How to Breed Crawfish for Profit: Unlocking Rare Colors!

[@Darkice77]

I have a 300 gallon aquarium that i set up a few years ago but with only tiny fish and dwarf crayfish. And lots of carpet type plants. I started with only 5 dwarf Mexican crayfish and they roamed everywhere. I saw 2 of them mating once and figured i would get a few babies. I didn't care, there was a ton of room. 2 years later i was having a crayfish problem. I had hundreds of them so i decided to sell them online. I sold them for 20 dollars each and made 8000 dollars in about a week. They went fast. I received tons of messages for freshwater shrimp but i only had the crayfish. I took the money from selling the tiny crayfish and invested in 3 more 300 gallon aquariums. I bought 3 different breeder groups of shrimp. They even came with Eggs. Right now there are a few dozen babies running around each tank and more eggs on the way.

[@pamelamayeaux7458]

Wow. Good investment. It's so weird to see all this, here they are a delicacy and we eat about 3 to 5 pounds per person. Sometimes we pay 7 to 8 bucks a pound. But they are just gray or black. Occasionally we find a blue one and the college here,LSU, have been studying them for medicine and whatever else they can.

[@seek_9097]

🧢

[@josuepiloso-v9n]

hey where did you buy the crayfish

[@dratesdragetes777]

Where did you sell them?

[@chainsawdudeful]

i wonder if u can help? i wanna do that but im not sure whats the math behind things, if we can just brainstorm for 10 min i would appreciate it :D

[@jamesflkid]

That blue cow is amazing

[@Aurora57511]

it looks like white and blue fine china from Asia

[@stopit1011]

I showed this to my dad, and now he wants to start crawfish breeding bussines :D

[@jillvelayos6599]

I love the blue cow. That's a 10!

[@scufxz6841]

Where do you sell them once they are grown

[@keithlol]

They certainly don’t sell themselves!

[@cynthiasimmons3418]

The pink and purple ones are gorgeous! I bet some of them absolutely slay under the blue light 🔵

[@gabbyy__]

Not gonna lie, I didn’t know there were more than one color of crawfish. I am from Louisiana and we mostly eat red swamp crawfish in seafood boils. This blows my mind! 🤯

[@MrChopsticktech]

Why would you lie?

[@MaryWashington-j5u]

Frm Louisiana also, this is mind blowing..

[@Rick-the-Swift]

Not gonna lie, I'm from Indiana where most "crawdads" are a very dull brown and nobody that I know of ever eats them.🤠✌

[@kismetteg6339]

@@Rick-the-Swift These sound like the type we’d rake up in the ditches for bait on trot lines!

[@JoeRogansBubbleGut]

@@MrChopsticktechhow is she lying? That’s a very normal statement

[@Dr.Z73]

That molting is pretty cool.

[@gangway-ig9wn]

I didn’t know it changed color during molt also

[@BradBee99]

This is amazing. I think I would definitely do it for fun and profit.

[@richardvillafana8111]

I love my two crayfish (vanilla and electric blue) but had never thought about breeding, but after watching your video, I think it is something that I'd love to do.

[@loribeeloriess]

What did you purchase yours from?

[@DarrinWoodside]

Yes, please proceed. This actually looks interesting. I've bred some weird stuff in the past, like emperor scorpions and corn snake morphs. I'm currently getting together a breeding colony of boa morphs for future projects. So, crayfish morphs seem to be right in my interest zone. Lol. Long live the Punnett squares!

[@Emmanuel-xo8ed]

He's one in a KRILLION!

[@saltybrackishfresh]

😂👌💯

[@bunnysandhorses798]

I have an interest in breeding crawfish. I have ordered a breeding pair of blue crawfish and we have a bigger female already. I loved your video and look forward to more!

[@loribeeloriess]

😊 I'm now definitely interested in doing this too. Can I inquire as to where you got your blue crawfish from where you bought them

[@DeimosClown]

I've been wanting to do this for so long, and i love crayfish.

[@lonesteelwolfjacksonlonewo3412]

This is super cool and very intriguing I would like to try this in the future with enough research😊

[@6AlphaMikeCharlie9]

I used to breed dwarf 🦐 Shrimp i don't know about the US but in EU there a lot of money to be made. I changed over to Axolotl after a few years for the change.

[@Drbong777]

Theyre so pretty, definitely sounds like fun. Might give it a shot

[@tinalintz6323]

Do it. You seem very knowledgeable about crayfish and lobsters so yeah do it

[@malayangkaalaman]

Hey Nick if I have just a pair of bluejeans crawfish would it breed a different color? or should I try to breed it with another different color?

