Posted by KT_2002 on November 22, 2002 at 02:09:27:
In Reply to: australian blue lobster problems posted by scooter01922 on November 06, 2002 at 15:28:25:
I'm not a invertabrate person, myself, but I know that freshwater snails can have problems with their shells degrading in a similar fashion. It looks like the shell is disolving and the edges are whitish. Here is an apple snail site describing various snail diseases. Near the middle it describes how low pH and low calcium levels can combine to leach away shell.
http://www.applesnail.net/content/various/snail_disease.phpLong
I don't know if this applies to lobsters, but it is a place to start.
I also found this website describing shell disease in marine lobsters, but it doesn't give a treatment.
http://adoptions.crabstreetjournal.com/articles/shelldisease/message26543.html
