Salinity And Crayfish

[Binge]

Made a post in the emergencey section but just in case I will put one here too. the fish in my community tank have ick it rode in on some platys. I am going to do the 80ish degree high saline treatment for it but am concerned that the high saline will hurt my blue lobsters and my mystery snails. I have started raising the tamp and it is around 78ish now. I have the recomended normal amount of aquarium salt in there now I will start raising that higher in the morning once I know what to do with my lobsters.

 

[raptorrex]

Made a post in the emergencey section but just in case I will put one here too. the fish in my community tank have ick it rode in on some platys. I am going to do the 80ish degree high saline treatment for it but am concerned that the high saline will hurt my blue lobsters and my mystery snails. I have started raising the tamp and it is around 78ish now. I have the recomended normal amount of aquarium salt in there now I will start raising that higher in the morning once I know what to do with my lobsters.

cant speak for snails but Blue Lobster (Australian Redclaw) will be fine in a solution of 5ppm salt. any higher than that, and it will be in trouble. the solution is a 10 gallon tank, whilst you treat the fish.

 

[nmonks]

Indeed, a therapeutic salinity like you'd use for Whitespot is only around 2 grammes/litre and that won't harm crayfish at all. Apple snails a bit more of a gamble, but should be okay.

Cheers, Neale

cant speak for snails but Blue Lobster (Australian Redclaw) will be fine in a solution of 5ppm salt. any higher than that, and it will be in trouble. the solution is a 10 gallon tank, whilst you treat the fish.

 

[Binge]

Eh I had already moved them both to the other tank cus I needed to start treatment and was scared I would hurt them. however some parasites likely rode along with them. With only snails and my lobsters in the tank with them the parasites should die off after a while right? If so how long would you recomend I wait for the second tank to be safe as I will not be treating it.

 

[nmonks]

In theory, if there are no fish, the Whitespot parasite will die out within a couple of days. However, this hasn't always been the case. By all means try this out, and leave the tank fallow for at least a couple of weeks before adding fish back in.

Cheers, Neale

 

[Binge]

Will do thanks again neale. Glad your on here none of the local stores even the good one know much about crayfish. So having a source of info is nice.