hi im getting a Blue Lobster Red Clawed Crayfish Approx 5" for my 4 foot comunity tank i have a few questions

Question

can it live with neon and gupies bala sharks plecs and mollies and albino catfish.
what does it eat and tank requirments!!
finally is it recomended in a comunity tank and how long do they live??
oh yeah and will they eat my plants and scratch the glass

Answer 1

Your crayfish will eat all your other fish. No ifs and or buts about it. They are not meant for community tanks.

It also prefers cooler waters then your tropical tank fish. Basically the only thing that should be with crayfish, are other crayfish and they will fight amongt themselves.

If you really want one, you need to get a seprate tank.

Your tank also sound too small for a crayfish, and is definitly too small for your bala sharks. Bala sharks need about a 75 gallon aquarium or more. You catfish will also grow to be about 2 feet.

Answer 2

1. It will try to catch any fish that comes near it. It will chew, or eat, any fish it catches. This is a big problem for those fish that sleep. Your crayfish will eventually kill the ones that sleep -- because crayfish are fairly active at night.
2. Crayfish are omnivores. Your crayfish will eat anything it can eat, and chew on everything it can't eat. It will eat some of your plants, and chew through some others. I gave up having plants, and got plastic plants. The crayfish chewed the plastic leaves off the plastic plants!
You can feed them most kinds of sinking pellet food such as "shrimp pellets." But - they'll eat just about every kind of sinking food. They'll eat pond snails too - or any snails whose shells they can chew through.

3. Tank requirements
a) well aerated! If the tank is not well aerated, the crayfish will try to climb to the surface to get air. It may do that anyway.
b) cover on the tank. Without that, the crayfish can and will climb up the airhoses or filter tubes and get out.
c) hiding places. Just a sort of "cave" made from rocks will work. Each crayfish you have will need its own hiding place.
d) sand or silt or small gravel should be available after one molts. They stick it behind the eye, into their balance sense organ.
4. Not recommended for a community tank. Like I said, it disturbs the fish that like to sleep, and will eventually kill them.
5. Mine lived two years -- and were then killed by my snapping turtle who climbed out of his tank, dislodged the cover from the crayfish tank, climbed in, and ate everything. I rather suspect that the crayfish would have lived another couple of years if they hadn't been eaten.
6. They will eat most plants, and chew up others.
7. They won't scratch the glass.

Answer 3

The lobster and crayfish will EAT your neons and guppies,probably the mollies too depending on how big the cray fish are/lobster and depending on how much they are being fed...yes the plants are on the manue too. atleast with the crayfish...I am not shure of the lobster but probably as most crustationsare omnivorus(plant&meat eating)as well as scavengers(dead&dying). www.badmanstropicalfish.com go to invertabrates and look up lobsters/grayfish/shrimp.

Answer 4

Crayfish are opportunistic . They are omnivorous and will likely eat your plants, and what fish they can catch. If you are determined to put your crayfish with fish, make sure that the fish are really fast, and that you are not too attatched to them. Crayfish will wait and ambush fish...they are nocturnal and will even sneak up on fish at night while the fish are resting!
I would NOT add one to the fish tank you currently have, with the fish that you currently own!
They eat fish, plants, veges, sinking pellets, sinking tabs..brine shrimp, etc.
They will live about 3 years, depending on the kind.
HTH

Answer 5

The crayfish should be fine but if it can catch a fish it will eat them. They will eat anything that falls to the bottom of the tank, i feed mine sinking wafers. They might eat the plants depending on the type of plant and they will not scratch the glass. make sure you have a cave to hide in. if you get more then one they may fight but don't worry they can grow limbs back.

Answer 6

I caught some crayfish and put them in my tank. They ate all of the plants and climbed out of the tank. I found them all over my house the next morning. Make sure your lid is secure and there are no openings for them to squeeze out. Hit the pet store for a book on the proper care and feeding of your Blue Clawed Whatchamacallit.

Answer 7

I don't think your lobster will bother anything in your tank, seeing as most of your fish will not willingly pick fights. Watch the albino catfish, however. And your lobster might graze on plants from time to time, but nothing too noticeable. Probably he won't scratch the glass either. Good luck, blue lobsters are very pretty!

Answer 8

I don't think it will scratch your glass. I would just be careful with the fish the lobster can be aggressive whether the fish are big or small. It may kill some of them.