Stocking soon

ikermalli · 04-15-2008, 06:37 PM

Hello,

I just cleaned out my 20 Gallon tank. I gave my filter away to my friend and all my fish and decorations. My friend is buying me some black gravel and a few plants today. I was just wondering which fish I could put in? I was thinking of putting in some of these huge catfish I saw today, they are like 7 inches and a convict or two but I also want an electric blue florida crayfish and I want to keep some fish with it. There are some small convicts at the petstore and two small crayfish there. What do I need to feed them and how many hiding places should I have? Could I use those half logs that are hollow that are sold for reptiles? It looks like this: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2752745

Blue Cray · 04-15-2008, 06:49 PM

Convicts will kill the crayfish and most other bottom dwellers.

Blue Cray · 04-15-2008, 06:51 PM

Oops I mean the cray will kill most of the bottom dwellers.

ikermalli · 04-15-2008, 06:54 PM

lol, could I keep anything else with them?

Blue Cray · 04-15-2008, 07:13 PM

A school of tetras, an african butterfly fish, hatchet fish, plecos, gouramis, mostly anything that doesnt stick around the bottom but if your cray (if you decide to get one) is like mine it will only eat dead fish and wont touch anything you're safe with all fish but that is very rare. You also cannot keep plants with them.

ikermalli · 04-15-2008, 07:41 PM

If I get a bunch of livebearers will it eat the fry?

Obsidian · 04-15-2008, 08:32 PM

If this is a 20 gallon do NOT get the huge catfish. Bad idea.

ikermalli · 04-15-2008, 08:34 PM

yeah i asked about that. It is an Albino Channel Catfish that grows to a foot long and needs a pond. What could I keep in there that is active and moderately big? Like 6 Inches? (15cm)

ikermalli · 04-16-2008, 06:31 AM

What is a good staple diet for the crayfish?

fishbguy · 04-16-2008, 06:34 AM

Channels get to 3 or more feet. They get HUGE!

Anything meaty that is on the bottom of the tank is good for crayfish.

amypicot · 04-16-2008, 03:21 PM

my crays loved peas and prawns, they are really hungry fish (except when sheading) well at least mine were

ikermalli · 04-16-2008, 03:36 PM

prawns as in live or the ones you get at walmart? Also could I feed them any live worms as a staple? Like mealworms, bloodworms, blackworms?

amypicot · 04-16-2008, 03:45 PM

just thawed frozen prawns, i feed my fish bloodworm aswell so i gues they got what fell to the bottom, they went mad for peas and tried to catch any fish that swam past haha, only caught 2 little ones though

04-15-2008, 06:37 PM	#1
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 707	Stocking soon Hello, I just cleaned out my 20 Gallon tank. I gave my filter away to my friend and all my fish and decorations. My friend is buying me some black gravel and a few plants today. I was just wondering which fish I could put in? I was thinking of putting in some of these huge catfish I saw today, they are like 7 inches and a convict or two but I also want an electric blue florida crayfish and I want to keep some fish with it. There are some small convicts at the petstore and two small crayfish there. What do I need to feed them and how many hiding places should I have? Could I use those half logs that are hollow that are sold for reptiles? It looks like this: http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2752745 __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

04-15-2008, 06:49 PM	#2
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 515	Convicts will kill the crayfish and most other bottom dwellers. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

04-15-2008, 06:51 PM	#3
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 515	Oops I mean the cray will kill most of the bottom dwellers. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

04-15-2008, 06:54 PM	#4
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 707	lol, could I keep anything else with them? __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

04-15-2008, 07:13 PM	#5
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 515	A school of tetras, an african butterfly fish, hatchet fish, plecos, gouramis, mostly anything that doesnt stick around the bottom but if your cray (if you decide to get one) is like mine it will only eat dead fish and wont touch anything you're safe with all fish but that is very rare. You also cannot keep plants with them. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

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04-15-2008, 07:41 PM	#6
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 707	If I get a bunch of livebearers will it eat the fry? __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

04-15-2008, 08:32 PM	#7
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,059	If this is a 20 gallon do NOT get the huge catfish. Bad idea. __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 5 Cherry Barbs; 7 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco (Old Blondie) 10 gallon Breaking it down for storage. 5.5 gallon Betta 100 gallon 7 giant danios; 4 Rosy Barbs, 1 German Blue Ram, 7 Julie Cory cats, 2 Burmese Loaches; 4 Zebra Danios

04-15-2008, 08:34 PM	#8
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 707	yeah i asked about that. It is an Albino Channel Catfish that grows to a foot long and needs a pond. What could I keep in there that is active and moderately big? Like 6 Inches? (15cm) __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/ Last edited by ikermalli; 04-15-2008 at 08:38 PM.

04-16-2008, 06:31 AM	#9
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 707	What is a good staple diet for the crayfish? __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

04-16-2008, 06:34 AM	#10
fishbguy Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,898	Channels get to 3 or more feet. They get HUGE! Anything meaty that is on the bottom of the tank is good for crayfish.

04-16-2008, 03:21 PM	#11
amypicot Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 78	my crays loved peas and prawns, they are really hungry fish (except when sheading) well at least mine were

04-16-2008, 03:36 PM	#12
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 707	prawns as in live or the ones you get at walmart? Also could I feed them any live worms as a staple? Like mealworms, bloodworms, blackworms? __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

04-16-2008, 03:45 PM	#13
amypicot Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 78	just thawed frozen prawns, i feed my fish bloodworm aswell so i gues they got what fell to the bottom, they went mad for peas and tried to catch any fish that swam past haha, only caught 2 little ones though

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