Cambarellus patzcuarensis
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Cambarellus patzcuarensis is a peaceful species of crayfish that has an unusually colorful orange color with well-defined spots and stripes across the body. The largest individuals barely reach 5 cm in length.
Cambarellus patzcuarensis is one of the most peaceful species of crayfish that live in the aquarium. It may hunt small fish, such as neons or guppies. But at the same time it does not touch plants and shrimp at all.
The minimum aquarium volume for a pair of crayfish is 10-15 liters. Both sand and gravel are suitable as a substrate.
The water temperature should not be too high. The comfortable water temperature in the aquarium is 24-25 ° C.
In any aquarium with crayfish, there must be many shelters. They molt regularly, and need a secluded place where they can hide from their neighbors until their chitinous cover is restored.
Feeding:
Mexican dwarf cancer is omnivorous, eating anything it can pull away with its little pincers. In the aquarium, it can be fed shrimp food, catfish tablets, and all kinds of live and frozen fish feed.
Crayfish are also happy to eat vegetables, and their favorite ones are courgettes and cucumbers. You need to rinse all vegetables well and blow boiling water for a couple of minutes before putting them in the aquarium.
Reproduction:
Crayfish reach puberty at 3-4 months of age, while their size, as a rule, is about 2 cm. Females reach puberty faster than males, but the latter, but live a little longer.
The male fertilizes the female, and she bears eggs in herself for one to four weeks. It all depends on the temperature of the water in the aquarium.
After that, the female lays 20-60 eggs and attaches them to the false legs on her tail.
She will carry them for 4-6 weeks, constantly moving the false legs to create water and oxygen later.
If you want to get as much offspring as possible, then it is better to sediment the female and add many shelters to the aquarium.
Juveniles do not require any special care and immediately feed on the remains of food in the aquarium.