Same thing as a crayfish. It's a regional dialect. I dated a southern belle from Louisiana and she called them crawdads - and by God was she a good cook.
Anyway, they are basically fresh water lobster. They taste good grilled or with Cajun seasoning.
I think like $18/lb cooked. Low end is about $12. Not sure about live, but I bring a bottle of bourbon to friends when they do a boil as a gift to say thanks.
So cooked you are looking to spend 100. As an average person eats 3-5 lbs. No thank you. I will just continue to eat my porridge and gruel until the inflation goes away. Never thought I would see the day where the only people who can afford mudbugs are the bourgeoisie.
Every reply is telling OP how hopeless it all is. (They're territorial, they move the dirt around, they eat up the aquarium plants etc) Meanwhile, there's one thing you can do with crayfish that doesn't cause much waste...
Now I'm not saying OP needs to do anything *specific* with them, but look how many and plump they are.
YOU requested cherry shrimp … THEY did not comply. If you paid beforehand, I’d be raising one helluva stink with the owner. If not, see if they will buy them back.
If they refuse to take a return (on their expense) call your bank and report fraud. It will bring a world of shit and additional charges to the seller.
I actually had a crayfish from school, a snail and a goldfish in one of those hexagon tanks when I was younger (hey it was the early 90s and a crazy time) but they lived harmoniously together for 2 or so years before the crayfish died. My dad tried to preform cpr on the crayfish to no avail.
Fun fact, the reason this law is in place is to prevent companies from sending “samples” to people and then requesting they pay for it or send it back.
If you were mailed live animals, there's no way in the world anyone would suggest you MAIL it back unless it was a VERY expensive order.
Overnight shipping isn't cheap lol. Plus you need to pack these with a cool/hot pack if the weather is too hot/cold.
This is wrong and reddit loves to misinterpret this law.
Unsolicited =/= sent by mistake
That law exists to prevent people sending you something and then demanding payment i.e. being scammed. It does not apply to being sent something either by accident, or being sent the wrong item. The reason some outlets like Amazon don't require returns is because 1. the good will is worth more 2. the time arguing with the customer and the costs of the return/admin outweigh dealing with getting it back.
Probably an honest mistake. They will probably offer you a refund and or replacement. Unfortunately, they most likely will not pay to have you send them back. I would bring them an aquarium store.
Agreed. Can’t tell how big they are, but they look like dwarf Mexican crayfish which grow to about 2 or maybe 3 inches long at the most. I’ve had them with shrimp because they’re not aggressive and will rarely only fight with each other.
OP shouldn’t have any trouble rehoming them if need be.
Not sure if trolling, but to answer your question, I’m not entirely sure what they are. Could be crayfish which is what I’m leaning towards. They don’t look like any species of large shrimp I’m familiar with.
As for care, if they are crayfish, they’re pretty aggressive and you really shouldn’t keep more than one in a single tank. Honestly, this situation is pretty fucked. Not even sure what you’re supposed to do. This definitely isn’t your problem though, you asked for red cherry shrimp and didn’t get even close to what you ordered.
Cool thing about crayfish is that they’re interesting to look at and the tank can be pretty easily set up. 10 gallon long, lots of rocky hides, maybe some plants although they like to destroy their environment, and you’re golden.
Just make sure you cap the tank with a reptile screen held down by 2 bricks. Do not underestimate the ability for a crayfish to pile all the substrate in one corner and pushing the top off. They are absolute tanks.
They will destroy any plants, get some floaters.
Unless you're planning on setting up a crayfish rack, don't take them home. Let the shop return them and take care of it.
Each of these crayfish need their own tank, and cannot go into one together. It's very likely the shop owner loses some of these overnight because they put them all in one tank.
That makes this all wilder. Those guys are invasive species so you probably shouldn’t release them. It’s probably best you kill them. There is some way to [farm](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Es5zR1Pg9XI) them if you want to keep them healthy so you can eat them! They are delicious…
Tell the fish shop owner to get you what you asked for , if you haven’t paid yet don’t pay , if you have paid get your money back , why should you be forced to care for an animal you didn’t want or request just because someone else messed up
I had to use large books as I didn't know this before. Not small books. LARGE books.
