Crayfish?

Srkoe · Post by **Srkoe** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:23 am

I willbe going to the lfs this weekend and want to pick up a crayfish to offer to my f8's. They are one is about 2.5 inches the other about 3 inches. I also have 2 bbg's and a knight Goby in the same tank. This may sound stupid but will the crayfish pinch my puffers or other fish??? I would hate to have a wounded or dead fish and the bbg's are so tiny.

xrayjeeper83 · Post by **xrayjeeper83** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:59 am

They can if the puffer comes at the from the front, some people pull the claws off so that cant happen. And if it does the fish will heal and im sure the crayfish will be dead

Srkoe · Post by **Srkoe** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:08 am

Didn't think about pulling the claws off...not sure if I can do that though...lol

zookey · Post by **zookey** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:09 pm

If you can't declaw.... try banding the claws shut.

Srkoe · Post by **Srkoe** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:19 pm

Maybe someone at the store will pull them off...or an evil child from the neighborhood...lol!

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:27 pm

Srkoe wrote:Maybe someone at the store will pull them off...or an evil child from the neighborhood...lol!

Oh I'll take the job!

Muffuletta · Post by **Muffuletta** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:51 pm

It is much better to eat the crawfish yourself, then feeding them to your fish.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:54 pm

Muffuletta wrote:It is much better to eat the crawfish yourself, then feeding them to your fish.

Very true especially since I have been losing my allergies to shellfish. Wasn't sure it was possible till it happened to me.

geronimo69 · Post by **geronimo69** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:59 pm

Crayfish don't6 have their claws taken off in the wild.... Just saying.

My Fahaka annihilates any size of crayfish, and he's still only about 10 months old and a fifth his full size.

Srkoe · Post by **Srkoe** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:28 pm

I know they are not taken off in the wild...hehe...I'm more nervous that if it sits in the tank for too long it will mess with my bbg's. I'm just paranoid I suppose.

xrayjeeper83 · Post by **xrayjeeper83** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:01 pm

I would not band the claws, your puffer may suck the band down too.

Yes we go through this debate all the time, in the wild they have their claws and the puffers take the chance of getting hurt. In my tank, I dont wanna chance hurting my puffer. I could careless about the cray he is about to be eaten anyways.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:51 pm

geronimo69 wrote:Crayfish don't6 have their claws taken off in the wild.... Just saying.

My Fahaka annihilates any size of crayfish, and he's still only about 10 months old and a fifth his full size.

Actually thats a funny story, during summer I catch crayfish a my local lake and caught many with 1 claw.
but yah they are supposed to have claws.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:34 pm

I euthenize the crays before feeding...not worth risking your puffers health

pirasha · Post by **pirasha** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:56 pm

How do you euthanize them? I would be afraid of doing anything to them for fear of affecting my (eventual) puffer

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:46 am

Could you freeze them?

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