How to keep aquarium crayfish
How to keep aquarium crayfish
Aquarium crayfish are diversea palette of color. There are blue, red, brown, spotted and even white representatives. Differences are observed only in the appearance and size of crayfish, and care for them is almost always the same.
Instructions
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Aquarian crayfish are individualists. They live alone. Moreover, even their fellow prisoners are not allowed into their territory. Crawfish occupy houses, places under driftwood or dig holes in gravel. When there are water fluctuations or the appearance of shadows, aquarium guards immediately assume a defensive posture, lifting the claws up.
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Aquarium crayfish often float to the surfacewater. This fact should be borne in mind when equipping the aquarium - its lid should always be closed. Otherwise, the cancer can easily escape. On the surface, these representatives of the underwater world get out for several reasons - water pollution, constant rival attacks or just interest in the environment.
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The main food for cancer is shellfish, tadpoles,worms, larvae and insects. During molting and reproduction, crayfish use a double norm of food. Vegetable fodder is also no exception, crayfish gladly eat algae, as well as feed intended for aquarium fish.
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Aquarium cancer is not only decorativedecoration of the home underwater world, but also an assistant. Every day he inspects the territory and eats all kinds of food leftovers, thereby performing, so-called, cleaning.
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Diversify the diet of cancer can be dryleaves of trees. You can not put fresh foliage in an aquarium in any case. For crayfish, it will not only not be of use, but it can also be detrimental to health. This is due to the release of a large number of toxins into the water.
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If there is a cancer in the aquarium, then the proximity of bottom fish should be excluded. Otherwise, the inhabitants of the bottom will be regarded as enemies, encroaching on the food and shelter of cancer.
