freshwater tank that looks like saltwater..

[BIANCA]

My blue crayfish is moving on to bigger and better places and will be relocating from his 12 gallon eclipse, to a 30 gallon tank. It will just be him and his little gold snail roomate in the tank. I was already going to buy crushed coral as the substrate (not the finely crushed gravel, but the kind where you can actually see whole seashells and stuff), BUT then i was thinking I would also decorate the tank with saltwater decorations (coral, etc) because he is blue and does look quite *tropical* so i think he would look good with the setup.
My only question is will all of the decor make the water too hard? I know the crushed coral gravel and coral will add calcium to the water, but as long as I do regular water changes they should be okay right? Just as a reminder there are no fish or plants in this tank.

 

[Pufferpack]

Have you thought of using fake coral, same look but no messing with the water ...Are you going to look for some more roommates for him, maybe some Ghost or Cherry shrimp?

 

[BIANCA]

Are you going to look for some more roommates for him, maybe some Ghost or Cherry shrimp?

yeah i think any shrimp would only be a roomate for about an hour or so, anything after that and it will just be considered a tasty snack.
my crayfish is pushing 6 inches.

 

[Pufferpack]

I guess you'll have to look for "Speedy" shrimp...you can tel them by the racing stripes

 

[Jamnog]

hmm well im not shure how tough thease cray fish are but from the documentary i saw they are capable of living in lots of different water conditions. i dont think salt water is one of the conditions they are capable of living in as they would otherwise be lobsters. i know that the decor would not make the water that brackish but just how much salt a cray would be ok with so i sugest air on the side of caution.

 

[dolphin]

Hi All

Check out Blue Crayfish.COM

 

[Nik]

I have seen tanks that look Marine but aren't. Our local department store has a beauty treatment section where old ladies go to try and make themselves look more attractive.

They have a large tank filled with fake coral and white rock - not sure of type. The substrate is white crushed coral as you describe. Inside the tank they have bright orange Parrot fish (hybrid - so unpopular with some). They have a double lighting system and have one actinic bulb which creates a blue marine like tint to the tank.

Parrot lover or not the tank looks ace and to the untrained viewer it would be a marine set up.

Interesting project if you follow it through.

 

[Starry^]

so like... can u eat blue crayfish..?
haha
and does it taste good?
are u growing him for the boiling pot bianca?

J/K!!



Starry^

 

[teknikz]

just make sure u dont give him a nice warm bubble bath like homer did.....

hmmmmm whats that lovely smell?

D'oh!!!!

 

[-=DG=-]

My blue crayfish is moving on to bigger and better places and will be relocating from his 12 gallon eclipse, to a 30 gallon tank. It will just be him and his little gold snail roomate in the tank. I was already going to buy crushed coral as the substrate (not the finely crushed gravel, but the kind where you can actually see whole seashells and stuff), BUT then i was thinking I would also decorate the tank with saltwater decorations (coral, etc) because he is blue and does look quite *tropical* so i think he would look good with the setup.
My only question is will all of the decor make the water too hard? I know the crushed coral gravel and coral will add calcium to the water, but as long as I do regular water changes they should be okay right? Just as a reminder there are no fish or plants in this tank.

Your ph will shoot up if you get the crushed coral.

 

[Jamnog]

hey thanks for that link dolfin i will be able to care for the cray much better now.
a tropical look could be gotten buy using some nice looking shells with sand maybee white sand