Freshwater Lobster (???) dying?

[crimsonmoon]

I'm not sure, but from the size of it's parents, it isn't a dwarf species. I would also recommend that you, if you have not yet done so, check the water chemistry (particularly for nitrates, ammonia, and metals).

In your pictures, I can't see the 'white fuzz'. Do you mean the pleopods beneath the tail (swimmerets)? Some crayfish, and shrimp, do grow what looks like fur, as they mature. This is usually located on their large claws.

Test results came back as:
PH--------8.4
Ammonia-0
Nitrite----0
Nitrate---20
Do you think that my ph is too much for it?

The white stuff is on the back and top of the tail and isn't visible really in the picture. It's almost translucent and the only reason i saw them was because the current in the aquarium made them sway a bit. I actually am thinking that they are growing there because the crayfish doesn't move anymore, it just sits in the corner or underneath a plant and doesn't move...

 

[wataugachicken]

My crayfish likes algae wafers, frozen peas (as a treat), sinking pellets, just about anything....do not give it raw shrimp - copper is deadly to crayfish so do not put anything in there with copper in it. He looks like he maybe just getting ready to molt.

are you saying raw shrimp has copper in it?

 

[crimsonmoon]

well...he died

 

[snoopy65]

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[NeonFlux]

aw sry dude

 

[krazy4country]

that sucks

 

[crimsonmoon]

its ok, i think ill just stick with fish snails and turtles from now on tho :\

 

[thebullit]

oh mannnn sorry to hear it mate.