Marbled cray growth rate???

[oscarchic11]

I was given a small marbled cray on march 24th... she has since been eating fry starter from angelsplus and has molted twice... is this a normal growth rate for them??? Ill post pics of her after both molts...first pic was a couple days after her first molt in my tank, others were taken 2day... she is mostly hardened so im guessing she molted either sat night or early sunday...not sure as i wasnt home... she also eats ramshorn snails that i have been removing from other tanks and giving her...

 

[Craw Chief]

Yep when they're small, they molt every week or so. Don't be alarmed. She looks good!

 

[oscarchic11]

Ok... just wanted 2 make sure i wasnt making her grow 2 fast. Thanx!!

 

[oscarchic11]

She molted again!! Grew 5/16 of an inch... so she is now over 2.25 inches, but still has not been berried yet... i contacted someone from a marbled cray website, and they said if she was a marbled she would have had eggs by now... can anyone else chime in on this subject?? I also got the other tank im going 2 use for her, and only her once i get a power strip...

 

[Alyxx]

She molted again!! Grew 5/16 of an inch... so she is now over 2.25 inches, but still has not been berried yet... i contacted someone from a marbled cray website, and they said if she was a marbled she would have had eggs by now... can anyone else chime in on this subject?? I also got the other tank im going 2 use for her, and only her once i get a power strip...

Mine berried for the first time in late January, when she was around 3 inches and probably 6-8 months old. I forget when I got her, exactly, but I want to say it was last July, and she was less than an inch when I got her. She did grow really fast! It slows down after a while, though. She just dropped her second batch of babies earlier this week so I'm expecting her to molt soon, before she berries again.

 

[oscarchic11]

Cool!! I got her about a month ago and she has molted 3 times... ive been tracking her growth and she has grown about 3/4 of an inch since i got her. Hopefully another month or so and she will start berrying up...