Can crayfish live with this stock?

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Andrew1002

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I have a question about my crayfish I just got. He is really small only like 2". I have a 55 gallon tank I want to put him in. Heres the stock
3- oscars 2"-4"
3- jack dempseys 2"-4"
1- shubunkin 4"
4- cory cats 1"-2"
1- Colombian shark 4"
1- clown loach 3"
2- plecostomus 3"-7"
BTW he's in my 15 gallon I have spare. He's with two 2"-3" plecos and hasn't even bothered them at all yet. Any ideas?
No comments on tank size I'm getting a 200 gallon soon. Also clearing out my stock soon as well.

-Andrew
 
no the oscar would soon eat it as well as the dempsey. and the crayfish would eat the corys
 
Gill Blue said:
doesn't really matter since it's only a matter of time before the oscars eat the cories.
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I was thinking this... who thought this was a good idea? :screwy:
and yeah, even if the Crayfish managed to fend them off for a while, as soon as it molts and gets soft for a few days, it's history.
 
I know about the oscars eating the cories and that's why I'm setting up a 15 gallon all cory tank. But the oscars can't even eat a rosey red. There are two rosey reds in the tank now and they have been in there with the jacks and oscars for awhile now and no problems. So the oscars are too small. When they start to grow the corys will be gone. Thanks. Think I'm gonna switch the cories over now and put the crayfish with the larger fish. What are other good bottom feeders for my setup? I have a clown loach but he doesn't seem to be doing the job of eating leftovers. Rather the cories though.

-Andrew
 
Loaches are not good for eating leftovers IME. They seem to like feeding at the surface and in midwater as much as any other fish, ESPECIALLY at feeding time.
 
Bottomfeeder said:
Loaches are not good for eating leftovers IME. They seem to like feeding at the surface and in midwater as much as any other fish, ESPECIALLY at feeding time.
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Ya I drop in some old sinking carnivore pellets and shrimp pellets and he goes crazy! Even chases off my oscars and jack dempseys! Well he doesn't like bite them he just swims into them until they leave. Then he feasts! Lol. But he is definetly a cool fish. I'm making a topic on good bottom feeders check it out if you can help

-Andrew
 
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