Florida Blue Crayfish (procambarus Alleni)

[propwash89]

Hi all


I have been searching the internet for an answer to my question, but haven't found anything dead on so far, so I figured I'd ask here

Right now I have a tank with 3 angels, 2 clown loaches, 4 harlequin rasboras, and 2 otos in it. I was thinking about adding some sort of invertebrate to the community, and saw some awesome looking florida blue crays at my LFS.

I have read that florida blue's (Procambarus alleni) as opposed to the bigger australian redclaws, are very peaceful and shy. Is this true? What would happen if I put one cray in to the tank right now... would the loaches and angelfish bother it, or would it try to attack them? Or, would nothing bad happen and would everybody live happily ever after?

Do you think the angelfish (only about 2-3" long ) would try to eat it? I have heard of oscars eating crays, but angel's aern't big enough to do that.. right?

Has anybody else tried florida blue crays in a community tank?

(btw my tank is planted, with rocks/caves in it)

Thanks for the help

 

[GoldLenny]

Everything I've read says they are best left alone in a tank as they will eventually go after everything else in the tank. http/www.aqua-terra-vita.com/CrayfishWP/Care.html http/www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/crayfishselfaq.htm

I'm sure there are exceptions but don't get too attached to your fish.

 

[raptorrex]

Hi all


I have been searching the internet for an answer to my question, but haven't found anything dead on so far, so I figured I'd ask here

Right now I have a tank with 3 angels, 2 clown loaches, 4 harlequin rasboras, and 2 otos in it. I was thinking about adding some sort of invertebrate to the community, and saw some awesome looking florida blue crays at my LFS.

I have read that florida blue's (Procambarus alleni) as opposed to the bigger australian redclaws, are very peaceful and shy. Is this true? What would happen if I put one cray in to the tank right now... would the loaches and angelfish bother it, or would it try to attack them? Or, would nothing bad happen and would everybody live happily ever after?

Do you think the angelfish (only about 2-3" long ) would try to eat it? I have heard of oscars eating crays, but angel's aern't big enough to do that.. right?

Has anybody else tried florida blue crays in a community tank?

(btw my tank is planted, with rocks/caves in it)

Thanks for the help

awesome Crayfish. but now way would it be my choice for a community. from my research, its the ozzy Redclaw that is the calm one, and even then not all of them. not come accross them being shy so not sure on your info.

big problem for the tropical community!!! these Cray are cool/coldwater cray best kept between 65 and 75 degrees. if you keep a Cray at the top end of the range, you may well be inviting, bacterial infection.

though this is hard to check, wild caught allani, well any American Cray, may well carry Crayfish plague. something we could all do with avoiding.

if i could give advice? take a look at my thread on Cray in the community, it deals with Redclaw i know. but you get blue morph Redclaws, and even if you cant get one, many redclaws turn the most vivid blue. they even do well in brackish so giving a wider choice of tank mates.

 

[propwash89]

Hmm yea thanks for the tips, I also noticed today the temperature requirements for those guys and it wouldn't work out.. I still want some sort of invertebrate in my community though