Crawdad molt

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Otto_VonBacon;2620666; said:
Just recently i had to wrangle up me some 40 odd young(about 4 hid to good to be caught, they stayed behind for me to discover i created a hybrid with potental) to send off the the lfs, and i had fun manning-up to them. at the end of the day i was sticking my hand in the bucket and scooping out about 7 of them at a time :ROFL:
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Hahaha....you should have sold them to the LFS for $1.50 each.
Before you know it you'll have a free tank!!! ;)
 
The only trouble is some cuttlefish bones rot for some time so watch out for that. I use broken eggshells. Both dissolve faster in soft acidic waters. They were for my snails by the way.
 
Lupin;2621506; said:
The only trouble is some cuttlefish bones rot for some time so watch out for that. I use broken eggshells. Both dissolve faster in soft acidic waters. They were for my snails by the way.
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Hmm.. iv used eggshells for my cray, but for snails? never thought of it.. gonna give it a shot:popcorn:
 
Yabbadoo;2608797; said:
lol......When their shell hardens up. You have to handle them now & again.

eg: Finding out what sex they are.....
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I think mine is a male from looking at his underside when I have had a chance.

Why do I 'have' to handle him? I guess they don't bite or anything. What about pinching?

An update though, my little dude pretty much ate his whole melt form what I can tell and is action jackson now with a big appetite.
 
leave the shell in their until he finishes eating it-thats what i always do. its good for giving them calcium to allow them to make their new exoskeleton
 
When handling, the tricky part is actually catching them without being nipped....lol :eek: .. Once you have hold of them it's pretty easy unless they start flapping their tales about.....I've dropped a few when they do that.....Only the big ones but......

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To find out what sex m/f , flip them over and take a gander at their rude bits....hahahaha. :naughty:

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Yabbadoo;2623937; said:
When handling, the tricky part is actually catching them without being nipped....lol :eek: .. Once you have hold of them it's pretty easy unless they start flapping their tales about.....I've dropped a few when they do that.....Only the big ones but......

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To find out what sex m/f , flip them over and take a gander at their rude bits....hahahaha. :naughty:
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Hes huge! cant wait till mine gets that big :) does his pinches hurt?
 
VinceC_69;2629611; said:
Hes huge! cant wait till mine gets that big :) does his pinches hurt?
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Don't know and NOT planning to find out....:grinno:
I been nipped heaps of times but not by any of the big boys...
I'd like to keep my fingers for a while longer...:nilly:
 
Yabbadoo;2630464; said:
Don't know and NOT planning to find out....:grinno:
I been nipped heaps of times but not by any of the big boys...
I'd like to keep my fingers for a while longer...:nilly:
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i had a regular old native crawdad around 4 inches and he nipped me once and didnt let go. it didnt hurt much at all and it didnt even break the skin
 
I started using both eggshell bits and cuttlefish bone for my brigs snails. I hear it is a good source of calcium for inverts, and put some in my cray tanks as well. So far so good!
 
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