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Crayfish/ crawdads

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Question
You recently helped me quite a bit re Augie and Zippo - I bought them a new, larger home tonight. They are happy. That leaves me with a 10 gal aquarium with perfect water, but no residents.
I have always been intrigued with crayfish. Any advice as to care, feeding, water parameters, etc.? If this is out of your field, and I know it's kinda exoteric, can you recommend a site/person?

Answer
Hi Michael;

That's great! I know Augie and Zippo will be very happy in their new home.

Crayfish are very simple, but they are territorial too. You may not be able to keep more than one in the tank. Here is a list of sites to help you further;

http://citycreatures.tripod.com/CityCreatures/CrayfishWP/Care.html#Anatomy
http://www.shrimpcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk/Shrimp.htm?crayfishamerica.html~mainFram...
http://www.coolcrayfish.com/Care.html
http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/misc_critters/crayfish.htm#top2

At Your Service;
Chris Robbins