Crayfish?

My Crayfish tank is 10 gallons and I have 3 Crayfish in it (Maybe only one! I haven't seen one of the larger ones for 2 months and the other larger one either went into hiding or was removed by some of my brother's idiotic friends 2 days ago!) so I need some ideas for how to redo it. I have an unlimited supply of rocks of any kind and I can get plants, but they would probably be eaten by the crays.

Edited by Yeahson421, 16 December 2010 - 08:49 PM.

My Crayfish tank is 10 gallons and I have 3 Crayfish in it (Maybe only one! I haven't seen one of the larger ones for 2 months and the other larger one either went into hiding or was removed by some of my brother's idiotic friends 2 days ago!) so I need some ideas for how to redo it. I have an unlimited supply of rocks of any kind and I can get plants, but they would probably be eaten by the crays.

First thing I would suggest is to only keep one cray in a 10 gallon tank. Another possibility for the missing crays is fighting between the crays, or if the water conditions are not ok for the cray, they have been known to escape the tank in search for another body of water (look behind bookshelves under beds and chairs). Personally I prefer using sandstone in my tanks. I just like the look and i know it wont change the pH of the water. Slate and shale work really well too. One common problem is for water to be slightly acidic and that will weaken the carapace of the cray.

As for scaping the tank, just provide a few caves in how you stack the rock so it can hide.

First thing I would suggest is to only keep one cray in a 10 gallon tank. Another possibility for the missing crays is fighting between the crays, or if the water conditions are not ok for the cray, they have been known to escape the tank in search for another body of water (look behind bookshelves under beds and chairs). Personally I prefer using sandstone in my tanks. I just like the look and i know it wont change the pH of the water. Slate and shale work really well too. One common problem is for water to be slightly acidic and that will weaken the carapace of the cray.

As for scaping the tank, just provide a few caves in how you stack the rock so it can hide.

Ok, do you think it would be worth it to do a 15% land 15 gallon paludarium?

Ok, do you think it would be worth it to do a 15% land 15 gallon paludarium?

I'd just leave it aquatic, a paludarium is a cool concept, but with the bioload of a cray, you are better off just having it aquatic. If you had a 20 gallon I'd say go for it (by the way, just keep checking petco, every so often they have a sale on aquariums where it's only $1 a gallon up to 100 gallon aquariums.

I'd just leave it aquatic, a paludarium is a cool concept, but with the bioload of a cray, you are better off just having it aquatic. If you had a 20 gallon I'd say go for it (by the way, just keep checking petco, every so often they have a sale on aquariums where it's only $1 a gallon up to 100 gallon aquariums.

Yeah, I think I'll buy a 20 gallon because their next sale is January 2nd. Where I live the sale only applies up to 55 gallons.

Many crays are cannibalistic, so even if they don't escape (which they frequently do, as CC said), there can be only one!