Cobalt Blue Lobster found a new tasty snack:(

MikenDanielle

MikenDanielle

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I knew there was a possibiliy that it could happen, but just didnt think it would.... anyways, I came home today to sadly find a few peices of bone? that I am being lead to beleive are the reminants of my catfish... I am really quite shock, I have had fish get eaten in other aquariums before but nothing like this... theres literally some boney matter the size of maybe half a penny left of him, and he was about an inch and a half long. I can only beleive the culprit was the lobster as the other other things in the tank are tetras, guppies and 2 pleco's all much smaller than the catfish. Oh well, lesson leanred I guess.
 
Wow man, sorry for the loss...:(
 
You can't blame the lobster, catfish are tasty! I like mine grilled with some cajun dust.
 
sorry to hear it, and if your plec's are smaller as you said ide watch then to as they will become lobster food to, well any bottom feeders and slow swimmers will end up on the chef's special board.....sad but it happens.

any pics of your cray?? if so post some would like to see
 
That's not a cobalt blue crayfish. It's a Yabbie (Cherax sp. - likely quadricarinatus). They are known to be very aggressive.

Here's mine.
blue_cray3.jpg
 
jm1212 said:
it sounds like it was a combo of all of the fish and the yabbie eating the remnants of the body...
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Oh, it's likely that the crayfish did the eating. I've 'fed' mine the carcases of fish/shrimp that have gone belly up. My crayfish will consume a 2" fish in approximately a minute. He usually only gets a 1/2" chunk of boiled chicken, once a week, so the rare dead offering gets him really excited. :eek: The fish listed in the tank (mollies & such) will be frightened off by the Yabbie.

Here's a quick link with some water parameters for this particular species. FYI, they are a hardy species that tollerates a wide range of conditions, so it's likely that if you're fish are healthy (and you don't use ferts/meds with metals in the tank), the crayfish will do fine.
http://www.cairns.net.au/~freeformintegration/redclaw.htm
 
If you're going to keep fish with any crayfish, it better be fish you don't want, or fish that are guaranteed not to go near the bottom. I've seen my (R.I.P.) 6in Cherax Quad take on a pleco as big as itself... and had to forcibly remove him from said pleco.

Only thing I ceep with my cray - I have a cherax holthuisi right now - is feeder guppies. Keeps him active.

If you insist on keeping display fish with a cray, best thing I could suggest are hatchetfish, as I prety sure they stay near the top al the time.
 
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