[@loribeeloriess]

Can you please tell me where you bought your Blue Crawfish from?

[@st-gelaiskevin9202]

I subscribed hopping you will do the farming and document it... Thank you, it's really interesting!

[@petermurdoch7540]

Wow, I had no idea there were so many colour mutations. In Australia we call them ‘yabbies’.

[@ClareNewey-mx2bj]

U seen the Marron from Western Australia they big and v tasty !

[@MrTeezbone]

this is cool I have an electric blue female carrying eggs right now in my 30 gallon tank with a few fish in there... I also have a regular red crayfish in there and guess they mated... I am thinking to separate them into a smaller 10 gallon tank... and see what happens next..??!!??

[@loribeeloriess]

Can I ask where you bought your Blue Crawfish from

[@Johnny-jr2lq]

I had a solid black wild crawfish walk into my garage in northern Michigan. I didn’t kill it I picked it up and let it go in the ditch in my front yard. But I wasn’t aware that they can make money.

[@oleg3824]

Great video, still kinda confused how they come out with all different colors but I might need to breed some for decoration

[@saltybrackishfresh]

I used a few different breeds in the video just to show how much variety you can get… Say you breed a red lobster with a blue lobster for example, you would get a bunch of diff variations of red, blue, and purple. If your goal was to get a solid purple, you can take out the few ones that achieved that color, grow them out, and then breed them again to get a deeper purple color. It’s like Punnet Squares that they taught us in biology

[@triciabarr4620]

​@@saltybrackishfreshfyi it "by accident" not on accident 😉

[@isaiahfriday6128]

How much space does your hobby take?

[@podnucmo5]

​@@saltybrackishfreshso... I have about 2000hrs in Ark Survival Evolved... and 70% of that was breeding in the same way you just said with the colors. So cool you're making money from doing that. Crush it bro.

[@blobfishchin]

​@@podnucmo5I was thinking the same thing

[@paulfrank7164]

Idk why but this video was interestingly 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 af!!! An gone lie

[@Phawks-Phire]

I'm confused. Do you sell each crawfish for a certain amount of money? Or is it the whole batch?

[@javierpereida7832]

Each one individually

[@didyouhearthat6550]

​@@javierpereida7832where do you even sell em

[@tobyskullbansheeo1409]

I would like to have their sheds as a source of fertilizer for my plants 😅

[@MrChopsticktech]

Great idea!

[@karmicdisaster12]

If you do have these awesome guys as a pet it’s actually better to keep the molt in the tank. After a molt they actually eat it for the calcium to help after the stressful process.

[@debbietewinkel6316]

I'd love for you to breed them I'm very interested and may join you once I do more research!! That blue cow one was super cool! I'm going to look into this more tyvm!!!! Please keep posting!!! Very interested!!

[@darthclueless9372]

Brutal rizz 🤣🤣🤣 nice

[@JoeRogansBubbleGut]

😂fr

[@aprilfulls9371]

Wow, their colors are lovely. Surely, it would be interesting to raise crayfish

[@elnoxo1]

lmao the summoming salt music. good video bro!

[@gwmjay3153]

Really enjoyed this video, could you do a more intense one with info on the breeding set up please

[@jamesgon7345]

I subbed I may wanna do this for fun bc Thor’s colors are crazy

[@gingerlevenite-mi9lk]

Cool hobbit with a decent profit. Love the colors!

[@pamelamayeaux7458]

So weird being from Louisiana and we eat them. Seeing others raise and breed them for pets is different, but it's cool.

[@Scarface_saiyan]

We eat them on the west coast where I’m from too tbh this is more for people who enjoy having aquariums and want some color and variety as freshwater aquariums lack the colorfulness of salt water reef aquariums

[@Natasha___.]

We eat them in Scotland too, I don't think there's a place where they aren't eaten.

[@chriiiiii1061]

Imagine a 4th of July where the crawfish come in looking like the American flag...it'd be an expensive party trick that vanishes when they're cooked 😂

[@tradergirl7067]

we use em as bait in Missouri

[@pamelamayeaux7458]

@@tradergirl7067 I have too. They even sell an artificial bail that looks like a crawfish.

[@MmmHuggles]

Wow, I didn't know crayfish could be so pretty.

[@Dragonbobjoe323]

If you have a filter, do you need an air pump for crayfish breeding?

[@axjagfilms]

Hell yeah crustaceans ftw

[@themermaidslairaquatics]

This is really informational! gorgeous crawfish!

