Please help! I've had my tank set up since October, and my crayfish has been doing fine up until now. It is a 20g tank with one small angel fish and a guppy along with my crayfish. Water conditions were good the last time I tested it, but today when I tested, it was a little too hard. He has molted at least once before since I've had him, but he stayed hidden the first time. This time, he's been laying out in the open, and clearly struggling with the molt. It's day 3 and he's still got pieces of his old exoskeleton stuck on his legs. He's still moving and squirming, and sometimes he'll kind of push himself with his tail, but he's been on his side or his back since this started. Today he made his way into his house and I thought he was dead because he was very still, so I moved it. But when I moved his house he shot out from under it. The large claws have fallen off but the rest of his legs are still covered in the exoskeleton. I know this is taking way too long for him to get out of this old shell, and I really really don't want him to die. Is there anything I can do?? Should I add something to the water or move him to another tank or try to remove the leftover pieces of exoskeleton?
I tried to add a picture of him to help show the problem but I couldn't quite get it to work.
Any and all advice is welcome! Please help!
I tried to add a picture of him to help show the problem but I couldn't quite get it to work.
Any and all advice is welcome! Please help!