Got me a killie!

[StinaUIUC]

So I picked up a lyretail killifish at my lfs yesterday... He's SO PRETTY!!! Mostly bright orange with red spots! Gorgeous little fish! So far he's survived the cray...he's gotten a little to close to the cray for comfort for me...but he seems fast enough to be able to avoid the claws. I netted him last night just to be sure he was safe, and I know he's stressed, so I think keeping from the cray at night is a good idea until he settles in. Anyway...I really like him...I didn't think they were that pretty! I really hope he does alright with the cray.l..otherwise I'll have to switch his tank and put him in with my guppies. Either way, he's gorgeous and I'm keepin' 'im!!

 

[David]

I think you should really only keep larger fish that can fend for themselves with crayfish... it's taking too much of a risk to put a small fish in there. Basically you are putting a predator and prey together in a confined area: not very good for the prey. the killi will probably become stressed out eventually, which can lead to disease and eventually death. I'd move it ASAP, or divide the tank and have th cray confined to one side.

 

[cometcattle]

Congrats StinaUIUC!

My gardneri killies are always on the bottom of the tank when I first turn the lights on, so I agree with David, I'd move him.



Go ILLINI!

 

[fishdudein]

Hi Stina!!!

Murphy's Law always seems to apply in these situations. If it's a fish you really like, the cray is probably going to make a meal out of it. If, however, like me, you had some deformed guppy culls and were trying to get the cray to eat them, they would live with the cray indefinitely.

I would separate them. There are not too many fish that I would trust with a cray. Either the cray is going to eat them, or they are going to eat the cray.