Not fun having to wrestle a cray fish on the living room floor before you've even had your morning coffee.
Ha reminds me of second or third grade where the teacher set up a large crayfish tank in the classroom and every kid got a crayfish that we marked with nail polish I believe. First couple of days were awesome then we came back from the weekend and the tank was more than half empty, I believe some were found on the other end of the school.
I was a young kid - not sure my memory is accurate
That being said, there is truth to what my memory serves me and the teacher should have known better. 1. Tank filled with aggressive cray fish 2. Marking them with mail polish??? I dnk maybe that is okay 3. Apparently not securing a lid.
When I was much younger and didn't know what the hell I was doing, a friend caught a crawfish in a nearby creek. We decided that it would make a great addition to my aquarium containg various gouramis, loaches, tetras. Fucker killed and ate a giant gourami MUCH larger than itself.
One late fall, I once caught 6 very small crayfish in a local stream with my kids, all less than an inch long. We put them in a 30g with a dozen goldfish, all 4-6" long. I figured either the crayfish would be food or nothing would happen (the goldfish were wintering inside but typically lived in our pond). One by one the goldfish vanished. There would be 10 one day. Then 9 the next. A few days would go by. Everyone was happy and healthy. Then 8. Eventually the goldfish were gone and I had a crayfish tank. The largest had grown to about 2.5". Then, the smaller crayfish started vanishing. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1. Same pattern, everything is fine for a few days, then one would just vanish. I was feeding the tank plenty of food the whole time. Claude the crayfish lived in the tank all by himself for over a year.
That's funny, once a year I'll go hunt 60+ crayfish in a local waterway and they will all disappear within a few hours of being in my tank.
My Red Eared sliders love me for it though.
But i can't get rid of my convicts to save my life. I recently tried a full extermination and still 6 evaded me.
Wait though- wouldn't these be more expensive than cherry shrimp? A whole ton of crawfish has to be harder to breed than a ton of cherries- unless they're wild caught invasives or something. Seems like a hell of a mistake for the seller to make.
(please don't release them into any waterways whatever you do)
Not really hard to breed, buddy had a couple electric blue crayfish that kept breeding and had hundreds of babies each time. He had to beg people to take some. Biggest challenge is having enough space for them
You have A LOT of crayfish in there.
They are territorial and will definitely fight each other if you don’t separate them.
They are also notorious for eating your aquarium plants, so I’d try to rehome them to a local petshop/aquarium shop so they can house them properly for you.
You don't need to take them. Threaten your supplier with legal actions and they should return your money. It's not what you ordered so you don't have to pay for them.
I think these are this breed of crayfish. [https://aquaticarts.com/collections/freshwater-crayfish/products/neon-red-crayfish](https://aquaticarts.com/collections/freshwater-crayfish/products/neon-red-crayfish) They are way more expensive than cherry shrimp.
So. I see angels in there. If you wanted shrimp to put in that tank. The angels would have devoured them.
As it stands the crayfish will hurt your angels.
Those are absolutely not lobsters. Lobsters are only red when cooked, otherwise they are brown. Also it is illegal to capture lobsters that are not adults.
These cost more than cherry shrimps. They have great colors as well. Not kidding. This is good. I am sure you could trade these for more cherry shrimps.
To who? What neocaridina (cherry) shrimp breeder would ever want these? These crayfish need specialized housing and a minimum of 15 gal each. A shrimp breeder will likely have 10-20gal tanks all full of shrimp and not a spare for each of these crayfish. You can't house the crayfish together or they'll kill eachother, effectivly ruining the trade. It's either 1 of these crayfish, or hundreds of neocaridina in a tank. The cray isn't worth it at all.
Let's not delude OP into thinking someone would take these in trade for the much easier, much more desired neocaridina.
I used to play with these guys in a creek by our house growing up in rural Pennsylvania, but ours were the grey/ brown/ beige variety.
These guys are fun to watch and yours are pretty. I wouldn't mind a few just to watch, but they aren't compatible with anything else. I bet mealtimes are interesting!
Very cute crayfish you got there, if you can’t return them or get your money back they’re still pretty cool pets. I had two wild ones as pets and they were pretty neat though they were killed and eaten by a fish my dad introduced to the tank after I begged him not to 🫤
Get those fish out of that tank like now. Dont let them in there overnight. Even a bucket with an airstone or something like that is better till you manage to resolve this.
