Wrong! My cray doesn't eat any of my fish!
^ means he ate 7 guppies but now it's been a few months!? Hmm...I would have phrased that differently.
i wouldnt even try a dwarf cray,neons are pretty small...
Good morning Alex
I keep CPO's with much smaller fish like CPD's, ember tetras, endlers, and even chili rasbora and, I've had long term success with it. I've never lost a fish to one or seen any behavior to suggest they might go for one. I'm not saying it's not possible, but it's definitely not the norm like it is for larger crays like "electric blue".
No! Earlier I said I have had all them fish in with it for six months as I got my pleco 6 months ago! Can you read okay??? Maybe enlarge your text. Have you got a crayfish because you obviously do not know anything about them! My cray sits in it's cave with fish all round it even in between it's pincers and still nothing! Is that not a big enough opportunity???!!!
Is this seriously how you talk to people???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
Trust me I know my cray he will not eat anymore!
Oh OK, you're the cray whisperer, I get it.
Neons actually get larger than CPO or shufeldtii. Not a problem there. My only issue with adding a dwarf cray would be that with all the fish in there, you may not see much of it and you may find it difficult to feed. Do you have any experience with either species?
I think that's a risk as well but, I have had atleast some short term success with it. I did keep a pair of CPO's in a larger community setting with fish such as a rainbow shark, julii cories, dwarf gourami, female betta, danios, and neons. I got very lucky because all of those larger fish, except for one female betta which I had to switch out for a different one, completely left the crays alone. The female cray did hide more of course, but the male could regularly be seen out and about. When I dropped sinking pellets or wafers in, he would be right there to grab one before anyone else even knew they were there! I would, however, reach in and drop a pellet in the cave the female liked to hide in if I didn't see her around, figuring she was in hiding, most likely berried. I only kept them in there for about 8 months or so, but in that time I only found 1 offspring, so don't count on babies if keeping them with larger fish.