Everglades Crayfish Care

Everglades Crayfish

Endemic to the Florida Everglades, this species is highly popular in the aquarium hobby due to their vibrant blue color. Naturally a blue-brown color, the common strain in the aquarium hobby has been bred to achieve the highest vibrancy of blue so that they shine in any aquarium.

Tank Size:

  • We recommend a minimum of a 10 gallon tank for a single crayfish.

  • For the best results, a 20L should be used at the minimum.

Tank Mates:

  • We find that crayfish are best kept in solitude but smaller fast moving fish tend to be safe to keep alongside crayfish.

  • We have personally seen that keeping many crayfish together in a large enough tank can work if given enough room to claim territory.

  • Crayfish tend to be territorial and temperamental and should never be housed with any bottom dwelling fish.

  • We recommend keeping crayfish in a single tank alone, but it is not impossible to house with other fish. BEWARE OF THIS

Diet:

  • Crayfish are omnivorous creatures and opportunistic scavengers.

  • Sinking pellets that are of a decent size work best for them.

  • Ensure you are feeding a high quality food that will keep your crayfish in top shape!

Water Specs:

  • Temperature: 70F-78F

  • Hardness: Semi-hard water

  • Minimum Nitrite and Nitrate

  • PH: 6.7-7.5

Size:

  • We typically sell them as juveniles (2-3")

  • Will mature to 5"-7" in length

Taxonomy:

Species: Procambarus Alleni

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Family: Cambaridae

Genus: Procambarus

Phylum: Arthropoda