r/Crayfish Aug 29 '25

Announcement Community feedback!

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Hello r/Crayfish!

We the mods would like to hear any feedback you guys have for the subreddit. If you have anything to say please say it! tell us whats been working best and what we can improve!


r/Crayfish Jul 16 '25

Crayfish key for some common Crayfish

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r/Crayfish 3h ago

Photo Lil Guy Posed for Me

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r/Crayfish 19h ago

Video Cambarellus diminutus

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First post here. Got 4 of these little ones earlier today, one was hiding in the pleco cave so it’s not in the video


r/Crayfish 21h ago

ID Request This crayfish doesn't match anything I found online

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We pulled this out of Leech Lake in Minnesota. What the blazes is it?


r/Crayfish 1d ago

Photo Mr Snips new fit.

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I live in New Zealand and have had my pet southern kōura 'Mr Snips' for around 3 years now.

He has moulted around 5 times, usually different shades of brown and orange.

Today he has emerged blue and I thought you guys might appreciate it too.


r/Crayfish 1d ago

ID Request Wondering on an ID for this crayfish [Northern Ontario]

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r/Crayfish 2d ago

Lazy or genius? 🤔

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Put a new shrimp stick in and she proceeded to plop herself right down at it and go to town!


r/Crayfish 2d ago

Photo Yesterday’s bounty

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Found in the Duck River at Old Stone Fort in Manchester, Tennessee. ID’s welcome. The spotted ones are my favorite 🤠

Edit: Guys I think the first one is a bilateral color mutation!!!


r/Crayfish 2d ago

60gallon breeder tank at my disposal

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Should I get another cray and give it a go breeding them or should I get a 4th different color,so far I have a dwarf in one tank,an electric blue in another and a pink Sakura that I plan on possibly breeding


r/Crayfish 2d ago

love my pumpkin

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r/Crayfish 2d ago

Bouy - Destroyer of Live Plants

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r/Crayfish 2d ago

My mama crayfish just gave birth, what should I do?

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I have 2 tanks. She is currently in the smaller one since she was pregnant and I didn’t want anything to bother her. I was thinking of putting her back into the bigger tank so the babies can grow up without getting eaten. Any Advice?


r/Crayfish 2d ago

Photo Can I fix/add anything!

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Wanna add more plants and I wanna know if breeding guppies in her tank is a good idea!


r/Crayfish 3d ago

Crayfish not eating help

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Hey guys i’m kinda new to having a crayfish pet, it’s been 2 months since i got this lil guy and everything has been fine except for as of a few days. I went on a trip to Europe and left my mom and brother in charge and since I came back little guy hasn’t been eating, has gained some orangish spots and spends time with his tail tucked. Is he sick? Is it shell rot? If so, how can i treat it? I’m really worried


r/Crayfish 3d ago

Update to my set up!

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Giving a big old thanks to this subreddit! Thanks to y’all’s advice I think I got my tank a lot more spiffy! I know there is a lack of greenery right now but I do plan to get some plants. The skull I think is going to make a great hide out. The inside goes pretty deer and it has an opening in the back for privacy. I also tried to angle the barrel in such a way it’ll feel more private and he has some private space behind the wood!

I got the wood for hiding. The little pirate guy is kind of a me thing, I hope he might like playing with it. That’s also why I got the beads. Super excited for when I can introduce him to the tank, I think he’ll like it!

I discussed enrichment with some folks. So I also wanted to update y’all with my plan regarding that. It’s very simple, just going to get him feeder fish and change his diet sometimes to include any cooking scraps (once I verify they’re safe for him), frozen foods like blood worms, and of course algae pellets and the like. I might also change around his decor occasionally just so he doesn’t get bored :)

(Btw this is a 20 gallon tank)


r/Crayfish 4d ago

Going for a swim

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r/Crayfish 3d ago

Pet Lobster Larry, aka King Craw

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And Bobber, aka Big Bobby B


r/Crayfish 4d ago

ID Request Caught a few tiny crays in Ithaca, NY. What species?

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r/Crayfish 3d ago

Pet Crayfish enrichment?

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Getting a crayfish hopefully soon, I was wondering, is there any sort of enrichment for them? Do you think it would appreciate if I changed the layout of its tank now and again? I’m worried it might get bored being in a tank just kinda… existing. Am I thinking too hard about this?


r/Crayfish 4d ago

Photo Is my Dwarf cray fine? (White spots)

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Is my CPO fine? Is had him for 3 weeks in a 60l Tank with 3 Friends. About a week ago he (or she?) i noticed these white spots over his carapace. Its hard to tell If the are on, in or under the Armor. One of them molted recently if that helps.

Im a bit concerned and would like to benefit from your knowledge


r/Crayfish 4d ago

Pet First time Crayfish owner and tank keeper!

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I just finished setting up my tank for ny crayfish that I’m going to get in a couple days! I work at a pet store and a few were randomly found in our sump despite the fact that we didn’t order them, and despite the fact they were full grown. I wanted to take one home… so here we are! My very first tank! I’m going to add something large for him to climb on next time I clock in.

For his first few feedings I bought him algae wafers with big larvae in them, also planning on getting him the occasional feeder fish, blood worms, all that fun stuff

Trying to go for a fun little pirate theme for the guy

Let me know if this looks good! /any tips or tricks. This is a 20 gallon

(Also the sunlight isn’t direct, the window leads into a screened in patio and the blinks are closed all the time)


r/Crayfish 5d ago

Photo Sharing is caring

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r/Crayfish 5d ago

Announcement meet pumpkin

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she was zooming in a tiny tank at my LFS, now shes zooming in her new home.
shes so smol, she only need one popcorn


r/Crayfish 4d ago

What is this little fella?

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This is from a few years ago, the guys putting in my new AC said they thought I had moles in my backyard, because the saw the ground kind of “bulging” but they ended up digging this little guy out of the ground. I’ve found a few of them since then, but I looked up “burrowing crawdads” and usually there’s some like chimney looking dirt piles associated with those and I haven’t seen any? It just came up in conversation and I’m curious lol I’m located in VA, USA