{"id":3841,"date":"2018-12-28T06:42:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T06:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notsealed.com\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2023-07-24T03:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T03:48:43","slug":"how-to-remove-yabbie-parasites-salt-water-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notsealed.com\/how-to-remove-yabbie-parasites-salt-water-bath.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Yabbie Parasites in 5 minutes – Salt Water Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have been keeping Yabbies in a fish tank at home for a while now but a recent addition of another wild yabbie to the tank has revealed some parasites or lice on its body. Now, there are a few different types of parasites that can live on the shell of a yabbie and for the most part, they don’t\u00a0seem to hurt an adult yabbie. They look like something is growing on the shell of the yabbie.<\/p>\n

The removal process is very easy and will only require a bucket of salt water. Now you can either use sea water but most people make up a batch of salt water with 10 grams of rock salt per 1 liter\u00a0of fresh water.<\/p>\n

How to make up a saltwater parasite removal solution<\/h2>\n
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Yabbie being placed into a saltwater bath solution to remove parasites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used 30g of table salt for 3L of fresh tap water in this container. Mix in the salt well and wait for the salt to dissolve completely. The water will go a milky color. You will now be ready to place in your yabbie carefully.<\/p>\n

Once the yabbie was in the salt solution the parasites fell off within 4 minutes. It’s totally fine to keep your yabbie in the solution for up to 5 minutes. Yabbies are very hardy and will tolerate this process.<\/p>\n