Blue lobster

Blue lobster, Florida crayfish, Electric blue crayfish, Everglades crayfish, Sapphire crayfish, and Blue Crayfish are all more common names for Procambarus alleni. They can be white, red, or brown, especially in the wild, but the variety kept and sold in aquariums is typically brilliant blue.

The species of blue crayfish is very durable. They are very simple to take care of. They don’t really care about the quality of the water, and they eat omnivores. Therefore, if you’re just starting out and want to start breeding crays, this might be a good species to start with.

I. Size

• Average Adult Size:  2 to 3 inches
• Maximum Adult Size: 5 inches
• Swimming Level: Bottom

You would love the fish because…

Blue lobsters are among the most pretty freshwater tank inhabitants available to hobbyists and can live in almost any aquarium. These creatures are very active and enjoy exploring, so they don’t always hide under rocks.

They are particularly useful in large aquariums of 30 gallons or more because they are known for keeping tanks clean and free of waste. They shouldn’t be kept in aquariums smaller than 20 gallons because of their maximum size. With proper care, these crayfish can live to be 5 or 6 years old.

The average length of a blue crayfish is between 4 and 5 inches, or 10 and 12 centimeters. Nonetheless, there are reports that in the wild a few people can compare 18 cm (7 inches).

With proper care, the Procambarus Alleni Blue crayfish can live for up to five years.

This species can take on a variety of colors, including brown, red, and orange, but it is most common in its bright blue form.

This is largely due to the fact that crayfish hobbyists and aquarium keepers have bred them to be an increasingly vivid and intense shade of blue. Usually, they have lighter dots or patches scattered about.

III. Is this fish species peaceful or hostile?

• Recommended: multiple crayfish in one tank but it needs to be large enough to give each specimen its space.
• Recommended Male/Female – 1:1
• Overall hostility: Peaceful
• Hostility towards own species: Peaceful
• Hostility towards other Species: Peaceful

IV. Species compatibility

• Hatchetfish.
• Fast Danios.
• Rainbow Darters.
• African Butterfly Fish.
• Red Tail Shark.
• Guppies.
• Pearl Gourami

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

• Taiyo Pluss Discovery® Premium Tropical Flakes Fish Food

• HIKARI Tropical Algae Wafers

Word for the wise

Live Plants

Driftwood

Rocks

Live, frozen food

Aquarium Starter Kit

Filter

Heater

Thermometer