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Re: [GSAS-Member] crawdads
Also just read the ingredients to Cichlid Vital...it
contains in this order:
Vitamins B2,B6,B12
Nicotinic Amide
Panthenol
Biotin
Iodine
It says to treat 1 teaspoon for every 10 gallons of
water initially. Since they are only in a 5 gallon, I
would then cut this in half. So 1/2 teaspoon for the 5
gallons.
Do you think this would be ok?
Trish
--- Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com> wrote:
> 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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