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Posted 11 May 2013 - 07:40 PM

i just got a new cray today. elvis is a 5in. juevenille giant bearded crayfish. im no good at posting pics. wish i was as this guy is a impressive invertebrate! he has the biggest most unique shaped claws I've ever seen on a crayfish! i was told by the breeder this guy can get up to 8in. I've looked for info. about this species but there isn't much online about them and their habits other than they're native to Arkansas and louisiana and are tolerant of others of their species. i have him in a 10 gal. now but will probably need to upgrade to a 20 gal. soon. anyone on here got any info on procambarus tulanei? the breeder said its the biggest cray. in the states.

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 08:00 PM

The Bottlebrush crayfish is the biggest from what I've heard but I'm not 100% sure of that. Procambarus tulanei is a good looking crayfish irregardless. Are you buying from a local dealer or an online one?

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 10:01 AM

The Bottlebrush crayfish is the biggest from what I've heard but I'm not 100% sure of that. Procambarus tulanei is a good looking crayfish irregardless. Are you buying from a local dealer or an online one?

got him at blueludo.com. he has a impressive collection of crays. never heard of the bottlebrush. whats its scientific name?

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 10:50 AM

It's scientific name is Barbicambarus cornutus. The article says it can grow up to 9 inches long but the first time I heard about it lengths of up to 12 inches were mentioned. I was hoping some would have been caught during the convention but no such luck.

I'm getting very cautious who I buy from. I'm seeing a lot of crayfish on Ebay and Aquabid lately that are highly over priced IMHO. There are some rare or hard to find species in America but some sellers are claiming that fairly common species are rare and then asking $50 for one and there's no way I'm going to spend that kind of money on a crayfish unless it's a truly rare species. I recently bought a Cambarus diogenes on Ebay for $18 with free shipping and it was only $18 because there were a couple of us bidding. I thanked the seller for such a low opening bid and his response was: "we use these things for bait, why charge a lot for them? My kind of guy.

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Posted 16 May 2013 - 02:06 PM

thats what i paid for mine and he was already half grown. i paid $35 for my tiger cray but thats a species of from indonesia and is more rare. yeah even when you google bottlebrush crayfish they give you 2 scientific names, the one you mentioned above and barbicambarus simmons. a lot of confusion about this species. some saying its only in tennesee/ kentucky others saying alabama? seems even national geographic's got it wrong in their article about it.




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