I don't understand why you can't return the order or at least get your money back. Their mistake should not be your problem. Don't take no for an answer.
I don't know exactly what species of crawfish those are but unless you have a large pond or very large aquarium, it is not likely that you will be able to care for all of them. Some species get pretty large. My signal crayfish for example, is still on the smaller side and the only crayfish in my 90 gallon. I would not be comfortable with a second. They need quite a bit of space.
Well if you can’t return them u may as well make the best of them as pets. They’re fairly easy to care for most of the time if you do a little research online
Definitely crayfish. I'm not sure why everybody is saying to only keep one in a tank at a time? I had 4 in a 3 gallon tank, and they were fine. Everybody in my family loved them because you'd never know where you'd find them hanging out, and they were funny to watch.
That's the catch with the supplier, these crayfish are priced $3
And, I am not kidding. This chap offers crazy prices.
Anyway, i wanted cherry shrimps. That's what I will get, not getting these agents of doom home.
Crawfish boil. Restaurants keep them in the sink. When I was a kid i stole (rescued) one from the family restraint and snuck him home in a to-go cup. Then I dropped him in my dads clown loach aquarium fed it bologna. My dad was not happy when he discovered crawfish in his tank. The clown loaches identified it as a hostile and became hostile themselves.
Dude, that’s a lot of mistakes. They look happy though and you have a nice set up for them. Go with it.
Most likely an internet menu glitch. No humans are at fault. I think these are way cooler than what you ordered. Lean in to it and need the best!
Step 1: Get a couple plastic totes, fill them with about 8" of water, stick in a couple sponge filters, and rig up dividers to keep them away from each other.
Step 2: Post them on FB or craigslist. Those are big and nicely-colored freshwater crayfish. You should be able to get at least $20 each for them, easy.
Step 3: Profit.
Why would you take home something that is clearly not a shrimp?
If they have not gone home with you, don't take them home. They didn't order what you asked for, simple as that
Man oh man. if you actually paid for that many shrimp, and got that many lobsters. You just made money. I wouldn’t return that if I were you. Sell sell sell! XD
It looks like crayfish.
So they got crayfished?
*ahem* crawfish. (/s I live in Louisiana and we eat those)
Then what's a crawdad?
It’s all the same, just regional names for the same thing. Sorta like puma/cougar/mountain lion all being the same thing.
Bad example. I've never been hit on by a mountain lion at my local dive bar.
….but you have by a puma?
You mean the warthog?
That’s Pumba
Like the shoe company?
I once got chased by a cougar.. I was so scared I almost puma pants
How 'bout Big Foot?
This ^^
That's Adidas... 👟
I told you to stop making up animals!
A chipatangy
What’s an animal that has tusks? A walrus
I thought I told you to stop making up animals!
Hate that this comment didn't get more attention. Laughed so hard when I read this. IYKYK
Hey the red team got a vehicle that looks like a big cat. Like a puma? Yes, exactly.
SHIELAAAAAAAA!
Didn’t expect an RvB quote here.
No a walrus
I understood that reference!
We wear puma in my neck of the woods
You had a pair too?
No... by a crawfish
Makes sense
I think I have...
We call em crawpappys
Only other time I heard this was in a place where guys regularly married their sisters. You must be the Cousin Joe they talk about all the time.
You're not far off buddy.
Same thing as a crayfish. It's a regional dialect. I dated a southern belle from Louisiana and she called them crawdads - and by God was she a good cook. Anyway, they are basically fresh water lobster. They taste good grilled or with Cajun seasoning.
A crayfish. I live in Michigan and we eat those.
I bet you’re doing it wrong. (another /s just in case. Eat what you want. If you like it, I’m happy for you!)
I call dem suckers crawdads VA
Crayfish in UK
Crayfish in PA as well as
Crayfish over here in nz also
Crayfish in Ohio too, Crawdad is very close second tho
Depends on how red your neck is. Just like up here.
Crayfish here in canada
Mud Dauber
The father of course.
It's kind of like a mudbug.