[@DoDaDaDaDaCaDa]

all my time shiny hunting finally pays off I was made for this lol

[@BESTSONGS1716]

Good day Sir...nice colorful crayfish....by the way,do you export Sir

[@GigaElPro]

This sounds like something i wanna do. Do it too, we wanna see the progress

[@alexr8906]

Just subscribed and very interested!!! Where would you suggest to buy these rare species to breed for profit?

[@thewairhouse]

I almost happy cried watching this!🥲🥲🔥🔥🔥

[@Aurora57511]

That blue cow is amazing! it looks like white and blue fine china from Asia

[@Vernors]

3:02 to 5:00 there is a song in the background that is so very beautiful. Please tell me what it is? What song is it? Or, could you leave a link to the sample you used?

[@Vernors]

Please 😭

[@Theveryrealobama123]

I want to know can crayfish breed with different species of crayfish

[@Godschild712]

Yes I would breed them and make some profit but I would keep the ones that I think are just beautiful 😍.

[@Youneedalife.]

I love the crayfish..I'd love to start breeding the more colorful crayfish. I currently have 2 little ponds n 2 little tanks. One of which is a shrimp tank now. I'd love to expand more.

[@Iamapuzzle]

I love the crayfish they are so colorfu

[@AQUARIUMFREAK123]

Any special food for the little babies or do you just throw in some sinking pellets ?

[@trudeauanthonyof5202]

Where can I purchase these crawfish brother….would love to start with a pair for breeding???? Great video

[@bartard5199]

Damn the sneaker heads are really stepping their game up now. I ain’t know about the crawfish colorways

[@ronnielee8238]

Got any advice on trying to breed elvers?

[@atrickalenzu4129]

Hi, where you can buy those crayfish colors here in USA? I need links or places pet stores don't have that quality colors.

[@palmtreemojo5878]

My boy gave a accidental one of a kind lobster a 9.5😂😂 if “unbiased” was a person

[@amsf1]

That black one was sweet. Never seen that before

[@anniehuang961]

Recently, I went to a nearby river that was.. barely a river, and I caught a midnight blue crayfish with orange spikes on the claw. the tail looked identical to a lobster's which I thought was weird, because that shallow river only had brown ones that were awfully small.

[@saltybrackishfresh]

@@anniehuang961 hey that sounds so cool! Do u have any videos of it? Did you take the crawfish home as a pet?

[@kdog543]

How well do they sell or how good do they ship through the mail. For when i was a kid I used to have a few snakes and had and breed hundreds of mice rats hamsters like for pets to all kinds animals and time i couldn't even sell them to the pet store at wholesale prices even or trade for instore credit as a kid and young teenager. Storage and supplies and upkeep takes alot too. So how is your luck just curious.

[@TedH71]

You would have to kill the mice and freeze them then pack them in vacuum freezer bags to make any profit.

[@moondog4313]

That's something I would definitely love to try to do

[@Lharperreptiles]

Wow this is wicked I like this I never saw or knew it was different color crayfish this is cool is he'll I'm interested now!

[@lukebirmingham9387]

Great video keep them coming 👍

[@capn.c5321]

The better they look, the better they taste right 😋

[@CK.CyroKurano]

I have a question; can I crossbreed an ARC Crayfish with a Neon Red Crayfish?

[@bashmorningstar8305]

Could you recommend any good breeders

[@davidjackson7051]

Brackish water makes there exoskeleton much harder than freshwater species

[@belizaire28]

Okay you keep switching back and forth between saying crawfish and lobster. Which is it are they crawfish or lobsters???

[@elmerkilred159]

Are any of these good for eating? Asking for my friend in Louisiana.

[@chrissysunshine7075]

I am very new to this. I would most definitely like to see you go through the process. Please do. Thank you

[@candi4202]

Yes, we wanna see more!

[@rochester3]

giving a tutorial about someone's else's experience that's great lol

[@loribeeloriess]

I'm sold I want to do this now. Where can I buy the different color ones and what will I need to start off tank white supplies-wise crawfish wise

[@srib3360]

bro unlocking crawfish like they’re guns in call of duty

[@petergomez9919]

I think you should do it and record the process, give some tips, tutorials and all you can share. It’s going to add more value to all the info you just said.

[@mrdude88]

It’s not really 1 in a million when you have more than 1 in a few dozen. The reason why it’s so difficult to find it in the wild is because the color one are bred out. But if the wild decide to have a colony of blue color and they mate only with themselves, we’ll see more blue in the wild. Also, I don’t think this is considered passive income because the amount of time invested in raising these crawfish. But damn, the color is amazing.

