lbr1022
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
We got our blue cray a few weeks ago. She seems to have adjusted to her new home pretty well. She lives by herself in a 20 gallon tank with lots of gravel, plants, a wall bubbler, and a big slate rock turned cave she can hide in. Temp 71 degrees, pH 7.6, ammonia 0, nitrite 5, nitrate 8-10 (we are nearing the end of our first tank cycle but have been using SeaChem Prime to detoxify the nitrite and ammonia). She mostly stays in her cave now, but she is active in there digging and moving around all the gravel constantly to dig herself a deep trench.
She ate the first week and a half or so, but now no matter What we give her (algae rounds, frozen peas, cocktail shrimp, frozen bloodworms) she won't eat any of it. She ate a large pea about 5 or 6 days ago, but nothing since.
I'm worried about her. Do you think she's getting ready to molt or that the end of the cycle nitrite/nitrate peaks are getting to her? What else could it be?
She ate the first week and a half or so, but now no matter What we give her (algae rounds, frozen peas, cocktail shrimp, frozen bloodworms) she won't eat any of it. She ate a large pea about 5 or 6 days ago, but nothing since.
I'm worried about her. Do you think she's getting ready to molt or that the end of the cycle nitrite/nitrate peaks are getting to her? What else could it be?
