Dwarf crayfish
Cambarellus patzcuarensis
Also called CPO, Mexican dwarf crayfish.
Small enough to leave fish alone, and it needs somewhere to hide to moult.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 4 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 20 L, at least 30 cm long
- Temperature
- 18 to 26 °C
- pH
- 7 to 8
- Hardness
- 6 to 20 dGH
- Kept in
- on its own
- Temperament
- semi-aggressive
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 2 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a dwarf crayfish fits the tank you have.