Would Crayfish be Safe with Large Vampire Shrimp and Discus?

[SilverArowanaBoi]

Hey y'all! I was thinking about adding a crayfish to my tank and wondered if it would be okay with my Raphs, Large Vampire Shirmp, and my discus. I have the feeling that y'all will say no, but I thought I would ask anyway.

Would it potentially work if I provided a specific place for it? Like a coconut hut, tube, rock cave, or smth of the sort?

 

[Alexxxxsv14]

The crayfish will tear your discus up while they sleep. I think if you want to successfully keep discus you need to keep the discus only. Discus as your main fish. School of peaceful tetras. Cory clean up crew and a bristlenose pleco or 2. Easy to keep discus if you follow the basics.

 

[Deadeye]

I haven’t personally had any problems with crays and other fish, but given the more delicate nature of discus I’d guess it’s best not to mix the two.
It’s hard to imagine it not destroying the shrimp as well.

 

[phreeflow]

You’d be fine with cambarellus patzcuarensis (Dwarf Mexican crayfish). The orange ones look great and they have small claws and can’t damage your discus

 

[Cal Amari]

The dwarf may be a safer option, I had a blue cray years ago that ate a spotted raphael. I had plenty of hiding spots, but they're not going to divide them up and stay in their own spots, the cray will go anywhere he can, and likely shred anything slow enough to catch.

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

The dwarf may be a safer option, I had a blue cray years ago that ate a spotted raphael. I had plenty of hiding spots, but they're not going to divide them up and stay in their own spots, the cray will go anywhere he can, and likely shred anything slow enough to catch.

I can't do the dwarfs because I have a large Raph that can eat them, but thank you for the recommendation!

 

[FJB]

No crayfish.