Yabbies tell me somethings in the air

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Re: Yabbies tell me somethings in the air

Post by Stumpjumper » Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:22 pm

I hope the cops don't catch them huddling together.

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Post by Bugatti » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:31 pm

Stumpjumper wrote:
Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:22 pm
I hope the cops don't catch them huddling together.

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Post by Nude up » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:38 pm

Isn’t it funny that they are greeny brown but put them in an aquarium and they turn blue

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Post by Sinsemilla » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:46 pm

DougieK wrote:
Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:06 pm
Did they just turn a 5g tower on near you by any chance?
I would be very interested to know this also..

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Post by 4liters » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:52 pm

Nude up wrote:
Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:38 pm
Isn’t it funny that they are greeny brown but put them in an aquarium and they turn blue
I thought the blue ones were a specific breed
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Post by Nude up » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:55 pm

I used to have tropical fish dropped in some small yabbies I had left over bait. One survived lived under a rock it turned blue and grew so big the fish were scared of him in the end

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Post by 4liters » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:12 pm

Yeah I used to catch them and keep them as pets. Couldn’t keep more than one in a tank or they’d try to kill each other. None of them every changed colour even though I had some for a while.

Maybe it was the warm water that turned yours blue.
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Post by trout-hunter » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:37 pm

I started keeping them when i was about 10, started with 1 real big fella and one day i noticed 2 in the tank.. never knew the shed there skin in 1 piece and the skin looks exactly like a live yabby. I had 12 in with my tank along with Bristol nose catfish, sucker catfish, minnows, snails and goldfish. The yabbies only killed the goldfish if the goldfish was crook in someway. They never bothered any of the fish though. All turned blue after a few weeks in fresh clean water.

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Post by SteveoTheTiger » Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:27 am

Ive got a 120lt tropical tank. I have always thought about putting a yabby in there, but i have a lot of bottom feeders (catfish, corys etc) and was worried that the yabby would catch them.
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Re: Yabbies tell me somethings in the air

Post by hornet » Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:06 am

If you have a nice planted tank Yabbies will destroy it, digging things up and changing their environment,I won't put them in my tropical tanks again.
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