The Puffer Forum

Frank is my big crayfish and been in the tank since my first green spotted was put in. They had their fights. Finney *gps* would bug him and test his limits. Until one day, Frank was able to give him a nice hug which resulted in me having to break them up. Every since then they have been pretty much scared of each other. Frank is a pretty oddguy. It seems like he always need to be the focus of the tank. If you cant find him its because you are looking in the wrong place...He is in the front just staring at you. He loves to climb things and just jump. Not sure if he is trying to end his life or just exploring. He makes a great part of the tank and a lot of smiles. Also, he loves to clean my sand up which is great because i hate doing it.

What sort of crayfish is Frank?

I have one living with my Congo. Removed his claws so he wouldn't hurt the puffer & now he cleans up after him.

Pufferpunk wrote:Removed his claws so he wouldn't hurt the puffer

What?

The crab was as big as the puffer.

Yeah, but you didn't feel like that was akin to declawing a cat?

I did feel bad. Filbert ate the claws. He was supposed to be dinner.

Well...think that keeping puffers and crayfish in the same tank is quite wrong.
They are predator and prey, and naturally, prey avoids predators, so i strongly believe that this kind of relationships are extremely stressful to "preys"

They keep to their own corners. I think the puffer's afraid of him.

Ohhhh! I thought you meant you removed the claws so that he could be a long-term tankmate. I was so wigged out!

RVS wrote:Well...think that keeping puffers and crayfish in the same tank is quite wrong.
They are predator and prey, and naturally, prey avoids predators, so i strongly believe that this kind of relationships are extremely stressful to "preys"

i see no wrong with this. the puffers do their own thing and my crayfish does his. he has a lot of space and hiding spots and i havent had an issue.

I actually agree with RVS, at least to an extent. Until we better understand how large invertebrates' minds work and how much "emotion" they can feel, I would avoid this kind of arrangement, personally. With smaller ones, I don't think it's an issue because their brains are so incredibly simple - whether they can even experience pain is unknown, and most scientists are leaning towards no, so I don't think fear is an issue.

Pufferpunk wrote:They keep to their own corners. I think the puffer's afraid of him.

Is the congo aggressive as most arrowheads? I know 100% that the arrowhead is missing fear. Unless hes not scared because he thinks hes invisble lol i would fo thought the congo would take chunks out of any size cray.

`Sup, Frank...

Yes, the Congo is the same in aggressiveness as the Arrowhead.