Can i keep a crayfish?

[dawsonkid]

Hi, i have a 10 gallon tank with four tiger barbs and two pink kissing goumiras, Would a crayfish be ok in there with them?

 

[TheFishJunky]

no

 

[phillydog1958]

A crayfish would not be able to catch the fast-moving barbs, but he might catch the gouramis. The secret is to keep them with fish too big for them to eat and fish that are not going to eat them. I've had my blue lobster in with 4 beefy tinfoils of about 6-7 inches and several others for over almost a year. It can work.

 

[dawsonkid]

Oh ok. So now my lfs has bamboo shirp and live bamboo, If i got a bambo plant and a bammboo shrip? And maybe a few ghost shrip?

 

[Pyramid_Party]

You can try a dwarf crayfish species, they would be fine. As for the bamboo shrimp, they are not that easy to take care of cause they are filter feeders. I dont know about the ghost shrimp either, the barbs and gourami's may pick on it and maybe even eat them. Ghost shrimp is worth a try. I personally would go with a dwarf crayfish species, they dont bother fish either.

 

[dawsonkid]

Oh ok. That works.Thanks, It's AMAZING how many people respond to a simple qustion. Tgis is my first theard so.... Bare with me.

 

[dawsonkid]

is there any Freshwater Invertebrates That i can keep in my tank?

 

[I<3fish]

I would suggest getting another (larger) tank for the inhabitants already in your 10 gallon. Those fish won't stay little forever and plecos are waste producers as you will soon find out. I suggest doing either a fish only aquarium or an invertebrate only aquarium for the best success.

 

[dawsonkid]

oh ok. Im still waitong for my dad to get back to setup a few larger tanks.

 

[rudywieck52]

I had a blue cray eat all of my tiger barbs in a fairly short time. You could get one and super glue the claws down. I've never done it but I heard it makes the cray a lot better in a community set up.