In the southern states, it stays pretty warm year round. Could they survive the trip?

What I wouldn't do to get a hold of a breeding pair!

Mark

Why not try google fresh water crayfish and find what lives local, that way if you have any escapees you are not letting a new species into the environment, i have only used local plants, animals in mine for this reason, so when pond overflows during our wet season heavy rain i don't need to worry about foreign species getting where they don't belong

We only have regular crawdads here...good eats but lots of work to eat them. Even if something escaped, not a chance it could survive the major road crossings. I see some kids attempt it from time to time and my heart misses a beat for each.

Mark

try http://www.fl.biology.us.gov/afs_crayfish/index.html

click on the map then click your area and list of local crays will appear

the link does not seem to be working, will look into it at work tonight and re post - sorry

buggered if i can get this link to upload but if you go to the site of your states Dept of Fisheries you should be able to get info on your local breeds, there are more than just crawdads, Missorie had 25 varieties of their own for example

hmmm....I did find this,

http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/coun ... /texas.htm

Had no idea!

Now you just have yo work out which is tastiest

The Virile (aka Northern) Crayfish is my top pick in the US. They get pretty big, are easy to find and taste fantastic.
Here is some good information on many crays from the state of Missouri: http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/arthopo/crayfish/varcraw.htm

I tried to register there but it wouldn't let me, asked how many legs a crawfish has and all the sources I could find say 8, but it wouldn't accept it.

I think the signal crayfish looks pretty exciting. It's mostly a cold water crayfish, but it looks like it has done pretty well down in California. They may not be as big as redclaw but they are bugger than Louisiana mudbugs.

Everything I have read says Crawfish need pretty basic water. 7.5-8 PH according to one source. Has anyone had any trouble with this as far as yabbies are concerned?

It would be much more fun having Astacopsis gouldi (tassie freshwater Cray)but I don't think it would be allowed somehow

Keeping endangered species is generally frowned upon. Although I think it'd probably be good for that species chances of survival if they started to get popular in tanks.

and once raised in tanks released into my tummy....ummmm....the wild