I've wanted to raise Marbled Crayfish since not long after they popped up in a German aquarium a few decades ago and now is that time. I set up a 60G tank for them and have several en route. What I don't find is much information on them and of what I have found much seems subjective and maybe like the author's heart was in the right place but they said things that have since become different from the author's claims.
There's an article on this site that mentions Marmorkrebs and states something about how others unfamiliar had exaggerated the potential hazards associated w/ ownership and since that person's thoughts were penned several rivers in Europe have been devastated and in much of Europe they're now banned.
Does anyone here have experience w/ them? I've heard everything from how they're gentle and don't harm each other like other crays to 'oh yeah they're cannibals, escape artists, natural born killers and super sensitive to water parameter changes'.
Anybody here got 'em? Do you successfully raise their young? Any thoughts that a newb should bear in mind?
There's an article on this site that mentions Marmorkrebs and states something about how others unfamiliar had exaggerated the potential hazards associated w/ ownership and since that person's thoughts were penned several rivers in Europe have been devastated and in much of Europe they're now banned.
Does anyone here have experience w/ them? I've heard everything from how they're gentle and don't harm each other like other crays to 'oh yeah they're cannibals, escape artists, natural born killers and super sensitive to water parameter changes'.
Anybody here got 'em? Do you successfully raise their young? Any thoughts that a newb should bear in mind?