Crayfish Molting interruption? |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2019 11:44 PM PDT Okay, the female Australian Redclaw that didn't molt a couple of days ago.... in the same tank as the one that did... appears to have started to molt. She was laying on her side for a while, but then when I came back she was on her back and it appeared Te Fiti (the larger one that did molt) was attacking her. I pulled Te Fiti out to let her molt in piece, but it's been several hours. She has moved out of the little cave she was in to about two feet away, but it is just lying on her back kicking her legs now. Is there anything I can do to assist her? Second, slightly more morbid question...if she dies, is there a reason I shouldn't toss her body to the craylings, to give them something to eat other than each other? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2019 06:20 PM PDT I have two adult female Australian redclaws in one tank, and Te Fiti molted a couple of days ago. Normally, when one of my larger crayfish molts, the molt is almost completely consumed by now, but it's still intact enough to vaguely resemble a corpse. Should I leave it? I kinda wanna take it out and throw it into the tank with the craylings, give them a protein bonus, but I worry that I would be depriving Te Fiti, that there's a reason she's not eating it, or that it's starting to decay and it would be bad for them. [link] [comments]  |
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