crayfish and butterfly fish.

could i keep a freshwater butterfly fish with my 5in crayfish?
it would be a 15g tank that they would live in.

 

as comaptibility goes i dont see why not...crayfish stay on the bottom and butterfly fish stay at the edge of the water.i odnt know about the sizes though...have t_chelle comment on that part.

 

The possibility of the crayfish eating the butterfly fish is somewhat lessened becuase they occupy opposite areas of the tank, but it's still possible that the butterfly will become a snack.

And a 15 gallon should be fine for the butterfly, but I'm not sure how much waste crayfish produce. With both, it could be too much bioload; but I'm not entirely sure.

-Chelle

 

the crayfish dosnt produce much wast. i dont feed it much. if i was to get the buterfly fish anything the butterfly drops would be eaten by the crayfish.

 

I have a crayfish with my other tropical fish and they are doing fine.

 

Just a warning. In the summer i caught a crayfish and i had it in my spear tank. I ate feeder gold fish and it ate like 2-3 a week and it cauhgt them No problem usually at night time so just be warned...I woke up to check on him one morning and i found 2 heads floating around