crayfish...

[Eli916]

Anyone know info. about crayfish? I think they are really cool and I am thinking about getting one for my 75...i heard they eat waste sometimes too...is that true? If not what should u feed them?
~Eli

 

[Hazzamaya]

live foods, feeder guppies, only small ones will eat waste, what ither fish have u got in that tank

 

[SoulFish]

they will claw at any fish that gets near them, what fish you have?

 

[Eli916]

2 chilids-6 in,3in, 1 pacu-6in, and one 7in pleco

 

[zimmerlyct]

Crayfish doesn't stand a chance. Cichlids and Pacu will devour poor guy. He might last about 3 days. I bought 3 BIG ones from lfs and he told me that they wouldn't last in my tank of Jack Dempsey's and Firemouths........But, I wanted them so bad, I bought them. Three days later, there were shells, but no meat.

I don't recommend it. I would get them if I had schooling fish that were fast enough to get away from them. They don't back down from anything, but they just can't handle the cichlids!!!

Good luck, man!!!

 

[nonamethefish]

First off hte tnak is overstocked.


It would probably end i neither crayfish lunch, or wounded cichlid.

 

[SoulFish]

i wouldnt say teh tank is overstocked but it will be unless you get rid of the pacu, they get 2 feet and grow fast

 

[Eli916]

Okay i'm am really fed up w/ the pacu i have and i want to get rid of it asap. What is the best way to do so??? I dont want to kill the thing but i REALLY dont want it anymore. What do i do??
~Eli

 

[bobrob]

You should try and sell it or if you cant get it sold ask the fish shop to take it back.

 

[Eli916]

okay thanks

 

[spikekillifish]

Many larger cichlids and other fish will eat your crayfish if they get the chance. They can be kept however you must provide adequate hidding places for them. Algae wafers are great for feeding the crawdads. Just drop one near by and watch them snatch it up. Crayfish will also nibble at your plants' base often uprooting them. Having larger fish force them to hide and this becomes less of a problem. If your fish do eat them they will definately appreciate the tasty meal. My Sunfish can devour a large crayfish in a matter of minutes. The crawdads that find hiding spots are the ones that live.

 

[Saint]

In wouldnt say it is overstocked either. If it has been running fine for a while and levels are good, you are probably fine.

 

[Rewslaun]

Are crayfish that different from crawdads? I had 2 crawdads in my tank for a couple of years and I had to take out every fish that was in the tank with them. The crawdads would take the sinking food that I would give them and chew it up and spit it out around their head. Then my other fish would try to eat the food and the crawdad would grab them and kill them. It was a clever ambush that happened too many times.