Just Bought A Cobalt Blue Crayfish,

[Jackiee]

Do you have a pic? the Australian cherax is a tropical species and as said the American Allani Crayfish is a Cooler water species,

Not sure where you are in the world but only the Cherax is legal to own in the UK, as the coolwater american crays would survive in our colder climate. - And did in the 60s when one species was accidentally introduced and wiped out loads of native species

I've already given an id, davo, its P.Allani, a TEMPERATE crayfish. as such, not suited to a tropical tank.

as to the OP saying the researched the critter, who can they have? any research, worth the title, clearly Id's them a Temperate (going back to Huxleys book in the 1890's). the point isnt even arguable. there are no tropical crayfish, native to, North America. and the picture shows a, native, North American Crayfish.
this cray should/can not be kept in a tropical tank. anybody who does do so, is ignoring the well-being of the cray, for their own cruel ends. taking the reason for our site to exists, this practice cannot be condoned. its, at best, ignorant, and at worst, plain cruel. i understand a mistake, may, have been made. but to defend it, with erroneous, un truths, does not help.

Accept your error, and rehome the Crayfish.

i would like a link to the information used by the OP, its been a while since i read a good fairytale.

There's more than one link that I looked at about them. Here they are.
All of them say about the same information.
None of them say that they are not suited for tropical aquariums, or that they have to be kept by themselves,
so this is why I bought him. Look for yourself.

http/www.petfish.n...ue_crayfish.php

http/www.aquaticco...lectricblue.php

http/www.liveaquar...ELAID=560506357

Even this forum's thread about them say nothing about it:

http/www.fishforum...t-blue-lobster/

oh my god (thanks, real fairytale's)

the first link, isnt even the crayfish you have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats an Australian Redclaw ( Blue Lobster). I know the text id's it as a P allani, but the information given (habitat) is for the Redclaw. as, without a shadow of a doubt, is the picture. indeed the whole info is mixed up. so much so as to make it utterly useless for researching the critter.
whilst it has a, comparatively hight maximum living temperature of 72-4f. this is the MAXIMUM that it is found in. and those temps ar very low for most tropical fish, though not all i agree.
its minimum temperature gives away it temperate status, 60-65f.

ever wondered why these cray are known for aggression and escape? all animals, kept out of their comfort zones for a long period, get agitated. this leads to agression and a desperate search for escape. and will, eventually, lead to fish and cray deaths.

once again, you have a North American P.Allani, a temperate cray, your pictures prove that. Re-home the crayfish. it will be fine in a well filtered 10-20usg tank. which, incidentally, is how experienced cray enthusiasts do it. take a trip to www.crayfishmates.com. you will find people there with real knowledge and experience of theses critters. find the truth, not sales "bull" or misinformation.

It's a shame
I was hoping on more reliable information!
Just goes to show you can't always trust the internet!
But even the LFS guy told me the same info, but if that's what they are researching also, no wonder why!

Thanks for the information though

you have reliable, and correct, information here. ignoring the fact, is up to you. though you would not accept any information that does not agree with yours. so there is little point going on. be warned though, if you peddle this view , here, it will be corrected.

you will, of course, do as you wish. pretending it is right, is another thing.

and i did not get my information from the internet. there is a little think called learning. you should try it some time!

I take it you didn't go to the site i listed?
if you did, am i to assume you say information from there is wrong too? if that is the case, you sir/madam, are a waste of time. both for me and this site. and a harmful one too.

Uhm excuse me?...

I was not dissing on YOUR information.
I said it was a SHAME that all the information I read on all of those INTERNET SITES were unreliable and WRONG. NOT YOURS.
and that the LFS's information was wrong because they are researching the same WRONG information that I was !

I said THANK YOU for your information.
I LEARN on a daily basis, and have learned alot on this forum. Why do you think I ASK QUESTIONS.

And yes, I DID go to the site you listed, for your information.

So therefore, I suggest you READ MORE CLEARLY before you talk down to me..... Pathetic.....

You are the first unpleasant person I have met on the forum, congrats.

Goodbye.

 

[Florent]

I never participate in or start internet arguments, but in this case I felt compelled to do so.
Raptorrex, you are obviously full of information, and you are right about places like this forum serving as a reliable information source (thanks in part to people like you). I have been spending 2 or 3 hours a day on here, every day for the last 3 weeks, as I recently discovered my addiction to fish. I must say this is the first time I have come across somebody as condescending as you are. Jackie is asking questions, and meeting your answers with information she has relied on in the past, perhaps so more people can read both sources and weigh in on the debate. Her process was intelligent, while yours was rude and ignorant, despite the accuracy of the information you provided.

 

[Jackiee]

I never participate in or start internet arguments, but in this case I felt compelled to do so.
Raptorrex, you are obviously full of information, and you are right about places like this forum serving as a reliable information source (thanks in part to people like you). I have been spending 2 or 3 hours a day on here, every day for the last 3 weeks, as I recently discovered my addiction to fish. I must say this is the first time I have come across somebody as condescending as you are. Jackie is asking questions, and meeting your answers with information she has relied on in the past, perhaps so more people can read both sources and weigh in on the debate. Her process was intelligent, while yours was rude and ignorant, despite the accuracy of the information you provided.

Thank you..