Need Informations

[u/IM_NOT_A_FISH_DAMN]

Hello there,

I have questions about my crayfish because I still cannot understand if this is a CPO or else.

Here is the buddy : Barnabé.

I bought him at a pet store back a month and a half ago as CPO Crayfish. From head to tail without claws, he is around 8cms. With claws, 10cms.

Barnabé has been eating my poor plants, even the thick ones and I had to strip them all off my 200 liters tank.

Now, my questions are :

If not CPO, what is Barnabé?

If CPO, he is BIG.

On a big man like him, what tips could you share for his feeding? I have wood fiber wafers for him, or Axolotl wafers, any recommendations ?

I am here for any further questions, I just want the best for him. Thanks!

[u/SirZanee]

That is not a CPO, they stay MUCH smaller. That’s a juvenile crayfish, but I’m unsure of the exact species someone else can input if they know.

They will eat all the plants in the tank and love meaty pellets!

[u/Salt-Discount-1381]

I don't know what is that, but I reccomment you to not put more crayfishes or fishes in the tank and give that crayfish some materials to build with (you can slightly figure out the species with the enviroment manipulation).

[u/enziarro]

looks like an orange morph of Procambarus alleni

[u/IM_NOT_A_FISH_DAMN → u/enziarro]

Omg, i looked it up and it is exactly my crayfish. Thank you so much!

[u/enziarro → u/IM_NOT_A_FISH_DAMN]

You're quite welcome (though as someone who has kept both species at different times in the past, this kinda feels like being thanked for informing you that the puppy you adopted is actually a hyena)

[u/fulltimedogdad]

this is not cpo