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Big Vine · 02-09-2006, 12:56 AM

fishlover1,

Wow...thanks for the info. and the wonderful pics.

So that orange-colored guy in the bottom pic is the one that ate the immunis? That's not the same one that is shown in your first post in this thread, is it---you said you took that orangier one back to the LFS, right?

So my 3 gallon is too small? Figured it might be.

My avatar pic is an extreme close-up, and my little blue is actually only about 2 to 3 inches in length at the moment. He can grow up to about 6 (so I've read and been told).
Think I could keep him in the 3 gallon until he gets a bit bigger, or is it necessary to move him to the 12 right away?

The problem is that the 12 already has 4 little cories and 2 shrimp in there...which I'm sure the cray will devour. Not to mention a couple snails...Will he eat them too (cracking through shells and all)?

They're each about an inch/inch-and-a-half in diameter.

How about this?
Maybe I should just feed the cherry barbs to the cray, then swap the cray with the cories, shrimp, (and possibly the snails) from the 12 gallon tank.
That would then give me the option of sort of "starting over" with species that will more likely survive alongside the crayfish.

Then again, that's over-loading the 3 gallon tank...Maybe I could leave the cories in the 12 gal. and see if they can manage to elude the cray---if not, then tough luck for them, I suppose.
That way I could just move the shrimp and the snails to the 3 gallon...would that allow me room for any fish in the 3 gallon tank?

So many things to consider...Argghhh...

Any suggestions?

Ahem...hehe...suggestions aside from telling me to go buy a bigger tank please. Lol.

Big Vine

02-09-2006, 12:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Big Vine Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 3,870	fishlover1, Wow...thanks for the info. and the wonderful pics. So that orange-colored guy in the bottom pic is the one that ate the immunis? That's not the same one that is shown in your first post in this thread, is it---you said you took that orangier one back to the LFS, right? So my 3 gallon is too small? Figured it might be. My avatar pic is an extreme close-up, and my little blue is actually only about 2 to 3 inches in length at the moment. He can grow up to about 6 (so I've read and been told). Think I could keep him in the 3 gallon until he gets a bit bigger, or is it necessary to move him to the 12 right away? The problem is that the 12 already has 4 little cories and 2 shrimp in there...which I'm sure the cray will devour. Not to mention a couple snails...Will he eat them too (cracking through shells and all)? They're each about an inch/inch-and-a-half in diameter. How about this? Maybe I should just feed the cherry barbs to the cray, then swap the cray with the cories, shrimp, (and possibly the snails) from the 12 gallon tank. That would then give me the option of sort of "starting over" with species that will more likely survive alongside the crayfish. Then again, that's over-loading the 3 gallon tank...Maybe I could leave the cories in the 12 gal. and see if they can manage to elude the cray---if not, then tough luck for them, I suppose. That way I could just move the shrimp and the snails to the 3 gallon...would that allow me room for any fish in the 3 gallon tank? So many things to consider...Argghhh... Any suggestions? Ahem...hehe...suggestions aside from telling me to go buy a bigger tank please. Lol. Big Vine __________________ "The more it eats, the more it excretes." 75 gal. - 10" tiger oscar 75 gal. - turtle setup (Midland Painted) + fish/crayfish (planned for the new year) Last edited by Big Vine; 02-09-2006 at 12:59 AM.