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Futureboy
10-11-2007, 02:51 AM
My blue cray fish has shed its shell
but now its eating it????
is that normal? I tried to get a picture but he is in his cave
Dave-id
10-11-2007, 04:00 AM
It's completely normal. Most invertebrates consume at least part of their molts as a source of calcium.
As Dave-Id stated, it is completely normal. Most likely the foods you have been providing have been low in calcium, so the cray is trying to replinish it's stock by eating the old exoskeleton.
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