A 1 gallon is far too small and with no filter, ammonia and nitrites can build up killing the crab.
That should be fine.
Crabs
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I've never kept them but I know from experience that a gallon is quite small and the water parameters are very tricky to maintain in a small tank. A small tank can have extreme changes of the water conditions and this is stressful to the occupants.
Here are the links regarding the red-clawed crabs:
Red Claw Crab, Red Clawed Crab Care, Freshwater crab, sesarma bidens
Sesarma bidens (Red Clawed Crab)
A 10 gallons tank can allow a dozen or more of those tetras. Tetras are not big waste producers so they won't add too much to the bioload.
As long as your filter is sufficient and you do frequent water changes with gravel vacuuming, I wouldn't worry too much about the bioload but as I said, tetras don't poo a lot so there won't be too much poo to be expected.
Good point. I plan on getting a new filter soon(after the test kit of course).I've never kept them but I know from experience that a gallon is quite small and the water parameters are very tricky to maintain in a small tank. A small tank can have extreme changes of the water conditions and this is stressful to the occupants.
Here are the links regarding the red-clawed crabs:
Red Claw Crab, Red Clawed Crab Care, Freshwater crab, sesarma bidens
Sesarma bidens (Red Clawed Crab)
A 10 gallons tank can allow a dozen or more of those tetras. Tetras are not big waste producers so they won't add too much to the bioload.
As long as your filter is sufficient and you do frequent water changes with gravel vacuuming, I wouldn't worry too much about the bioload but as I said, tetras don't poo a lot so there won't be too much poo to be expected.
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/diy/40170-moss-rope-ladder.html
IMHO you can do 1-2 Thai red claw crabs in a 1gal tank with no filter, as long as both are not Males.
but you must change the water weekly and give them something to climb to above the waterline.
you can put any plants you like in with the crab as they'll only eat the dead parts of it.
I recommend making the climbable item a feller, lava, or lace rock, not sticks.
remember these crabs are escape artists so keep that in mind when you set this up.
you can immerse the rock as much as you like as long as there are a few square inches above water.
here I have 2 crabs in a 1gal container. I use them to clean dead parts off my glosso before I plant them.
I purposely keep the water low in this picture because I want them to get at the floating plants.
IMHO you can do 1-2 Thai red claw crabs in a 1gal tank with no filter, as long as both are not Males.
but you must change the water weekly and give them something to climb to above the waterline.
you can put any plants you like in with the crab as they'll only eat the dead parts of it.
I recommend making the climbable item a feller, lava, or lace rock, not sticks.
remember these crabs are escape artists so keep that in mind when you set this up.
you can immerse the rock as much as you like as long as there are a few square inches above water.
here I have 2 crabs in a 1gal container. I use them to clean dead parts off my glosso before I plant them.
I purposely keep the water low in this picture because I want them to get at the floating plants.
and i feed puffers to them :O i hate puffers with a passion so i always by them to be destroyed by my colony. why would you spend the same amount of money on a feeder that you did on the fish ? such waste of time.
jordan
so i always by them to be destroyed by my colony. why would you spend the same amount of money on a feeder that you did on the fish ? such waste of time.jordan
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