Hello guys, I just joined this forum and I was wondering if i could get some help with my crayfish. I recently caught a red swamp crayfish and converted my 35gal community tank into a mansion for a single male crayfish. I preserved the cycle by using the same gravel and filter material. Current tank reading are Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5. I have been feeding him a varied diet of greens, algae pellets and Nori. I use iodine at the half a marine dose rule and have cuprisorb in the filter to remove any copper.
Up until a few days ago he was doing just fine, very active eating well then all of a sudden he began to act different. He seems very stiff and leans to the side when standing still. He holds his claws out in front of him in a strange stiff posture and often stand up very tall on his legs and sits on his curled tail. He just seems very clumsy and poorly coordinated? He still has a big appetite but he just seems very stiff. Is he getting ready to molt or is this the dreaded crayfish plague?
He is also absolutely covered in little clearish/white worms which I've read are not really harmful but he must have over 80 of them on him and i'm not sure thats really a good thing.
Thanks for any help you guys can offer! I'm far more used to taking care of bettas and other tropical fish so crayfish are a new experience for me.
Up until a few days ago he was doing just fine, very active eating well then all of a sudden he began to act different. He seems very stiff and leans to the side when standing still. He holds his claws out in front of him in a strange stiff posture and often stand up very tall on his legs and sits on his curled tail. He just seems very clumsy and poorly coordinated? He still has a big appetite but he just seems very stiff. Is he getting ready to molt or is this the dreaded crayfish plague?
He is also absolutely covered in little clearish/white worms which I've read are not really harmful but he must have over 80 of them on him and i'm not sure thats really a good thing.
Thanks for any help you guys can offer! I'm far more used to taking care of bettas and other tropical fish so crayfish are a new experience for me.