Ok... My mom is in to goldfish now and has a fan-tail goldfish and a Orlanda goldfish in a 10 gal and will be moved to a 20 gal in the next week, They are just babys so they have allot of room but are growing faster then we thought they could!!!!


So my mom has a horse troff and we are makeing a small pound in it for some goldfish. I want to put the 2 fish she has in it but she wants larg comments and some other fish. And she wants to put a cray fish in it to help the pound/troff stay clean! So do you know if the goldfish and crayfish will live ot gether?

They can certainly live together. The goldfish may not be too happy about it though as the crayfish will rip off parts of their fins and eat the smaller goldfish outright. Huge goldfish can eat small crayfish but, for the most part, it's the goldfish who will be harmed by the crayfish. Crayfish eat fish. They will also scavenge food but aren't great at helping to clean a pond. I suggest a few trapdoor snails instead.

:huh: wow i didn't think they ate fish... :blink:

Well this tipe only gets 2 inchs so is that big anofe to eat a 8'' gold fish?

A 2 inch crayfish can't eat a 8 inch goldfish outright but what it can do is grab some fins as the fish goes by or sleeps and rip them off. Eventually, in small quarters, a crayfish may be able to do enough fin damage to kill the fish (which he can then eat). If you have enough room in the horse trough for the fish to mostly get away from the crayfish, the crayfish damage may not be too significant.