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Get another aquarium. Or put a separator into your current one.

I my aquarium I have a very pretty Electric Blue Crayfish. It is aesthetically pleasing but moves stuff around and generally eats my other fish. How can I get rid of the little f*cker without being cruel and killing it?

Mmmhh...crayfish...

ermm....Realeasing it into the wild?

ermm....Realeasing it into the wild?

Its a tropical fish. I don't think the River Lostock would be condusive to its prosperity. Plus releasing a foreign animal into the ecosystem has proved problomatic for other areas.

Bigger, hungry fish? :D

Get another aquarium. Or put a separator into your current one.

The expence of getting another aquarium would be prohibitive. A seperator would be unworkable as I have 2 silver dollars, 6 zebra danios, 3 black widows and 2 neon tetras. Oh and a Gibisep Plecostomus. The room needed for the crayfish would be disproportionate to the other fish's needs.

Eat it. Crayfish is meant to taste like crab. Might be a plan to put it in fresh running waterfor a little while though.

Its a tropical fish. I don't think the River Lostock would be condusive to its prosperity. Plus releasing a foreign animal into the ecosystem has proved problomatic for other areas.

I figured you just didn't want to actively kill it.

Bigger, hungry fish? :D

I could get a Tiger Oscar but that would just eat all my fish. I want a way of ridding my tank of this monster without harming it.

Eat it. Crayfish is meant to taste like crab. Might be a plan to put it in fresh running waterfor a little while though.

I can't eat it! With it's lovely antenae floating around like rat's tails. I know what it eats and therefore cannot put its produce in my mouth. Fresh water flow would require a new filter for the redundant tank I have outside. Also new heater ect...

I could get a Tiger Oscar but that would just eat all my fish. I want a way of ridding my tank of this monster without harming it.

Maybe you could give it to a pet store? They might take it. Possibly..

Maybe you could give it to a pet store? They might take it. Possibly..

Unfortunatley most pet stores have a policy of not taking fish from the public due to contamination. They know where their fish come from but cannot guaruntee that your fish has been kept in pristeen conditions. Your fish might have a disease that could kill their stock.

The expence of getting another aquarium would be prohibitive. A seperator would be unworkable as I have 2 silver dollars, 6 zebra danios, 3 black widows and 2 neon tetras. Oh and a Gibisep Plecostomus. The room needed for the crayfish would be disproportionate to the other fish's needs.

what the hell were you thinking putting an aggressive in with all those community fish?:eek:

you either have to transplant him to another bowl, or move your community fish that are still alive to another bowl.......btw, you know it's 1 inch of fish per gallon(imperial) of water right?

are crayfish crawdads? i use to catch them in a stream behind my house.. but I've never ate them... heard they were good though.

are crayfish crawdads? i use to catch them in a stream behind my house.. but I've never ate them... heard they were good though.

Yes.

I really want to try them.

Yes.

I really want to try them.


ahh cool. go for it =) I think they are pretty popular down in Louisiana.

probably just gotta know how to clean em.

what the hell were you thinking putting an aggressive in with all those community fish?:eek:

you either have to transplant him to another bowl, or move your community fish that are still alive to another bowl.......btw, you know it's 1 inch of fish per gallon(imperial) of water right?

He wasn't agressive when I got him. He was only 1 inch long. The equation for fish to volume of water is very comlicated. Community fish need less space as they shoal, whereas larger solitary fish need more space in comparison. I know I made a mistake in getting him but I want him to continue living whilst not encroaching on the lives of my other fish. The silver dollars are particular beautiful if skittish.

BTW - I like you Smunk - you is good people.

Bigger, hungry fish? :D

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

Its a tropical fish. I don't think the River Lostock would be condusive to its prosperity. Plus releasing a foreign animal into the ecosystem has proved problomatic for other areas.

I'd laugh. :)

you know that during your lifetime an average person swallows 8 spiders in his or her sleep.


I've heard you eat all sorts of bugs in ketchup bottles ..etc, tuna cans .etc.. i think the fda has a limit on how much can be in them.

this time warp was the same time as my pc's time. 8:09

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

you know that during your lifetime an average person swallows 8 spiders in his or her sleep.

you know that during your lifetime an average person swallows 8 spiders in his or her sleep.

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Find a friend who likes seafood.

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Hey! eat some Gizzards! (http://www.teeuwissen.nl/newsite/uploads/prod_xl/761.1.jpg) batter em up and deep fry. Yum.