[@CoolGobyFish]

it's 100% passive. all you have to do is invest in 20-30 tanks, filtration, heating, food. don't forget to pay for electricity and rent. spend 30-40 hours a week feeding, cleaning, separating, packing, shipping. once you pay your expences, you'll realized that you were better off working a minimum wage job))

[@mrdude88]

@@CoolGobyFish LOL, you make it sound too easy.

[@hellowall7740]

@@mrdude88it doesn’t seem hard but It doesn’t seem passive to me

[@pamelamayeaux7458]

When you sell them for 20 to 100 bucks each, you making bank.

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@pamelamayeaux7458 nobody is going to pay 100 dollars, unless it's an exotic species. you can get 20-30 dollars for each, but only if you sell individually. but that would require packing and shipping. Bottom line, nothing is passive abou this

[@Skinny2Shredded]

so this is really cool but where would you sell them?

[@CrayfishMan99]

How do u buy them from them?

[@saltybrackishfresh]

I can send you link he’s on twitter

[@CrayfishMan99]

@@saltybrackishfresh sure thing

[@saltybrackishfresh]

@@CrayfishMan99 twitter.com/KomsunMumdang/media heres the link bro, text me if you end up getting any or have any cool builds

[@ciao9497]

​@@saltybrackishfreshthat's cool once you've bread them where do you sell them?like eBay?

[@ciao9497]

​@@saltybrackishfreshused to have normal red crawfish once and i Remember them having eggs whithout me intending to

[@YaBoy_Metro-vg7cc]

Where did u get these and can you get these in Australia?

[@broccolibroccoli9490]

Hey can you breed a crawfish for speed or is that not something that's possible?

[@stopfgans2496]

nice side hustle, keep up the grind!

[@Art-rh6gv]

Can keep it in a tank without aerator ?

[@alfredtoole9583]

Where do you sell the crayfish at?

[@6livesdeadgirls939]

selecting the bigger ones for breeding so they canbe bigger with each generation would be so cool

[@TruRedKing]

Some crayfish get upwards of 7 inches long

[@karmicdisaster12]

My neon red is getting absolutely huge! He’s ( I think and hope because his name is Bruce lol ) already molted 4 times in as many weeks!! They definitely grow so fast in a good environment and have quite the personalities. Mine would go right to the front of the tank when I went to my local fish store. So he was the one I chose. 😁

[@mcmillanjustin903]

I want more videos of this it is interesting

[@dukeriggs5433]

Honestly I think they're all pretty wild looking. Here I am thinking my marmokrebs are pretty 😅

[@theorangetvery90days]

Is a bright green possible?

[@Ethereal.18]

Do it. I would love to keep up on the progress

[@ajc7295]

Can you mix species?

[@lamarcraven2314]

I would love to learn more about this, because they are some beautiful animals, and I would like to find out where would I be able to shop for the exotic ones?

[@jamiecasper8339]

Where do you buy your crayfish ?

[@jmgalaxytab2325]

Crayfish and lobsters are the insects of the underwater world, they are funny and smarter than you think (they actually do sleep having a REM phase, so they probably even have dreams 😂. They are good pets or food for other animals, including ourselves 😉. Breeding them is easy, start for fun, and end with some profit!

[@TerehaDavis]

Hi I live in the bahamas and I want to start framing crawfish. Can you help me please

[@SoothingWaves-d4w]

where do i find crawfish to breed in tyler texas ??

[@derky7691]

Where do you sell them at?

[@Cray-on_australian_red_claws]

i love to grow crayfish.. and i watch your videos about crayfish.. i like different colors... i hope and i wish can you send me some breeders so i can reproduce different types of crayfish in my country... thank you...

[@Squidgyy_]

are the crayfish in the thumbnail cherax destructor volcano?

[@medryanjessarcenasison7518]

1:22 man said brutal rizz 😭

[@bryanwieczorek6231]

Can you ship any to Michigan?

[@Coins24-7]

The very interesting video I'm new to your Channel I have two crayfish from my own that were wild caught. I have one blue and one standard color. One appears to be a male cuz he's twice the size of what I think is the female which is the blue one. I would love to be able to breed them and have a clutch and see what happens is there any other additional information you would recommend for me? And yes sometimes they do appear to get violent with each other at one point he did detach one of her claws and that's my concern because she's the focus of my tank setup

[@kenswirveaux5844]

TY I’m bout to get started

[@BSEngineering-lm4jn]

I want to buy this lovster gorgeous crawfish! how can I communicate with you?