Please Help... Ghost Crayfish Is Dying

Greetings,

The problem is with my ghost crayfish.

I got a crayfish 2 days back. It was the most active one in the tank at the shop it was an adult one. I kept it in the plastic bag from the shop the fist day and a plastic container after that, the delay was to ensure the cycling was complete. It was very active and eat the crayfish pellets and even some bits of aquarium plant cutting while it was in the plastic bag. When I transferred it to the container, it was really active and looking for ways to escape. Then, on the evening on the second day it fell for from the container through air pump pipe and I suppose, landed okay in a betta tank kept under. Today, when I woke up and fed it pellets, it didn’t respond. Then I tried to feed him cabbage and carrots, but all in vain. Then after 3 or so hours, it became very weak. It was lying on one side and only its antennas and one side legs were moving. Scared, I transferred it to the aquarium that competed cycling successfully. It moved around weakly and is currently in a weak position on the side of the filter. I don’t know what is wrong. There is no copper content. What caused the a healthy crayfish to become so weak in a matter of hours?

Any response from your side would be of a million help. I can’t possibly afford to lose him as it is after two years of waiting that in my country bahrain, I finally found a store that has a few crayfish.

I sincerely hope that you can solve this problem

Gowtham (13)

Attached a photo of the crayfish

 

Hi, what are the ammonia and nitrite readings of the first aquarium? Even 0.25 of either can be lethal to invertebrates pretty quickly. Also, do you know your water hardness? TDS, gH, and/or kH?

 

Hi, what are the ammonia and nitrite readings of the first aquarium? Even 0.25 of either can be lethal to invertebrates pretty quickly. Also, do you know your water hardness? TDS, gH, and/or kH?

Thank you very much for the response

I discarded the first aquarium water , I don’t actually know what is hardness, but as far as things are concerned, the water is from an oasis in Baharain.

I sincerely hope that you can help me

Gowtham

 

How big was the fall from the container to the betta tank, and for how long has he been in the betta tank? Are the water parametres from that tank also okay?

 

I think the best thing to do would be to do a 50% water change as soon as you can, and it should help. Most likely it's water quality issues, and doing water changes 30-25% for the next few days it should help

 

How big was the fall from the container to the betta tank, and for how long has he been in the betta tank? Are the water parametres from that tank also okay?

Water parameters all okay in betta tank. Distance of fall approximately 40cm. I heard the sound of water splashes and transferred it to the old tank within 5 mins.

Thank you for the quick reply

Sincerely

Gowtham

I think the best thing to do would be to do a 50% water change as soon as you can, and it should help. Most likely it's water quality issues, and doing water changes 30-25% for the next few days it should help

Already did a 50 percent water change. Will do more water changes.

I hope it doesn’t die

Thanking you,

Gowtham

 

Any update on this?

 

Any update on this?

Thank you very much for asking

I returned it to the pet store and got a new one. Can you please ID this one ?

Attached photograph