syhko
Aquarium Advice Regular
It’s been awhile since I posted, I have been living the breeding life with my freshwater shrimp and bettas.
This is a different issue. My red claw crabs.
A few days before what is happening now, one of the crabs was found dead while the other two crabs were eating off some of its limbs. This was already weird behavior, so it’s been a few days since we removed him and 2 days ago I noticed the last 2 crabs are NOT moving. One is above water and one is under. I don’t like to disturb them in case of molting but the one above is not moving at all, I gently poked her and she isn’t moving. I wanted to leave her alone though. I did the same with the other under water and they aren’t moving either.
Both crabs can be seen with their legs sprawled out and although it doesn’t smell yet, I wonder if they are dead. They don’t typically look like that when they have molted before. I did add an ammonia lock to the water when the first one died so it isn’t that, or the water parameters or temperature.
I did notice they are a bit gray.
Help me out. Are they dead or molting?
This is a different issue. My red claw crabs.
A few days before what is happening now, one of the crabs was found dead while the other two crabs were eating off some of its limbs. This was already weird behavior, so it’s been a few days since we removed him and 2 days ago I noticed the last 2 crabs are NOT moving. One is above water and one is under. I don’t like to disturb them in case of molting but the one above is not moving at all, I gently poked her and she isn’t moving. I wanted to leave her alone though. I did the same with the other under water and they aren’t moving either.
Both crabs can be seen with their legs sprawled out and although it doesn’t smell yet, I wonder if they are dead. They don’t typically look like that when they have molted before. I did add an ammonia lock to the water when the first one died so it isn’t that, or the water parameters or temperature.
I did notice they are a bit gray.
Help me out. Are they dead or molting?