Crayfish (Shell Rot!!!)

[VinceC_69]

3.) I don't mind what salt you use, personally I prefer pool salt.

Is sea salt/bath salt ok? i know ur not suposed to use table salt right??

Do you leave their old shells in their tank for them to eat?.

Are you suposed 2?, cause i just took 1 out yesterday..??

should i not next time?

 

[black_sun]

Is sea salt/bath salt ok? i know ur not suposed to use table salt right??

Sea salt, like what you use in cooking, is fine. Bath salt, I wouldn't... I know a lot of bath salts contain added chemicals that probably aren't helpful (and most likely harmful) to the crayfish. Then again, when I think of "bath salt" I think of those little fizzy cubes or those fancy scrubs people buy, if you have something that's purely salt (nothing added to it) for the bath, it'll be fine.

Are you suposed 2?, cause i just took 1 out yesterday..??

should i not next time?

You should really only remove the shell if it came from an infected crayfish, or no one has begun to eat it after a few days (you don't want something rotting in your tank obviously). Crayfish will usually eat their molt to regain nutrients and what not (other crayfish will also eat molts from other crayfish for the same reason, nutrients).