FW Invertebrates - Types
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Very nice, perhaps I can toss them in another tank.
Is there a chance to get them in Canada? Im in southern Ontario and I personally have seen very few FW crab species available in LFS and outlet stores.
Only species I've encoutnered are:
peri[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]sesarma bidens (Red Claw)[/FONT]
uca pungax (Fiddler Crab)
Cardisoma armatum (Rainbow Crab)
Is there a chance to get them in Canada? Im in southern Ontario and I personally have seen very few FW crab species available in LFS and outlet stores.
Only species I've encoutnered are:
peri[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]sesarma bidens (Red Claw)[/FONT]
uca pungax (Fiddler Crab)
Cardisoma armatum (Rainbow Crab)
What are some other plant-safe or moderately safe crabs or shrimps?
Unfortunately I'm quite sure the snails are completely out of question in this matter.
Jelly's those require bigger tanks no?
Aegla... dunno
Cray's are dangerous to fish are they not?
Unfortunately I'm quite sure the snails are completely out of question in this matter.
Jelly's those require bigger tanks no?
Aegla... dunno
Cray's are dangerous to fish are they not?
Freshwater "jellyfish" are cosmopolitan but sporadic in distribution. You are very unlikely to get your hands on any, though I have heard some hobbyists in Japan have successfully bred them in captivity.
Thanks for mentioning Aegla, Oddball. That's a group I was previously unaware of and now realize I desperately need.
The aquarium trade has hardly scratched the surface of freshwater invertebrate diversity. A bare handful of the thousands of snail and hundreds of shrimp, crayfish, and crab species are represented in the trade. Bivalves, sponges, and worms are even less well represented. And the great frontier of aquatic insects is virtually unexplored. Granted, aquatic insects present some unique challenges (many have terrestrial stages, or at least are able to fly), but they are still fascinating creatures and many can be maintained in the aquarium rather easily.
I agree with the posters above that your tank is not an invert-friendly one. Atya or Atyopsis shrimp are probably your best bets.
Thanks for mentioning Aegla, Oddball. That's a group I was previously unaware of and now realize I desperately need.
The aquarium trade has hardly scratched the surface of freshwater invertebrate diversity. A bare handful of the thousands of snail and hundreds of shrimp, crayfish, and crab species are represented in the trade. Bivalves, sponges, and worms are even less well represented. And the great frontier of aquatic insects is virtually unexplored. Granted, aquatic insects present some unique challenges (many have terrestrial stages, or at least are able to fly), but they are still fascinating creatures and many can be maintained in the aquarium rather easily.
I agree with the posters above that your tank is not an invert-friendly one. Atya or Atyopsis shrimp are probably your best bets.
I rather think that any crayfish is not the one who will be a danger to anything in your tank--it would be the other way around for sure. You'd have to go larger on the crayfish species and then they'd eat off your plants. Smaller crays will eventually be eaten by a synodontis.
I must confess I am rather shocked about this side to the Synodontis Eupterus, when I bought him I was told he'd be fine with just about any creature that's big enough to stay out of his mouth, and I've had him live with a flower(bamboo) shrimp for many months in his previous home with no incidents.
