snails or crabs/crayfish

[TheBloodyIrish]

I am not so much a expert, more like reading up on them... success stories and horror stories. I am thinking of adding a couple to my future stream tank, which is why I am reading on them.

Some people never lost a fish, others wake up to a bunch of dead ones laying around or injured fish. I guess it is a matter of the crayfish's personality.

Fya, many empty shells at the bottom of that tank?

 

[tfaceon]

i woke up with no fish in my one tank and the crayfish under my night stand

i feed him to my rtc i wouldent get one agian. Try lots of ghost shrimp

 

[chico3611]

Just giving you a heads up on crabs as well as cray fish...you will have to escape proof your tank (tape up any holes if theres pipes going in or out) and if you have a hang on thats even harder....they are escape artist.
if you get them, be very carefull b/c they will find a way out.

 

[Headrush]

i woke up with no fish in my one tank and the crayfish under my night stand

i feed him to my rtc i wouldent get one agian. Try lots of ghost shrimp

Wouldn't a 6" JD and a 4" GT make snacks out of every ghost shrimp in there?

 

[Headrush]

I like the snail idea. Then I can grab 2 more YOYO Loaches and trade the Pleco's if possible.

What snails can I use with Loaches tho? I told a friend to get one for a snail problem and it wiped out every little snail in that tank in a couple days. Won't the snails be loach food or are they OK if I get them when they're big? I hear they only live a year or 2 tho

Will the cichlids bother them?

 

[Connor0729]

most snails reproduce a-sexually, meaning that only one will cause a population explosion because they don't need a mate. if you get two, the population would climb twice as fast. just get one to start if you get mystery or apple snails. there is a species that can live in fresh water, but only breeds in salt water, so that would be your best choice, but i can't remember what its called.