Re: [GSAS-Member] crawdads

[Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com>]

Just make sure no fish try to "help" him along, they are also very soft 
just after moulting and easily damaged/eaten, if he hides under rocks 
and there are no fish that can get in and hurt him he should be ok. I 
don't know how long they take to moult, if the site says a few days is 
normal then maybe he is ok but I would still use the iodine with 
crustaceans as it seems to help. I have third generation glass shrimp 
that seem to agree. They were a silly project-breeding feeder shrimp.
I don't know about cichlid vital, I just got the stuff by Kent Marine 
but there are many other companies marketing it. It's super cheap at 
pharmacies as Lugol's solution if you want to dilute it yourself and 
keep the rest for the medicine cabinet. If you do get that at the 
pharmacy also get a dosing syringe or pipette, the kind used to squirt 
medicine for babies. You will need to measure the darn stuff as it 
doesn't take much to dose most tanks.
Kate

Trish wrote:

> Thanks Kate-
>
> I had just read something about using iodine, that it
> is really is a must...so will go find some tomorrow. 
> I do have cichlid vital, which has iodine in it, would
> that work? Also read that it can take a few days for
> them to moult....
>
> You say "stuck" , so is he stuck, since the back half
> has come off and not the front? And how could I help
> him get "un-stuck"? 
>
> As to isolating the one moulting, I have no other
> space for him....it was a struggle for my husband to
> let us set tis tank up for them! LOL.....But their is
> caves and rocks for them to hide in.
>
> Trish
> --- Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Some of these types of critters can't complete the
> > moult without iodine. 
> > If you can get ahold of any kind of marine aquarium
> > iodine supplement 
> > dose that at half strength. According to Az Aquatic
> > Gardens this is the 
> > way to go, dosing either one time a week at half
> > strength or full 
> > strength every other week or after water changes. I
> > use Kent Marine's 
> > version, though there are many and chemically they
> > should be about the 
> > same. Lugol's from the pharmacy is overly strong,
> > the stuff for 
> > aquariums is diluted and of course more costly.
> > I don't know if the one which is stuck will make it
> > but I would isolate 
> > it til it does so it doesn't get picked on. Even if
> > it doesn't make it 
> > the other as well as any aquatic shrimp will benefit
> > from this nutrient.
> > Anyone know if plain old iodized table salt at a
> > tsp/gallon would cut 
> > it? I use non-iodized salt and then dose with
> > iodine, maybe I don't need 
> > two products...
> > Kate
> > Trish wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hello-
> > >
> > > Our daughter Emma was one of the lucky ones which
> > >      
> > got
> >    
> >
> > > o bring home 2 crawdads this summer from the
> > > picinic...they are both doing very well, and seem
> > >      
> > to
> >    
> >
> > > be happy.
> > >
> > > My question is how long does it take for them to
> > >      
> > shed
> >    
> >
> > > their outer skin.One of them is in the process of
> > > doing this now. The bottom half has come off, but
> > >      
> > it
> >    
> >
> > > is working on the top half now. We noticed this
> > > earlier today.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Trish
> > >
> > >
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