Crayfish and medium sized cichlids?
- Thread starter SalviniCichlidFan
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My mbunas around that size destroyed a large crayfish the second it molted.
Nope, not all are herbivores, some are omnivores and I bet any of them would try to eat a tasty freshly molted crayfish.
This cichlid ate this shrimp, about 5 minutes after the shot was taken.
The ones that did were mainly my auratus and zebra...
They do eat algae, but inverts are part of their natural diet.
Photos taken just before disaster......
But in all seriousness, I think the crayfish very well might go after those cichlids if they let their guard down at night or I think those cichlids would eat/pick apart the crayfish once it molted. I have kept crayfish with fish (mostly native fish), but I knew the crayfish would likely end up being eaten and was ok with it.
Almost always. I keep one with my rainbow, sev, and kribs, as the only one large enough to pose a threat (sev) is a vegetarian/one of the most peaceful fish I’ve ever owned.
When I kept one with my CA/SAs, the cichlids were juvies, so they didn’t do much damage, but were clearly interested. The banded leporinus did it in though.