African Butterfly/Crayfish Tank

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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.
 
the problem i see is that the tank is to small for that size of fish.
 
yeah i think the tank is too small
 
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.
 
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?
 
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
 
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.
 
I got a 20 gallon today. Im doing butterfly crayfish tank. woo
 
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