Blue crayfish

[FreshwaterTropical]

Can a blue crayfish be in a tank with live plants? Are there any other fish that can live with a crayfish?

 

[abrahamavelar]

im not sure bout the planted tank, but i know that ive seen those things eat goldfish si ill suggest not a dumb fish

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

I heard sometimes they chop the plants up destroying them.

 

[abrahamavelar]

ive heard that too but i dont have any experience with them i only seen them live when i was in hs my biology teacher had 2 blues and 1 red in his 8 feet tank

 

[somethingsfishy]

I had a crawfish in my tank for two days and he ate two of my java ferns. I threw his little butt out.

 

[Sharkbait54]

I have a Mexican orange crayfish they are dwarf only getting about 1.5 to 2 inch mine doesn't bother plants.

 

[abrahamavelar]

I had a crawfish in my tank for two days and he ate two of my java ferns. I threw his little butt out.

i would of cooked him jk

 

[somethingsfishy]

That's where I got him from. We had a boil for my daughters bday and she picked him out to put in the tank.

 

[abrahamavelar]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i know something 4 sure cichlids will eat them when my biology teacher had 2 on a 55 gal with cichlids they only lasted 2 weeks at the most

 

[tarpon]

I have seen them destroying the fish stores plants that were for sale...lol.
And you could probly get away with zebra danios and hatchetfish.
What size tank?

 

[abrahamavelar]

yeah any fast swimmin fish will do fine

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

I went to my LFS and they said take a lot of the baby crayfish because they sell them for $20 each and they are not much bigger. They said hatchetfish are good with them because of the water levels they live in. And live plants are fine with crayfish also.

 

[somethingsfishy]

$20 each!?!? I got my guy at 3.49 a pound. Lol.

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

Yeah I know it seems like a lot. That's y I'm taking advantage of my friends babies.

 

[somethingsfishy]

Yea it is expensive. But if it's what you want get it. I bought my clown loaches for 15 each.

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

Well I'm getting them for FREE!

 

[somethingsfishy]

You can't beat free.

 

[abrahamavelar]

You can't beat free.

free its the best prize!!!!!!

 

[tarpon]

What size tank? dont keep more than one in a small tank bc they will kill each other when they get bigger

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

It's only 10 gallons. Really only 1 ?