how many crawl-outs have you experienced with inverts?

piranha45 · 03-30-2005, 2:19 PM

I've gone through about 10 red claw crabs that have scuttled out of various tanks in the past 2 years. I've completely given up trying to keep those things; unless your tank is completely sealed with duct tape, it seems they will inevitably manage to crawl out somehow, leaving you with the aggravating task of finding them dried up somewhere in the house.

Ghost shrimp also have an irritating tendency to jump out of a tank, though nowadays my fish generally manage to gulp the majority of them down before they have a chance at doing that.

Triggeraa · 03-30-2005, 4:51 PM

I keep a crawdad in my 150 along with an ornate bichir, dradong puffer, 2 dats and a flowerhorn. The tank is 24" deep. So far so good. He lives in a cave under a stump. He reaches out to get his food and then scuries back to safety. Originaly he was food now hes a pet.

JacksPets06 · 03-30-2005, 10:31 PM

I've had some gold claw crabs crawling out of my tank, i also had a red AND electric blue lobster dissapear from my 55 gallon (18" high) I was kinda upset about that...

rayman45 · 03-31-2005, 3:23 PM

countless cray fish

my big crayfish got out and died his claws were around 3-4"
he killed countless oscars pikes jd and convicts

i miss him

piranha45 · 03-31-2005, 6:20 PM

awesome, did he eat his victims or just kill them for the heck of it? how big were his biggest victims in comparison to himself?

rayman45 · 03-31-2005, 6:26 PM

well the
oscars were 3"
jd were 2-3"

the pike was ........................................

8.5" ate them all

i bought him his own 10G when he tried to eat my rtc and tsn

Ali · 03-31-2005, 8:21 PM

I've had around 5 crayfish and 4 of them have craweled out and died. The one that's left just hides in a shell.

piranha45 · 03-31-2005, 8:25 PM

geez, I never realized crays were so likely to crawl out. The ones I kept always stayed put in their tanks. Its the damn CRABS that crawl out like nuts, in my experience.

buddah101 · 04-10-2005, 10:42 PM

I just caught some crayfish today, I just brought them home to observe them for a couple of days and probably release them again. I hope they dont get out, my cat will love that LOL

guppy · 04-18-2005, 6:41 PM

I stopped keeping crayfish because they either eat thier tankmates or go for a walkabout.I did keep several small freshwater crabs in a tank that was heavily planted anb brushed against the window curtain, at night they sometimes took a walk but as soon as you turned on the lights they would run over and jump back in. It was funny so I would leave a couple of bits of dry cat food on top of the tank for them. I never lost any.