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Ben_C Small Fry Posts: 10 Kudos: 10 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Aug-2011	Hey everybody! i have a blue crawfish he is usually pretty active night or day and he always come out for food or to snag some feeder fish but the last few days i have barely seen him, is there a way you can tell when he is getting ready to molt( i believe that is the term)
Posted 16-Aug-2011 02:11
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Hi Ben, Im not the critter pro but I remember my shrimps would go lighter in color. Once I didn't see them I knew they were in a hidey hole until the new shell hardened enough for them to feel safe. I suspect crayfish similar ? The Amazon Nut...
Posted 17-Aug-2011 18:56
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Sounds like preparation to moult to me. If he is also off his ood then that is a pretty good sign that a moult it coming up. Just keep the tank stable and have some good food ready to go for when he's done as it takes a LOT of energy and they are usually really hungry when they are done. Other possibilities are poisoning and too low of a temperature. If nothing has changed in the tank, then I would assume it is a moult and just see how things go For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 22-Aug-2011 14:26


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