Marbled Crayfish Aquarium Incedent

Zimmer profiled scientists studying the all female species known for its massive size which simply did not exist 25 years ago.
Marbled crayfish aquarium incedent. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. The marbled crayfish seems at home with most livebearers and tetras as well as with most freshwater aquarium caridina shrimp. They are banned in the european union as well as idaho missouri tennessee and now michigan. However there are established populations in europe asia and africa likely from aquarium releases or the live food trade.
A crayfish that is capable of cloning itself is taking over europe and scientists are taking note. That appears to be the strange but true story of the marbled crayfish an invasive freshwater species suspected to have been created through a reproductive accident in an aquarium around 1995. Cichlids are particularly fond of attacking and eating these crayfish at any size. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled.
Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. However all marbled crayfish babies are going to be a treat for fish even small tetras guppies and others with small mouths.