gave up on raising crayfish
- Thread starter blueice24
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water probly lacks minerals, that might explain why they died during the molt or what you feed em wasnt a balanced enoguh diet, what you feed em.
Try calcium supplements like for reptiles mixed into canned (sqeezed dry) cat food, put it in a mesh bag and let them work on it for a couple hours a week. Just before a water change is best..
you can also try this for the water
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...ll&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...ll&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1
DeLgAdO said:how long do they live? i heard 3 years, but i bet i can amke them live 6 years with what i know
Depends which specie of crayfish. Lousiana common lives up to 3 but some
species live up to 6.
Don't know, I had one from Sylvia creek, Wa.(Sp.?) for about 4 years but turned her loose when she started spawning. She was bigtime cannibal.DeLgAdO said:how long do they live? i heard 3 years, but i bet i can amke them live 6 years with what i know
DeLgAdO said:how long do they live? i heard 3 years, but i bet i can amke them live 6 years with what i know
There are species that don't even reach breeding age until they're 8 y/o.
Calcium is probably not the problem. Crays will decalcify their own exoskeletons to help in forming the new one. Any further lack of calcium is supplemented by eating their own molted exoskeletons.
The problem is more likely a lack of iodine in the tank. Crustaceans require iodine to facilitate the molt. I use a drip method (IV line) to keep a 2ppm level in my crays system and don't see any molt related deaths.