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Fresh water crabs

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  • 13-05-2015 7:13pm
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    CardinalJ
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    Hi all,

    I have a very small tank (think 40/45L) with 5 tetras and three crabs. Three of the tetras and three of the crabs are only in the tank 5 days.

    One of the crabs molted on Sunday and I'm now concerned it's dead. Not moving in the tank since some time monday/yesterday and looks to have some sort of fungus possibly on the back legs and possibly over on eye, its hard to see as its in behind a plant.

    Anyone have experience with crabs or advice for me?

    Cheers.

    17606210702_75a793efb5_z.jpgDSC_0957 by John Murphy, on Flickr

    EDIT - Adding photograph


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    #2
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    I don't know a lot about crabs but I'd be concerned about your water quality - do you have a test kit?

    If you could test the water for ammonia / nitrite / nitrate and ph it would go a long way to a diagnosis.


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