venom_1123
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Hi everyone im new to Tropical Fishkeeping been interested for a long time, have wanted a tropical fish tank for ages but could never afford one as i had too many debts (all under control now)!!
Me and the missus were shopping in Leigh and we had a bit of money left over after paying for our holiday to Prague, so on the spare of the moment she decided she wanted a small fish tank in her room!!! Went to the local Pet Shop and bought a Rena Kid Maxi Light because it looked nice and had all the basic stuff included with it.
Now for the dilemma she saw some crabs in a pet shop a few weeks before we bought the tank and loved them, so she wants Crabs!!!!!!!!!
(stop giggling)
The crabs she saw where i think Red Crabs now ive done some research and ive found 2 important things
1 They need somewhere to 'land'
2 This was taken directly from the Practical Fishkeeping website
"Temperament: Red crabs will catch small fish and eat them if they can.
Do not keep them with bottom dwellers, fish with long fins, or small species - in fact always exercise caution when mixing them with any fish..."
Which leads me to my dilemmas because of the size of the tank i need an ornament that will sit flat against the back or more preferable the side of the tank (because i dont want the ornament taking over the whole tank) for the crabs to climb up and be out of the water when they want to be.
The second reason i dont want it to take over the tank is that seeing as i paid half the cost i want some say as to what fish go in it. Have wanted a Siamese Fighting Fish for ages but cant have 1 because the back of the tank is mirrored and it would go crazy every time it saw its refection and would probably kill itself!!!
Anyway my 2 questions are
1 Does anyone know of such an ornament? or alternatively if i need 1 at all? ive heard that some people have kept red crabs for ages under water and they have been fine!
2 What nice looking fish would be compatible with Red Crabs? I want some sort of Tetra (Neon or Fire) and a few other types dont want too many! Only gonna be getting 2 Crabs maybe 3 at the most!!
Anyway thanks for your time in reading through all this hope you can help me from getting grief off the missus!!!
Me and the missus were shopping in Leigh and we had a bit of money left over after paying for our holiday to Prague, so on the spare of the moment she decided she wanted a small fish tank in her room!!! Went to the local Pet Shop and bought a Rena Kid Maxi Light because it looked nice and had all the basic stuff included with it.
Now for the dilemma she saw some crabs in a pet shop a few weeks before we bought the tank and loved them, so she wants Crabs!!!!!!!!!
(stop giggling)The crabs she saw where i think Red Crabs now ive done some research and ive found 2 important things
1 They need somewhere to 'land'
2 This was taken directly from the Practical Fishkeeping website
"Temperament: Red crabs will catch small fish and eat them if they can.
Do not keep them with bottom dwellers, fish with long fins, or small species - in fact always exercise caution when mixing them with any fish..."
Which leads me to my dilemmas because of the size of the tank i need an ornament that will sit flat against the back or more preferable the side of the tank (because i dont want the ornament taking over the whole tank) for the crabs to climb up and be out of the water when they want to be.
The second reason i dont want it to take over the tank is that seeing as i paid half the cost i want some say as to what fish go in it. Have wanted a Siamese Fighting Fish for ages but cant have 1 because the back of the tank is mirrored and it would go crazy every time it saw its refection and would probably kill itself!!!
Anyway my 2 questions are
1 Does anyone know of such an ornament? or alternatively if i need 1 at all? ive heard that some people have kept red crabs for ages under water and they have been fine!
2 What nice looking fish would be compatible with Red Crabs? I want some sort of Tetra (Neon or Fire) and a few other types dont want too many! Only gonna be getting 2 Crabs maybe 3 at the most!!
Anyway thanks for your time in reading through all this hope you can help me from getting grief off the missus!!!
