Hello all
First post on this site - I've only been keeping fish for a few months now but it looks like this may be a very useful resource for me in the future.
Anyway, I've got a slight problem. Last night I added a small Red Claw Crab to me aquarium - I already had 2 small angels, 1 medium sized red Betta and 2 small blue guppy's in there, all living in perfect harmony together.
This morning, I walk downstairs, all the fish are there awaiting a feed.... apart from one of my angel fish. It appears that whilst the angels were peacefully sleeping, on a tall rock in the tank, the crab crept up and ate the larger one.
Now, I was told that generally the fish would be fine and that the crab would only eat bloodworm and leftover tank-scraps every few days.
Can anyone tell me, is this a common problem with red crab or have I just got a particularly agressive one? It's about 2.5cm wide (incl legs) so It's not particularly large.
I'm going to take him back, I'm just nervous about putting another crab or critter in there now.
Advice and stories appreciated here,
Gavin
First post on this site - I've only been keeping fish for a few months now but it looks like this may be a very useful resource for me in the future.
Anyway, I've got a slight problem. Last night I added a small Red Claw Crab to me aquarium - I already had 2 small angels, 1 medium sized red Betta and 2 small blue guppy's in there, all living in perfect harmony together.
This morning, I walk downstairs, all the fish are there awaiting a feed.... apart from one of my angel fish. It appears that whilst the angels were peacefully sleeping, on a tall rock in the tank, the crab crept up and ate the larger one.
Now, I was told that generally the fish would be fine and that the crab would only eat bloodworm and leftover tank-scraps every few days.
Can anyone tell me, is this a common problem with red crab or have I just got a particularly agressive one? It's about 2.5cm wide (incl legs) so It's not particularly large.
I'm going to take him back, I'm just nervous about putting another crab or critter in there now.
Advice and stories appreciated here,
Gavin