Cancers in the aquarium are special people. Unattractive gray inhabitants of reservoirs, miracles of breeding have turned into real handsome men. Their number is not one hundred species: apricot, blue Cuban, peaceful in nature dwarf bog, white snow Florida and many others. Now decorative crayfish living in the aquarium, no one surprises. To make them feel comfortable, you need to create a certain microclimate for them and even arrange the design of their home.
Cancer care in the aquarium
The most demanding of the conditions in the aquarium is the familiar river cancer, because in nature it is used to constant temperature changes. These crawfish do not like to be too hot. The water temperature above 25 ° C promotes frequent molts, and this in turn affects the duration of their life. They feel good in non-acid water of medium hardness, rich in oxygen. It is very scrupulous to be in relation to the chemical composition of water, since from the smallest amount of copper, nitrates or nitrites, they can perish.
Cancers are active at night, so they are fed them in the evening. The male is given a feed every two days, and the female once in three days. The amount of food is increased during the breeding season and molting. Feeding cancers can be a special food from the pet store, both animal and vegetable, but they still like plants more. You can feed crayfish with dry leaves of beech, oak or alder, which contribute to the cleansing of the intestine.
Picking algae in an aquarium with crayfish, you need to consider that they will undermine their roots and try to bite the stems to eat.
The presence of shelters is of no small importance. In critical periods, such as molting, they hide most of the time. Therefore, shelters in the form of pipes, stones, driftwood and other objects in order to avoid a battle for territory should be greater than the crayfish themselves.
It is desirable to cover the aquarium, inside it it is necessary to build a loophole from the driftwood to access the cancer to the surface of the water.
Cancers in the aquarium do not always get along with the fish. Someone from this neighborhood can suffer. You can not together with crayfish keep lovers of the bottom, such as catfish, as well as goldfish and scalar . which they are able to cut their tails and fins. Not suitable for cohabitation and large cichlids , infringing the rights of crayfish.