Hatchetfish

[Jeox]

Would thes work with a crayfish? Only reason im thinking this is I doubt the cray can get to them... Do they sleep on the surface?

 

[WyldFya]

You might be ok, but I wouldn't want to try it personally. Watch for jumping with hatchets, even the smallest hole is enough for them to commit suicide.

 

[davo]

i've done it, and yes ive never seen them away from the surface, even at night

 

[grmanrocks]

give it a g, i have hatchets in my 10.... theyre fun to watch, theyre always doing sumthin silly

 

[davo]

it worked, but eventually the cray started praying on other fish, so i had to let it go. fish and lobsters/crayfish arent always the best companions for fish, but i think hatchets might work, if there is no easy way for it to sit and ambush the top portion of the tank

 

[Jeox]

You might be ok, but I wouldn't want to try it personally. Watch for jumping with hatchets, even the smallest hole is enough for them to commit suicide.

Ok. ^^ They can't jump out. There is a screen over the entire top. My cray isn't very agressive either.

 

[davo]

you should be ok then. they are really entertaining fish

 

[hewhorunswithscissors]

should be no problem at all... I have hatchets with my cray, no problem. The sleep at the surface, almost never go more than an inch or so below the surface.

 

[ewurm]

I think hatchetfish should be fine.

 

[RadleyMiller]

I had a crab catch a Needlefish which never ventured into the bottom half of my 75. I don't know how he caught him. However, I did see that crab jump and swim to the top of a 20 to catch a piece of shrimp so it's possible. Crays can't jump but they are good climbers.