Molted CrayFish

[Chris006]

Hey Guys!!!! My Crayfish just molted today. But is it natural that it develops a white fungus looking thing on its head? It kinda looks like a white flat-top haircut. Its looks weird..

Pics to follow.

Help guys!

 

[canucksfan1]

after the picsmight be able to tell you, it does sounds a little odd tho

 

[Chris006]

So what do you guys think? Fungus? or what???

 

[Acer]

Definitely looks fungal... some bacteria look like fungi, but I could see a soft, stressed crayfish molting and an opportunistic infection occurring. The exoskeletons are chitin too, which is a good substrate for some fungi.

Nice looking crayfish I've had one for 4 years, and they are fun creatures.

 

[benzjamin13]

Definitely looks fungal...I wonder if you could scrap it off?

 

[Chris006]

Hey guy! So what should I do? aside from trying to scrap it off its head...

 

[marxxx]

Keep the tank extremely clean. It should clear up with the next molt.

You could try to dab a little bit of listerine on it as that should not hurt the cray. I would be cautious with any tank meds though as many of them are harmful to inverts. I know there are some safe treatments, can't remember the meds off the top of my head though...

 

[le patron]

i would try to softly brush it off