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View Poll Results: What to do with molted shell

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  • Throw it away.

    5 29.41%

  • Leave it.

    11 64.71%

  • Put it with single crayfish in seperate tank

    1 5.88%
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  1. 06-27-2011, 05:00 PM #1
    CGQ918
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    Default What to do with a molted shell?

    Before I have heard they get protein from it and to leave it in. I have 4 Crayfish though. One just molted so what do I do with his shell?
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  2. 06-27-2011, 05:39 PM #2
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    I personally don't like the look of them hanging about.

    Any nutrients/minerals (I would rather think they got calcium, not protein) they get from the shell would be negligible. Far better to use water changes to replenish minerals.

    I don't think it matters one way or the other tho. No harm to remove, no harm in leaving.
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    leave it, most crawdads and crabs eat their shell to get calcium to build up their new shell.
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    I always leave them in and they disappear after a day or two. I figure its the natural way of things, so I let them eat it. The calcium boost and such is just a bonus.
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