Crayfish regrows claw. Giant leap in one moult.

[knifegill]

Keep your eye one the tiny, colorful right claw. (His right, not your right). It must have had a ton of tissue packed into it before this morning when he molted.

Before molt:

After molt:

Species? Don't know. Feeder tank rescue.

 

[Mavrick813]

The marble I have went from no claw to practically full claw in one molt.

Awesome pics.

Mike

 

[knifegill]

Wild! I have no idea about the different regenerative capabilities of different species of crays. I know this isn't a marmorkreb, but that's all I know about him.

 

[SeanDirty]

Thats nothing, i had this fiddler crab that i had bought, first thing he did when i put it in my tank was go eat a few ammno shrimp, easily trippling his own cost... Pissed as i was, i ripped off his giant claw and threw him back in....

If you know what a fiddler crab looks like, his claw is almost as big as his body... After 1 molt, his entire claw grew back...

 

[knifegill]

Geez, you guys make it sound like I'm not doing a good job with him. I give him cuttlebone, shrimp pellets and tropical crumbles. And sometimes pieces of massivore, etc. Maybe more vegetables? His water is plenty hard.

 

[Redearsunfish]

Cool, and somehow creepy at the same time.

 

[PippaT]

Thats nothing, i had this fiddler crab that i had bought, first thing he did when i put it in my tank was go eat a few ammno shrimp, easily trippling his own cost... Pissed as i was, i ripped off his giant claw and threw him back in....

..You ripped his claw off?? Because he ate the shrimp?

 

[EmilyMarie85]

My marbled cray did that -- was missing a claw when I got her, re-grew it after a molt. I was pretty happy she was able to do that, looked kinda funny with only 1 claw...

 

[kevinfleming21]

Yeah my marbled crays easily double in size every molt. crazy to see from one day to the next.

 

[Chromobotia]

That's awesome. I didn't know they could do that. Nice pics.