Pleco + Crayfish?

[vd853]

Is it safe to put Pleco and Crayfish together? I'm afraid the Crayfish might pinch the Pleco to death...

 

[GrimReaperMB]

I'm afraid the Crayfish might pinch the Pleco to death...

you would be extremely lucky if it DIDN'T happen. but almost garenteed it will and even with a huge pleco the cray would still cause major damage.

 

[OH10fiero]

They may get along, they may not, but I have always kept at least one, up to 150 crayfish in my tank (when they breed) and have yet to have a problem. So I think you should be fine, just give the little guy his own place to hide out during the day and for when he molts.

 

[Fish_are_fishfood]

It depends, I went through 3 common plecos, about 3-5"", all within only a few days of putting them in, lost to my crayfish. But somehow he gets along with my 4" bushynose pleco which I have had in with him for a few months.

 

[Zero46]

I had 4 plecos and a crayfish and they never bothered eachother.

 

[JEAE21]

i was gonna do the same thing but decided not to when my small crawdad caught/killed/ate a 3" goldfish that just happened to go inside his cave.
The fish was a beautifully colored fellow too...

 

[Snake_Eyes]

I had a blue crayfish hollow out a pleco.

 

[ewurm]

I have a white spot with my blue cray, it's ok, but I keep the cray well fed. It's a risk.

 

[Nabbig2]

Do not do it...crayfish are very aggressive.

 

[luisrcrx]

my pleco killed my crawdaddy i dont know how but he did it he was about 7" at the time