African Butterfly/Crayfish Tank

[nstanley]

Im about to do some moving around and have set up a 10 gallon tank for a wild caught crayfish. He needshis own tank, due to the fact that he likes to eat anything he can catch. Including every kind of plant.

Anyways, if i slowoly intorduced heat and got him up to tropical temps, what about having 2-3 african butterflys in the 10 gallon with him.
I couldnt see any problems.

Any input? I would add lots of floating plant cover for them. I have one right now, and he has been doing great for sometime now.

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

the problem i see is that the tank is to small for that size of fish.

 

[Mike fail]

yeah i think the tank is too small

 

[banjocat]

I'm not sure on the temp for the crayfish, but sounds like a good idea for a larger aquarium. I might try this if I ever keep crayfish again.

 

[nstanley]

Ya i just want to mix somthing with the crayfish. Even with an oversized bio-wheel filter it still wouldnt suffice?
what else could i mix with him?

 

[banjocat]

Pearl and zebra danios like to swim at the surface(that's what you're going for?), but there still might be some risk of them being eaten. I've never tried it myself

 

[Hypancistrus]

My African butterfly fish is 4" long and 3 years old. I think one would be okay in a 10, but more would be way too much. I also would say a 24" long tank, like a 20 gallon, would be even better.

 

[CDickes1988]

Think African Butterflies get a bit too big for a ten... Possibly some hatchets, though they might need at least a 20 as well.

 

[se1an]

Yes but you may get away with 1 african butterfly.

 

[nstanley]

I got a 20 gallon today. Im doing butterfly crayfish tank. woo