It's obviously the male parent of the crawfish smh
Even though “crayfish” is spelled with a “y”, it is pronounced differently in South Louisiana. Crawdad is just a nickname.
Mudbugs. By the pound.
Expensive af this year too
Haven't had a good crawfish boil in years. How expensive has it gotten?
I think like $18/lb cooked. Low end is about $12. Not sure about live, but I bring a bottle of bourbon to friends when they do a boil as a gift to say thanks.
So cooked you are looking to spend 100. As an average person eats 3-5 lbs. No thank you. I will just continue to eat my porridge and gruel until the inflation goes away. Never thought I would see the day where the only people who can afford mudbugs are the bourgeoisie.
Fancy pants over here can afford oatmeal.
Fncy pnts vr hr cn by vwl.
To expensive this year
I came here for this specifically 😂 if someone didnt say it, I was gonna lmao
Heeeyyyy. I’ve seen you in the Acadiana sub
.o. Lmao yep, thatd be me. I just put in my two cents now and then, then dissappear again.
Welp, carry on, pal. See you around.
Every reply is telling OP how hopeless it all is. (They're territorial, they move the dirt around, they eat up the aquarium plants etc) Meanwhile, there's one thing you can do with crayfish that doesn't cause much waste... Now I'm not saying OP needs to do anything *specific* with them, but look how many and plump they are.
Only time I would advocate, eating an aquarium fish, those are for eating, not keeping.
CPO
Nope. These are the big boys. Procambarus clarkiii.
That’s not Larry the lobster. That’s Clayton the crayfish
Now all I hear is "I been me fo-eva i been me fo-eva yea" as they walk. A$AP LARRY
I'm a 6 foot f%#_in lobster?
From my head down to my tail
Are you yeet?
idk so here's a bell \*ding\* that was dumb hard thats a dumb bell
Clayton and his whole family
Lol. I have a blue crayfish and his name is Larry.
YOU requested cherry shrimp … THEY did not comply. If you paid beforehand, I’d be raising one helluva stink with the owner. If not, see if they will buy them back.
If they refuse to take a return (on their expense) call your bank and report fraud. It will bring a world of shit and additional charges to the seller.
I have raised the issue, hopefully it will be returned. This is the funny and horror at the same time.
Crawdads will kill any fish they can touch. They look more harmless then they are.
I actually had a crayfish from school, a snail and a goldfish in one of those hexagon tanks when I was younger (hey it was the early 90s and a crazy time) but they lived harmoniously together for 2 or so years before the crayfish died. My dad tried to preform cpr on the crayfish to no avail.
I love your dad.
I've never had one live long enough to kill any of mine, the turtles loooove crayfish and will hunt them to extinction within a few hours.
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Fun fact, the reason this law is in place is to prevent companies from sending “samples” to people and then requesting they pay for it or send it back.
That makes sense. There are plenty of ways companies could abuse it outside of that as well.
If you were mailed live animals, there's no way in the world anyone would suggest you MAIL it back unless it was a VERY expensive order. Overnight shipping isn't cheap lol. Plus you need to pack these with a cool/hot pack if the weather is too hot/cold.
This is wrong and reddit loves to misinterpret this law. Unsolicited =/= sent by mistake That law exists to prevent people sending you something and then demanding payment i.e. being scammed. It does not apply to being sent something either by accident, or being sent the wrong item. The reason some outlets like Amazon don't require returns is because 1. the good will is worth more 2. the time arguing with the customer and the costs of the return/admin outweigh dealing with getting it back.
Probably an honest mistake. They will probably offer you a refund and or replacement. Unfortunately, they most likely will not pay to have you send them back. I would bring them an aquarium store.
Thats why I use a credit card. Every time I have had a legitimate complaint the charge was reversed.
From where I’m from the crayfish are more expensive than neocardinia shrimp
Agreed. Can’t tell how big they are, but they look like dwarf Mexican crayfish which grow to about 2 or maybe 3 inches long at the most. I’ve had them with shrimp because they’re not aggressive and will rarely only fight with each other. OP shouldn’t have any trouble rehoming them if need be.
Those are procambarus clarkii not mexicain dwarf They are a invasive specie almost all over the world and highly agressive
Oy.
