4 crabs, all molting?

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:58 pm

Yay! Great job! Happy crabbing!

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Will13 · Post by **Will13** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:20 am

So we had a good run but it looks like they want to molt again. Over the last month, All 4 have now gone back down. The 1st to go back down came back up after maybe a week, grabbed a new shell and went back down! This was the same day I added the new shells. It's like she somehow knew there were some new shells to look at.

Can crabs molt again this quickly?

We bought 2 new crabs since the tank looks empty again.

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:30 pm

They can definitely molt that quickly

And everybody buys new crabs because the tank is empty

And then the new crabs bury too

Hopefully between these 2 crab-batches you can have 1-2 up at a time. Just remember they might all molt at once, and have enough substrate volume for all crabs at once

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Hope you have a good one! Out of 5 crabs i only have 1 good one that stays up a lot and is active.

Crabbers unite!!!

CallaLily · Post by **CallaLily** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:38 pm

YYWW wrote:Out of 5 crabs i only have 1 good one that stays up a lot and is active.

In my 75g right now I have only 3/9 up. Five of them have been down since November, the other since October. At least Athelas and Niphredil keep me entertained, Cinnamon is a lazy bum.

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:44 pm

LOL i think 9 might be the 75 gal sweet spot

3 crabs would be bustling! My crabs are so lazy that my PP has become my favorite. But i did get to watch 2 Es shoving each other for the first time last night

Crabbers unite!!!

megmaholm · Post by **megmaholm** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:46 pm

Don't even get me started on crabs staying down.

I have 5 up. Maybe. That means 13 are just hanging out underground, doing their own thing. My large, Gregor, came up 5 days ago after successfully molting for the first time (yay!!!) and I immediately ordered 10 new shells since his is too small. Then, he dug back down the next day and I haven't seen him since. I remember the days of having just 5 crabs, carefully documenting and logging everything...sigh.

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:40 pm

LOL i stopped logging after each of my 5 molted. My entries were consistenly "only Diesel today.. Diesel.. Diesel.. None.. Maybe someone in SW.. None.." I started skipping weeks and finally just gave up

Crabbers unite!!!

CallaLily · Post by **CallaLily** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:05 pm

I still try my best to track when they dig down and when they come up. Sometimes I have exact dates, other times just the month. I do head counts now and then. Also shell changes. I'll lose track once in a while and have to take the time figuring out who's who. I usually can after a lot of comparing and gender checking. I'm not going to lie though...there have been a few times I've just thrown my hands up and said "oh well, you're this one and you're that one".

megmaholm · Post by **megmaholm** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:49 pm

It all went downhill for me when I had 5 crabs the same size change into almost identical green turbos. I pretty much have just guessed who's who at this point (other than few I can't mix up with anyone) and randomly assign names.

I think almost everyone has had at least 1 molt with me, so that takes my stress level down a little. If the little jerks want to hide underground and not party with the cool crabs, that's their problem.

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:31 pm

LOL i wish there were CLEAR SAND! That would make crabbing so fantastic!

Crabbers unite!!!

Will13 · Post by **Will13** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:35 pm

Ok
Thanks

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Hermiearth · Post by **Hermiearth** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:41 pm

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Jennycat · Post by **Jennycat** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 6:55 pm

I'm having the same problem . I just have 3 PP's and I'm sure all of them have molted in the last 3 months . They were active for a while but I have 2 down again . My little guy is up and about all the time .

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AndyCrabby · Post by **AndyCrabby** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:15 pm

Jennycat wrote:I'm having the same problem . I just have 3 PP's and I'm sure all of them have molted in the last 3 months . They were active for a while but I have 2 down again . My little guy is up and about all the time .

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That's such a cute crab! When I got my crabs 3 out of 4 decided to molt together for over a month. My family and I were nearly convinced my largest Tamatoa had eaten all her friends. When they came up she decided it was her turn to molt lol. I haven't seen her in about 3 weeks now.
The picture is Dwebble deciding to pose for a picture post-molt after choosing a new shell and waking up from his beauty nap

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