how many crawl-outs have you experienced with inverts?

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guppy said:
I stopped keeping crayfish because they either eat thier tankmates or go for a walkabout.I did keep several small freshwater crabs in a tank that was heavily planted anb brushed against the window curtain, at night they sometimes took a walk but as soon as you turned on the lights they would run over and jump back in. It was funny so I would leave a couple of bits of dry cat food on top of the tank for them. I never lost any.
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LOL! that's funny. So far haven't had any of my crays crawl out yet. KNOCK ON WOOD. My crays are expensive and would suck if they dried out.
 
haha i have had the same elec blue for about 7months now (2inch claws)and shes/he never tried to crawl out but he keeps climbing the bubble stick and gets blown to the surface by bubbles LOL... but yea it has eaten countless gouramis and angels :( he also got ahold of a 10 inch pleco and had the ride of its life... up down and EVERYWHERE in the tank lol was like a flash, and its right claw managed to get ripped off, now it doesnt mess with the other fish haha


<------ im nub i only been keeping fish less than a year and tend to put the wrong kind of fish together
 
THAT IS funny!
 
The TRUST said:
LOL! that's funny. So far haven't had any of my crays crawl out yet. KNOCK ON WOOD. My crays are expensive and would suck if they dried out.
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My crayfish get out of my wifes often. It really freaks out the cat. BTW, to solve the escape problems from troublesome inverts or fish, I use a wire reptile top with only spots cut for my filter and airlines. It's virtually Fort Knox. If your worried about evaporation, Silicone some plexiglass to parts of the top. I haven't found this to be a problem though.
 
oh man that had to suck, was the stench really bad? the sump managed to handle all the ammonia without wrecking the fish?
 
My store just stoped selling crabs.. (we kept little things like fiddler crabs) beacause I"d walk in the front door in the morning, and mind you the tanks are all in the back of the store.... and crabs would be scuttling at my feet. Like 20 feet away from their tank!!! they'd crawl up the heater cord and sneek out.. very very sneeky. And I had a spiney eel flip his way about six feet from his tank before he dried up..
 
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