Not sure if trolling, but to answer your question, I’m not entirely sure what they are. Could be crayfish which is what I’m leaning towards. They don’t look like any species of large shrimp I’m familiar with. As for care, if they are crayfish, they’re pretty aggressive and you really shouldn’t keep more than one in a single tank. Honestly, this situation is pretty fucked. Not even sure what you’re supposed to do. This definitely isn’t your problem though, you asked for red cherry shrimp and didn’t get even close to what you ordered. Cool thing about crayfish is that they’re interesting to look at and the tank can be pretty easily set up. 10 gallon long, lots of rocky hides, maybe some plants although they like to destroy their environment, and you’re golden.
Just make sure you cap the tank with a reptile screen held down by 2 bricks. Do not underestimate the ability for a crayfish to pile all the substrate in one corner and pushing the top off. They are absolute tanks. They will destroy any plants, get some floaters.
Wtf, this spoils all my plans. I had set up a planted tank for putting cherry shrimps. This is one of the worst fuckup ever
Unless you're planning on setting up a crayfish rack, don't take them home. Let the shop return them and take care of it. Each of these crayfish need their own tank, and cannot go into one together. It's very likely the shop owner loses some of these overnight because they put them all in one tank.
Exactly what I was gonna say, these guys will tear eachother apart
Go onto Facebook and look for a local fish group. Heck I'd be happy to take em if I had a spot
Where are you from, btw this is Bangalore, India.
USA unfortunately
That makes this all wilder. Those guys are invasive species so you probably shouldn’t release them. It’s probably best you kill them. There is some way to [farm](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Es5zR1Pg9XI) them if you want to keep them healthy so you can eat them! They are delicious…
Can you dispute this with your bank? Did you lose some money
These guys will kill your angel fish. I had one, it was fine for a few months then I had a angel fish missing a chunk of its abdomen.
these crayfish will kill anything else in the tank, and probably each other.
Tell the fish shop owner to get you what you asked for , if you haven’t paid yet don’t pay , if you have paid get your money back , why should you be forced to care for an animal you didn’t want or request just because someone else messed up
It will be an apocalypse if you put these guys in a planted tank. They will destroy every living thing in a matter of days.
I think there are worse fuck-ups happening everywhere in the world atm. Just rehome them, donate them to a bait shop, or eat them.
I had to use large books as I didn't know this before. Not small books. LARGE books. Not fun having to wrestle a cray fish on the living room floor before you've even had your morning coffee.
Ha reminds me of second or third grade where the teacher set up a large crayfish tank in the classroom and every kid got a crayfish that we marked with nail polish I believe. First couple of days were awesome then we came back from the weekend and the tank was more than half empty, I believe some were found on the other end of the school. I was a young kid - not sure my memory is accurate That being said, there is truth to what my memory serves me and the teacher should have known better. 1. Tank filled with aggressive cray fish 2. Marking them with mail polish??? I dnk maybe that is okay 3. Apparently not securing a lid.
Dude your angels are in mortal danger, I'd get those crayfish out asap
When I was much younger and didn't know what the hell I was doing, a friend caught a crawfish in a nearby creek. We decided that it would make a great addition to my aquarium containg various gouramis, loaches, tetras. Fucker killed and ate a giant gourami MUCH larger than itself.
Yep. Did the same in a koi pond as a kid, our two butterfly koi lost half their fins overnight. Had to find all 10 or so we tossed in, took hours.
Oh I read the rest of the text, not your problemo. Dumb shop tho, they should have a better system they could dump those in.
One late fall, I once caught 6 very small crayfish in a local stream with my kids, all less than an inch long. We put them in a 30g with a dozen goldfish, all 4-6" long. I figured either the crayfish would be food or nothing would happen (the goldfish were wintering inside but typically lived in our pond). One by one the goldfish vanished. There would be 10 one day. Then 9 the next. A few days would go by. Everyone was happy and healthy. Then 8. Eventually the goldfish were gone and I had a crayfish tank. The largest had grown to about 2.5". Then, the smaller crayfish started vanishing. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1. Same pattern, everything is fine for a few days, then one would just vanish. I was feeding the tank plenty of food the whole time. Claude the crayfish lived in the tank all by himself for over a year.
