Western Australian Blue Marron

[Cordial]

They are selling these things at pet city for $15 a pop.

Id be intrested in some tho :)

[Penny]

Aaron,
What you say makes sense about getting the red claw when older. This fella hadn't developed this yet though. If he still had his claws I'd take pic for you lol. His first claw went at same time I noticed she was carrying eggs. I kept them in same tank up until we moved and during this time he had another shedding of shell and grew back the claw. The day of the move we had to take most of water from their tank and while waiing for moving the old girl ripped off his good claw and the bottom nipper of his new claw. Now I have him back living in the community tank with the Jewels and some Mbuna, seperated from her and babies.
One thing I'm jubious about with them being red claw is the temperment. They say the red claws are supposed to be aggressive and you can't put them with fish or they will eat ot at least nip fins etc. Where as the Blue Marron can be kept with fish and don't tend to harrass them. These have been kept in community tanks with a range of fish and older fry with no issues at all.
I suppose in the end it doesn't matter what they are as long as they are compatible with fish, if this is what you want to do with them or that they just look nice in a tank of their own.
Once they all release from their mother (don't know how long this takes) and they are big enough to handle they will be getting put into a 4ft tank to grow out a bit. This should up the survival rate a bit and I'll take it from there with advertising them or whatever. If anyones interested just PM me and I can give more info on what I know from observing them.

[aaronskwod]

[quote:cd3b600840]One thing I'm jubious about with them being red claw is the temperment. They say the red claws are supposed to be aggressive and you can't put them with fish or they will eat ot at least nip fins etc. Where as the Blue Marron can be kept with fish and don't tend to harrass them.[/quote:cd3b600840]

I disagree on redclaws being an agressive species, I keep redclaws in community tanks and have bred redclaws in community tanks before without any loss of fish or niped fins. They will defend themselves if being harassed, but thats about it.

You might be thinking of the Cherax Destructor species being the agressive one, they seem to have more of a desire to harm tank mates and destroy anything and everything.