After finding my niche in the aquarium world, me and my ex went to the river for a weekend and I fell in love with freshwater species even more. So much, I wanted to recreate an aquarium or vivarium for a couple of local crayfish I found while out exploring the wilds of Southern Oregon. Turns out, they were a kind of invasive species to the area, so my removing them before placing them in any inclosure was fine. I managed to bring home two main crawdads, the bigger one named Scum Daddy while the little one with a regrown appendage named Little Foot. I placed as many local rocks and foliage to their liking with a strong current and fed them algae wafers ahoy! Alas, my rookie mistake was leaving off a screen.


Sadly these little dudes didnt make it for very long due to my lack of responsible care for their enclosure. Again, sometimes sadly enough, mistakes are where you learn. And for this reason, is why I never cap off my tanks! I always leave about 2 inches of space from the top to where the water is and nothing touching the outer panels of glass. Even then, if its a species that loves to climb, is partially terrestrial or just loves to jump, particularly wild species, then it's probably best to just use a mesh or glass topper. I miss these guys and wouldn't mind owning another pair of crawdads again in the future, or just a lot of shrimp as they're basically the same thing in a larger form.

I don't really know how to add shorts to html so I am just gonna throw these links here if you want to see my old crawdads:

https://youtube.com/shorts/ij79-2rJDIQ?si=u7FcoCO2arnG0znN


https://youtube.com/shorts/ij79-2rJDIQ?si=_2ErIeaEoTynyyPe


https://youtube.com/shorts/OV8AazGyCFI?si=UbHsMlRqnaxo64sn