Orange Clawed Yabby

[Baccus]

I have had this yabby for a while now, well since April this year. When I got it, it was barely bigger than a shrimp, infact some of the native shrimp I also got where bigger than it.
I call it she but that is just a guess, She is a dwarf species of yabby, crawtchie and should only grow to the maximum size of 9cm.
She has started to develop a lovely pale blush of purple on her sides which is hard to capture in a photograph.
Also hopefully soon I will be getting 2 or 3 more of these great yabbies so that I can have a crack at breeding them.

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

So pretty!

 

[Baccus]

Thanks, I would never have thought a yabby could be cute, but this little one actually is. And a much better aquarium option than the usually sold red claw yabbies which get huge and destroy all plants.

 

[Blondielovesfish]

"She" is lovely!
 
Indeed, she is cute

 

[Baccus]

My Yabby has some new companions now, they arrived last week from Tropical North Queensland and are settling in well
 
Here is my original yabby (when she/he was just a wee little thing)

 
And currently

 
The new Boy (dwarves the other two yabbies)


 
And the baby of the trio

 
The original yabby already had a small macro living in the tank, which is still in there and I have also added some wild colouration cherry shrimp to see if they can co-exist in the same tank. I know where I got the yabby from the water was thick with one species of shrimp, but a natural water course and a tank are vastly different.

 

[SarahR]

Great pics and great looking yabbies.  Love those robust claws and natural colors.  

 

[Baccus]

Thanks, they are great little yabbies, not highly active but still interesting to watch when they do decide to rearrange the furniture