Mexican Dwarf Crayfish - *Assorted*
Mexican Dwarf Crayfish - *Assorted*
Description
Mexican Dwarf Crayfish:
The southern United States and Mexico are home to dwarf crayfish. Although they can be found in ponds and lakes, they mostly live in streams and small rivers. They are typically found in the shallows and prefer slow-moving waters.
The largest species of dwarf crayfish will only reach a maximum length of about 2 inches (5 cm) in a home aquarium, where they remain relatively small.
They typically live two to three years in captivity, but there have been cases where they have lived longer.
Mexican dwarf crayfish are hardy, tolerant, and comparatively simple to breed. They won't severely restrict your options like their larger cousins do.
I. Size
- Average Adult Size: 1 inch
- Maximum Adult Size: 1.5 inches
- Swimming Level: Bottom
You would love the fish because…
The Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán, a volcanic crater lake southwest of Mexico's largest city of Morelia, is the source of dwarf Mexican crawfish.
The majority of this crayfish's wild individuals are tan, brown, or rust colored. However, in addition to their typical, noticeably dull, wild type coloration, dwarf Mexican crawfish are also available in brightly colored morphs.
The dwarf species' orange color variant was bred in the Netherlands in the 1990s by Juan Carlos Merino.
Hobbyist find this color morph, also known as "CPO - Cambarellus patzcuarensis var orange," to be very attractive and well-liked. Actually, it completely dominated this species' pet market. Once more, the crayfish being bred in captivity is the cause of this mutation.
III. Is this fish species peaceful or hostile?
- Recommended: 4
- Recommended Male/Female – 1:1
- Overall hostility: Peaceful
- Hostility towards own species: Peaceful
- Hostility towards other Species: Peaceful
IV. Species compatibility
- Neon tetras
- Mollies
- Guppies
- Platies
- Swordtails
- Small catfish like Ancistrus spp.
V. How to feed this species?
They are excellent scavengers who consume almost everything in a tank's bottom. Their eating regimen incorporates uneaten food, trash, garbage, live plants, dead plants, fish drops, pellets, tablets, green growth wafers, live tank mates and, surprisingly, dead tank mates.
Recommended food
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Eagle Cray Stick Fish Food for Cray Fishes, Lobsters & Crustaceans
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XING Shrimps - E
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