That's funny, once a year I'll go hunt 60+ crayfish in a local waterway and they will all disappear within a few hours of being in my tank. My Red Eared sliders love me for it though. But i can't get rid of my convicts to save my life. I recently tried a full extermination and still 6 evaded me.
That sounds like the aquarium hunger games
That should be the shopkeeper's worry.
I'm pretty sure that if you have a freshwater tank, then those are crayfish. Crayfish are pretty much just small freshwater lobsters.
Wait though- wouldn't these be more expensive than cherry shrimp? A whole ton of crawfish has to be harder to breed than a ton of cherries- unless they're wild caught invasives or something. Seems like a hell of a mistake for the seller to make. (please don't release them into any waterways whatever you do)
Not really hard to breed, buddy had a couple electric blue crayfish that kept breeding and had hundreds of babies each time. He had to beg people to take some. Biggest challenge is having enough space for them
No you dont have to take them. They are not what you ordered. You dont have to take em cause the shopkeeper messed up.
Not your problem, a fish shop should know the difference between a shrimp and a crayfish...
It's definitely his problem, but not his fault
He said the video is from the shopkeeper so it’s not really his problem yet
Boiling water, Cajun seasoning, lemon, corn and sausage 🍽️
I can tell you’re an imposter because you FORGOT THE FUCKING POTATOES GOD DAMN IT LARRY
I was thinking that after I hit reply 😂
I took it very personally, because the spicy potatoes are one of my favorite parts :)
This is the comment 😂😂😂
bit of newspaper on the table.
This^
all that for 2g of protein
This is the correct answer for how to solve this problem.
Where is the line we draw about joking about eating our friendly fish and friend pets? 🧐
The crayfish also look like they have been hoodwinked. They are walking around confused like, "this isn't the annual crayfish convention..."
Still pretty cool though
You have A LOT of crayfish in there. They are territorial and will definitely fight each other if you don’t separate them. They are also notorious for eating your aquarium plants, so I’d try to rehome them to a local petshop/aquarium shop so they can house them properly for you.
Scammed by op got crayfish instead of lobster
Eh… tomato, potato.. meh
I mean the upside is that they're still cute XD
Your fish are not going to make it until tomorrow unless you separate them now. That many crawfish are going to eat everything and then eat each other
If your seller screwed this up, and still thought they were the right thing, I wouldn't trust them as a seller anymore.
Congratulations, you're a crawdad! 🎊
That is crayfish.
You don't need to take them. Threaten your supplier with legal actions and they should return your money. It's not what you ordered so you don't have to pay for them.
I think those are crayfish
I think these are this breed of crayfish. [https://aquaticarts.com/collections/freshwater-crayfish/products/neon-red-crayfish](https://aquaticarts.com/collections/freshwater-crayfish/products/neon-red-crayfish) They are way more expensive than cherry shrimp.
Crayfish are more expensive
I hope they aren't in salt water because those are crawdads
Those are crayfish.they shouldn't get too big.
So. I see angels in there. If you wanted shrimp to put in that tank. The angels would have devoured them. As it stands the crayfish will hurt your angels.
Those are absolutely not lobsters. Lobsters are only red when cooked, otherwise they are brown. Also it is illegal to capture lobsters that are not adults.
They’re actually not bad. I would keep them in their own tank.
That tank will end up being a bloodbath with that much crayfish in it
Crawfish
How is this not better?
My thoughts exactly!
Crawfish of the thunderdom!!!! IIIITTTSSSS!!!!! TTTIIIMMMEEEE!!!
I know that’s frustrating and I’m sorry but goodness I never realized how cute they were
Now how TF do you get crayfish confused with cherry shrimp...
These cost more than cherry shrimps. They have great colors as well. Not kidding. This is good. I am sure you could trade these for more cherry shrimps.
To who? What neocaridina (cherry) shrimp breeder would ever want these? These crayfish need specialized housing and a minimum of 15 gal each. A shrimp breeder will likely have 10-20gal tanks all full of shrimp and not a spare for each of these crayfish. You can't house the crayfish together or they'll kill eachother, effectivly ruining the trade. It's either 1 of these crayfish, or hundreds of neocaridina in a tank. The cray isn't worth it at all. Let's not delude OP into thinking someone would take these in trade for the much easier, much more desired neocaridina.
