I have an empty 10 gallon tank and I was looking to put some kind of invertebrate in it. It has a black sand bottom and I have a sponge filter for it. I was thinking either an Electric Blue Crayfish or I would plant it and put in some Cherry Reds. What do you guys think?
10 Gallon Tank Stocking....
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Get a couple of red claw crabs. It's funny to watch them fight. Especially when one bonks the other on his head with his claw. Hah.
red claws have great personality and are fun to watch but they need brackish water as well as dry land... and from personal experience with them they poop a lot.... like... a LOT.
crayfish sounds fun. not sure i know how messy they are though. crays dont normally need a heater and they are pretty easy to care for compared to some of the more sensitive shrimp species. depends on how much extra maintenance you want to have. then again i love shrimp too.
you could have an assassin snail breeding tank. or just a snail tank.
or you could set up a hydra tank. yes, thats right, i said a tank just for hydras... and not consider them pest... consider them pets (note the similar spelling... they make good "pets" not "pest" ... ha, haha... well i make me laugh) that would be kinda cool. then you get a breeding pair of guppies and see if all those online articles that say hydras have been known to eat small fish like guppie fry is true; cause i highly doubt it is. i used to have hydras and i dont see how those little things could ever kill a fish.
crayfish sounds fun. not sure i know how messy they are though. crays dont normally need a heater and they are pretty easy to care for compared to some of the more sensitive shrimp species. depends on how much extra maintenance you want to have. then again i love shrimp too.
you could have an assassin snail breeding tank. or just a snail tank.
or you could set up a hydra tank. yes, thats right, i said a tank just for hydras... and not consider them pest... consider them pets (note the similar spelling... they make good "pets" not "pest" ... ha, haha... well i make me laugh) that would be kinda cool. then you get a breeding pair of guppies and see if all those online articles that say hydras have been known to eat small fish like guppie fry is true; cause i highly doubt it is. i used to have hydras and i dont see how those little things could ever kill a fish.
Hydras? Sounds way to boring to me haha. Crabs would be funny, but they are brackish and I don't have any type of experience outside of freshwater.....yet. I'm thinking about just getting some Cherry Reds and planting the tank. I was thinking Java Fern and Java Moss, anyone know any other good lower light plants that I could grow in sand?
It depends whether you want to plant it or not. Crayfish will eat all of the plants rather quickly. They're fun to interact with though.