I've eaten crayfish before- they're quite good. Never had an electric blue tropical one though.

Meh, just get a largish octupus, that will solve all of your aquatic problems.... provided it doesn't escape....

Meh, just get a largish octupus, that will solve all of your aquatic problems.... provided it doesn't escape....

My aquarium if freshwater. Even if I could breed a freshwater octupus it would escape unless I created a fish vault. It would solve my aquatic problems only if my problems involved having .

The . is one of the greatest problems to plague life on Earth! It caused the end of the Dinosaurs! By making them wait so long that they didn't breed!

That being said, I just like the octopus so I'm biased.

the period?

The . is one of the greatest problems to plague life on Earth! It caused the end of the Dinosaurs! By making them wait so long that they didn't breed!

That being said, I just like the octopus so I'm biased.

Put the crayfish in it's own smaller seperate tank.

As a rule, you don't mix shoal/community fish with crustaceans or particularly large fish that aren't guaranteed to be docile. Crabs, Lobsters, Crayfish etc need to live in their own tank. If you like you can have two or three in the tank, but make sure they each have 1 foot squared of area each and make the ratio of male:female, 1:2.

Feed them a mixture of things such as fish tablets, flakes etc. They're scavengers too, so try and make it more exciting for them and you by making them look for their food. A cool thing to do is get a collection of shells and put food into them, then place them in the tank. Then they have to look for thier food.

Put the crayfish in it's own smaller seperate tank.

As a rule, you don't mix shoal/community fish with crustaceans or particularly large fish that aren't guaranteed to be docile. Crabs, Lobsters, Crayfish etc need to live in their own tank. If you like you can have two or three in the tank, but make sure they each have 1 foot squared of area each and make the ratio of male:female, 1:2

The only other tank is outside and sure to kill it. The RSPCA don't take unwanted crayfish.

No fish is guarenteed to be docile. My black widows ate the face off my last green tiger barb.

Actually that's true, you can never be quite sure about your fishes aggression, but there are certain species that are pretty much guaranteed to be docile. I have a South American Algae eater myself. 7 inches long. It only sucks algae and gets along well with my 10 tetras, 10 widows and silver dollar.

Can't you buy a new tank for it?

Use it as bait for a fishing trip I’m sure that will work….maybe you could just freeze it to death or microwave fun

No fish is guarenteed to be docile. My black widows ate the face off my last green tiger barb.

:eek: can’t you stick to goldfish

Actually that's true, you can never be quite sure about your fishes aggression, but there are certain species that are pretty much guaranteed to be docile. I have a South American Algae eater myself. 7 inches long. It only sucks algae and gets along well with my 10 tetras, 10 widows and silver dollar.

Can't you buy a new tank for it?


No. No room in my house, plus I wouldn't spare that expense for one fish I have a love/hate relationship with.

No. No room in my house, plus I wouldn't spare that expense for one fish I have a love/hate relationship with.

Then we are in a bit of a pickle.

I'd gladly take that thing off you if I could. I've always wanted a crustacean for a pet.

I'll get back to you.

Give it to a school. And if you can't do that, wrap it and put it in your freezer -- which is a relatively humane way to put it down.

Then we are in a bit of a pickle.

Ideed we are - hense my need to rehome the lovely little c*nt.

are crayfish crawdads? i use to catch them in a stream behind my house.. but I've never ate them... heard they were good though.

Yes they are the same thing.

Send the little sucker to New Orleans they'll gie him a taste of southern cuisine :p

or you could just mail it to me in Philadelphia i have a good aquarium and i've kept crayfish before ;)

the period?

Yes, a manifestation of time in writing form! So powerful that whatever gets entranced in it's singularity of pure evil becomes helpless, waiting until the thing is done with.

I'd gladly take that thing off you if I could. I've always wanted a crustacean for a pet.

I'll get back to you.

Are you in the U.K?

Er. Yes actually. Scotland

Er. Yes actually. Scotland
Then I will leave it in the river Lostock between the white bridge and dnbkirk lane.
You can't miss it.

there's good eating on one of those.

So this entire thread was about where to house a crawdad , and not how to cook it?

If he's getting on your nerves then set him free! put him back into the little stream or whatever you got him from. Gah.

BTW HunterS. Any chance of a pic of this little bugger crayfish?