fishlover78

Hi everyone, I have a 30 gallon hex tank that I would like to stock with fancy goldies, or marble angels. how many goldfish can I put in there? I was thinking 3. I want to have 2 red cap orandas, a calico or black moor and I really want a crayfish (they're kind of aggressive though) so how many can I have and can I have the crayfish? please respond, your input would be greatly appreciated! -fishlover78

MeGustaUnaPez926

Crayfish are pretty vicious. I wouldn't recommend putting them in with anything. I think the general rule for stocking goldfish is 20 gallons for the first one, and 10 additional gallons for each other goldie. So two, according to that. But I don't know anything about them, so you'll want to wait for someone more experienced to help you out.

fishlover78

thanks for the help you did give me

fishlover78

so I am getting the vibe that the crayfish is a no no!

MeGustaUnaPez926

Yeah, pretty much. They attack and kill your fish at night, when they're all asleep. I've heard stories of people who keep them in community tanks successfully, but you have to feed them a very wide sort of complicated variety of foods to distract them from your fish. I'm not sure if the 2 gallon you have is big enough for them, but I wouldn't put a fiddler crab in because they need sort of fancy set ups. Try reading the crayfish profile on this site, it has a lot of good information on it!

fishlover78

um we're talkin about MY 30 gallon hex here, not my sister's 2 gallon aquarium!

but thanks for referring me to the crayfish profile!

MeGustaUnaPez926

Oh, I knew that. I just read in your info that you had a 2 gallon, and I was recomending if you really wanted a crayfish, you might be able to put it in there. If its alright with your sister that is

fishlover78

Lol!

Lucy

2g isn't big enough for a crayfish.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article40.html

fishlover78

I was gonna say that Lucy but I think you know we were talking about the 30 hex right?

Lucy

Yep, I saw that you resolved the no crayfish with fish in your 30. Just letting MeGustaUnaPez926 it wasn't a good recommendation.

A couple of goldfish would fit fine in 30g. I'm not real sure what the footprint for a 30 hex is or if it's enough swim room for a goldie.
They're so full of personality, too bad they have such a big bio-load.

fishlover78

its 18" across form glass panel to glass panel sorry I just found out its a 27 gallon (big woop!) Lucy, here is the tank and stand I have: http://elmersaquarium.com/h109masterkit27hexagon.htm the dimesion son on the page! -fishlover78

shih-tzu mom

fISHLOVER78, BACK LOL, AND I WOULD KEEP 2-VERY SMALL GOLDIES AS THEY LIKE LOTS OF SWIMMING ROOM AND MY 2-RESCUES ARE IN A 20-BUT JUST UNTIL THE 40-IS CYCLED AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE HEX BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET GRAVEL, DECORATIONS AND ECT; THEY WILL NOT HAVE MUCH ROOM-BUT I THINK 2-SMALL WILL BE ALRIGHT UNTIL YOU GET BIGGER LOL AND I USE MARBLESand FLAT STONE SO THEY CAN'T SWALLOW IT HOPE THIS HELPS LOL sorry for the caps i just realized they were on as i work with them on sorry.and i don't feel like re-typing bella

gremlin

Your hex tank is really only big enough for one young goldfish, and it would need to be moved to a larger tank as it grows. 18" isn't really enough swim room for most goldfish. You might be able to use it for 2 or 3 fancy goldfish for no more than 1 year depending on how small they were when you got them, but they would definitely need to be moved to a larger tank at the end of that time.

fishlover78

gremlin, we were talking about fancy goldfish not comets. thank you everyone!

MeGustaUnaPez926

Lucy, I wasnt really trying to suggest that he should put the crayfish in the 2 gallon, just that it wasnt a good idea to but him in with goldfish. Sorry, I guess I wasnt very clear.