Why did my self-cloning electric blue crayfish abort her brood?

[icptoke3]

So I've bred hundreds of lil baby crabs now. 6 or 7 successful spawns from mainly just the one girl. Once they are berried they won't eat and they will hide until the babies are mature enough to let go. I try and wait until the babies are moving around under her tail before moving her to a separate tank to release them all. I've lost one spawn from moving the mother. But it was her first time, and it seems not always effective on the first go

 

[icptoke3]

Also, they usually eat their shells when they get around to it. They are very vulnerable and weak for awhile after moulting. I also add Kent marine liquid calcium.

 

[icptoke3]

Here's some lil guys

 

[icptoke3]

Rare but I'm trying to increase the odds

 

[GeeDreena]

Someone please help me out, is this a regular blue cray? Or a marble cray. ? she just cut her eggs off and first I thought to eat them but they’re just there with the gravel and she hasn’t got them all of she’s just stopped and still burrowed.

 

[Deadeye]

Welcome to the forum!
Looks like a regular blue cray to me.
Female crayfish can store sperm and hold on to it for a long time. It likely got impregnated in the store and only just started showing eggs.

 

[YankeeJack]

Say, Blue Cray specialists ... I had a blue which turned brown when it molted. Now everything is brown and the spawns are brown. Anyone know how I can get it to get back to blue?

 

[Deadeye]

Say, Blue Cray specialists ... I had a blue which turned brown when it molted. Now everything is brown and the spawns are brown. Anyone know how I can get it to get back to blue?

From my reading, diet plays a big part. A diet high in carotenoids will make red crays. No experience with this though, just something I read.