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by curlysister » Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:26 pm
When a crab molts, it does not leave it's shell. It will be in the same shell when it come up, as it was when it went down. Sometimes they will change right away when they come up and sometimes they won't.
A crab will stay buried the entire time it molts, eats it's exoskeleton, and waits for it's new exo to harden so that it is not easy prey when it surfaces. You will not be able to see what it is doing, and will not know if it is molting, destressing, or just hanging out. It is rare that any exo is left for you to find, and if it is, it is usually buried. Your sub needs to be sand castle consistency so that their tunnels and cave don't collapse.
As long as you have enough substrate and your tank is not over crowded, crabs generally don't dig each other up.
When you say you are feeding store bought food, do you mean commercial pellets? Do you give a source of protein and calcium daily? What brands of dechlorinator and salt do you use?
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." -Will Rogers
pls help me! Hi I have two hermit crabs, They are purple pinchers. I have about 5 1/2 inches of a eco earth and a 10 gallon tank I feed them a bit of store-bought food and fresh veggies. I also have two salt and fresh deep water bowls (And a hide obviously). When I first got them about a week after they buried them selves for three days I thought they were molting but then realize that it must’ve Not went through the full cycle because they did not shed and it did not last very long. They have not molted ever since then until about Five weeks ago when they showed signs of molting and buried them selves underground. Now one of them just came up it’s in the same shell that it was before the molt and I cannot find any exoskeleton anywhere
