I've searched endlessly online and can't find any info...hoping someone can help...
Had my blue cray for a while now...6-7 months or so...she's molted a few times and during my last water change, I found her to be in berry. Made her mad too...I didn't realize she was hiding in that corner and when I moved the rock to vacuum under it, she came out with claws ready to get me!! She's had no male contact, hasn't been around one since I got her so I know the eggs aren't fertile. A few days later, the eggs started turning white and she started to eat them.
Now it's been about a week, and she's still hiding and still has some eggs left on her tail. She's fanning them around and seems like she's taking care of them. She is eating...I see her reach for a few morsels when I fed the tank. If I come atround the side of the tank where I can see her, she gets mad. But she hasn't come out at all. I'm wondering how long she will keep the rest of the eggs until she knows they aren't going to hatch? There aren't many left. I know they can store sperm for a while, but it's been too long, hasn't it? And if the eggs were fertile, the wouldn't have turned white, right? But they're not ALL white...hmmmmmm...
All water parameters are good...just did a water change and tested a week ago.
Had my blue cray for a while now...6-7 months or so...she's molted a few times and during my last water change, I found her to be in berry. Made her mad too...I didn't realize she was hiding in that corner and when I moved the rock to vacuum under it, she came out with claws ready to get me!! She's had no male contact, hasn't been around one since I got her so I know the eggs aren't fertile. A few days later, the eggs started turning white and she started to eat them.
Now it's been about a week, and she's still hiding and still has some eggs left on her tail. She's fanning them around and seems like she's taking care of them. She is eating...I see her reach for a few morsels when I fed the tank. If I come atround the side of the tank where I can see her, she gets mad. But she hasn't come out at all. I'm wondering how long she will keep the rest of the eggs until she knows they aren't going to hatch? There aren't many left. I know they can store sperm for a while, but it's been too long, hasn't it? And if the eggs were fertile, the wouldn't have turned white, right? But they're not ALL white...hmmmmmm...
All water parameters are good...just did a water change and tested a week ago.