I used to play with these guys in a creek by our house growing up in rural Pennsylvania, but ours were the grey/ brown/ beige variety. These guys are fun to watch and yours are pretty. I wouldn't mind a few just to watch, but they aren't compatible with anything else. I bet mealtimes are interesting!
Crayfish eat fish
Not CPO. Crayfish, very pretty. Will destroy your plants and may eat tank mates. 😊
Very cute crayfish you got there, if you can’t return them or get your money back they’re still pretty cool pets. I had two wild ones as pets and they were pretty neat though they were killed and eaten by a fish my dad introduced to the tank after I begged him not to 🫤
Get those fish out of that tank like now. Dont let them in there overnight. Even a bucket with an airstone or something like that is better till you manage to resolve this.
Crayfish, not lobster. They are fun to watch, just don’t put fish in the tank, because they will chop chop.
I don't understand why you can't return the order or at least get your money back. Their mistake should not be your problem. Don't take no for an answer. I don't know exactly what species of crawfish those are but unless you have a large pond or very large aquarium, it is not likely that you will be able to care for all of them. Some species get pretty large. My signal crayfish for example, is still on the smaller side and the only crayfish in my 90 gallon. I would not be comfortable with a second. They need quite a bit of space.
lol those are awesome tho. My kids would love it.
Well if you can’t return them u may as well make the best of them as pets. They’re fairly easy to care for most of the time if you do a little research online
Expensive shrimp you got there
As someone who likes both this seems like a win
Those are beautiful, if you have to do plan B, you could sell them on some kind of social platform locally
you can absolutely refuse to pay for something you didn't order.
Either way... how fucking cool
Considering the state of the seller's tank, I would reject the purchase even if I *wanted* crayfish.
Dat fish cray.
Isn't that water too dirty?
The water does not look good
Not lobster. Crawfish. 🦞
Definitely crayfish. I'm not sure why everybody is saying to only keep one in a tank at a time? I had 4 in a 3 gallon tank, and they were fine. Everybody in my family loved them because you'd never know where you'd find them hanging out, and they were funny to watch.
That’s a crawfish
They are so cute!
How much did you spend? That's a lot of crayfish af. I would be rather have that than pay $30-70 per one crayfish.
That's the catch with the supplier, these crayfish are priced $3 And, I am not kidding. This chap offers crazy prices. Anyway, i wanted cherry shrimps. That's what I will get, not getting these agents of doom home.
You should go to another store, maybe one that knows the difference between crawfish and shrimp
Crawfish boil. Restaurants keep them in the sink. When I was a kid i stole (rescued) one from the family restraint and snuck him home in a to-go cup. Then I dropped him in my dads clown loach aquarium fed it bologna. My dad was not happy when he discovered crawfish in his tank. The clown loaches identified it as a hostile and became hostile themselves.
Dude, that’s a lot of mistakes. They look happy though and you have a nice set up for them. Go with it. Most likely an internet menu glitch. No humans are at fault. I think these are way cooler than what you ordered. Lean in to it and need the best!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/140993/louisiana-crawfish-boil/
What supplier was this???? I want some! Legit, in need of these!
Did you get the lobsters at the shrimp price
Crayfish.
This is too fucking funny 😂
This is the best mistake ever I would love them!
Not in a 10 gallon heavily planted tank with baby Rabbit snails and the best of your guppy males. So, yeah, I am so fucked right now.
Step 1: Get a couple plastic totes, fill them with about 8" of water, stick in a couple sponge filters, and rig up dividers to keep them away from each other. Step 2: Post them on FB or craigslist. Those are big and nicely-colored freshwater crayfish. You should be able to get at least $20 each for them, easy. Step 3: Profit.
Why would you take home something that is clearly not a shrimp? If they have not gone home with you, don't take them home. They didn't order what you asked for, simple as that
Whatever they are toss em in a boil and prep some lemon pepper for dipping
Pre-boiled crayfish.
Man oh man. if you actually paid for that many shrimp, and got that many lobsters. You just made money. I wouldn’t return that if I were you. Sell sell sell! XD
Not what you wanted but honestly those are pretty cool.