hey guys, i have a crayfish i caught from the creek in my backyard and threw him in with a 8-9 inch florida gar, sunfish, and senegal bichir. i know they eat minnows casue ive seen him do it once. but what else can i feed him?i tried hikari carnivore pellets but he doesnt seem interested, and my fish eat the feeders before they crayfish can. and help would be nice, thanks
GUYS! NEED CRAYFISH HELP!
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Take a feeder in a pair of tongs and target feed it. OR,
feed the crayfish at night after you have fed the others, OR,
try a sinking OMNIVORE pellet, these fish are, after all, omnivores.
I used to take a small tube, 1/2" pvc or some such, and like a food escalator, roll those sinking pellets anywhere that length of pipe will reach.
feed the crayfish at night after you have fed the others, OR,
try a sinking OMNIVORE pellet, these fish are, after all, omnivores.
I used to take a small tube, 1/2" pvc or some such, and like a food escalator, roll those sinking pellets anywhere that length of pipe will reach.
If you don't have ridiculous rock work to where this cray can hide, the your question should pretty much be, "when are these fish going to eat this cray".
If that thing moults, and leaves it's hide spot for ONE SECOND with those fish...see ya.
Not only that, if one of your beloved fish try and eat it while it still has a hard exo, it might choke.Also, not too clear on what inverts can give a fish, but there is that also, i.e parasites.
Besides that, if you feed pellets or any other prepared food to your fish then you are all set.
They are primarily Detritivores, meaning it is a cleaner upper .
Just concerned with fish of that nature and size.One good whack to a freshly moulted cray would kill it.Kill it to pieces.
If that thing moults, and leaves it's hide spot for ONE SECOND with those fish...see ya.
Not only that, if one of your beloved fish try and eat it while it still has a hard exo, it might choke.Also, not too clear on what inverts can give a fish, but there is that also, i.e parasites.
Besides that, if you feed pellets or any other prepared food to your fish then you are all set.
They are primarily Detritivores, meaning it is a cleaner upper .
Just concerned with fish of that nature and size.One good whack to a freshly moulted cray would kill it.Kill it to pieces.
If he's "huge", then injuries to the fish will become a problem as well.
Tons of hides or you'll see.
Tons of hides or you'll see.
I keep crayfish in my wet/dry with the light on 24-7 for ph purposes. Got plants and bogwood in there too. I drop sinking pellets carrot pieces and zucinni. I am afraid to mix them with fish.
Crotalus Scutulatus;4913883; said:
this^ also try boiling peas for about 2 minutes, pop them out of the shell and drop the innards in. If its picky about its food, one of these should work, failing that, its probably stress, give it some hiding places, let it settle in and put a few pieces of food in near it at a night.
You should never put anything wild in your tank it could carry all kinds of bacteria that could harm your fish. That being said make sure he has somewhere to hide , He will clean up whatever food is left over.If he is really big bigger then your fish say goodbye when lights are out excpect to have damage to your fish .
You don't need to feed him, he'll keep himself occupied sifting and searching out for left overs all along the bottom...crayfish are "scavenger's" which means "Garbage dump"...it'll basically eat anything. The key to avoid is OVER FEEDING inverts a meat diet. Like it was stated earlier, be sure to throw in an algae disk and/or a good herbivore pellet couple times a week. In the wild, a crayfish (especially larger) is a terrible "predator" they mostly "wait" for fish to be sick, injured or dumb to fall into their hands...outside of this they are on the hunt searching for scraps...their feet are actually little claws that "taste" the ground, if they find something they pass it to the mouth...its pretty awesome to watch. In terms of vulnerability I'm afraid that the change in water chemistry (the pond/stream to a home aquarium) may cause issues...you'll have to watch kH a bit, I always keep a rock (limestone) or dead coral in with cray to provide "minerals n' at"...I have no idea if its recommended but its improved my success rate to 100% going on 10 years. I've had crays outlast...killifish...thats another issue...crays live about 2-3 years if you are lucky...which is good and bad I guess. SO...barring that he avoids being eaten or dismantled limb from limb (your fish will clearly view it as a food source until it stands it's ground...) you'll need to watch for "molting" activity, as him molting quickly will almost always lead to a bad one, which will kill him, or the fish will eat him mid molt...barring ANY of that...because usually large ones don't molt often...piece of cake to keep crays. Go easy on those minnows...they don't need to eat NEARLY as much as you would think.