Wild crayfish?

[dchaos52]

Hi, today i went crayfishing with a friend of mine, and i caught a very young crawdad, so small that he cant even pinch me yet.. i was wondering if it would be safe to let him go in my aquarium at home? would he spread parasites.. or would he try and eat the other fish?

 

[crashinc25]

I'd be more worried about parasites than him eating the fishies. I had 2 blue and 1 red until last month. Each probably 3-4"; never really bothered with the African Cichlids.

 

[Yakuza-Irezumi]

When they attain a certain size they will become adept at catching sleeping fish.

 

[dchaos52]

alright, well i have him in a seperate tank at the moment, i really like how he looks hes so small and cute, so mabye ill just dedicate him to his own enviorment, hes really neat

 

[guppy]

I currently have a very large, wild caught crayfish in a tank of wild caught fish. So far it has not caught any of them. Crays do try to eat anythingthey get hold of and many fish try to eat them. In my case a bluegill about the same length as the cray keeps trying to grab off one of the cray's legs. I did salt quarantine the cray.

 

[skipper]

You take your chances of something being eaten, but crayfish are an entertaining addition to a tank. I haven't had any problems with them yet.

 

[jpjn]

My daughter's ended up with 2 teeny baby crays that were mixed in with feeder fish at the store. They have each one in a separate tank by itself (no fish). They molted once a week and grew so fast we couldn't believe it. They're very amusing to watch. They pick up stones and move tem where they want. They LOVE having a cave too. So be sure to provide one. Feed it spiralina, shrimp pellets, Romaine lettuce when they're molting (they need the calcium for the molt).

They will eat smaller fish that sleep on the bottom at night. Crays are mostly nocturnal and begin hunting for food at night. Crays will also eat each other if in too small of a tank.