What is he doing?

[keeliaa]

My crab Bernie had been molting since January 12th. About a week ago I spotted a hole on the substrate and got super excited that he was coming back up. But he’s just been chilling under the hole ever since. Also every-time i check the hole he seems to have moved a few centimeters or rotated himself
PSA: I purchased him in a painted shell and he hasn’t switched yet. I have two crabs and they have about 20 shells to choose from

[Pumpkincrab]

He could just be taking his time. I've had a crab do similar, they came up fully eventually.

[mool]

As to your shell selections, unfortunately from what I can see you don't have many that Purple Pinchers favor. They look to be the "wrong" type or far too heavy. Maybe try buying a variety of polished silver mouthed (white on the inside) turbos.

[keeliaa]

i have a ton on the other side of the tank lol it just happens that all the not as liked ones are in the photo. I have mostly turbos like 2/4th silver mouthed and the remaining gold, i also have a few other shapes because i dont know what my crabs are into. Although their PP i’ve seen some that prefer murex or just other kinds


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[keeliaa]

i meant 3/4ths lol


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[crabbycasey]

Hard to tell but I’m wondering if your sub is deep enough for him to fully dig down...might be why you see his shell...?


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[keeliaa]

he was fully buried for a while and i’ll be honest it isn’t quite six inches because that was a temporary tank. but before i could move them into the new one they both went under to molt. but hes on the deepest side that’s about 5 inches


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[crabbycasey]

They were excited to dig under! Lol. Maybe he’s just slowly making his way to the surface while he’s hardening up...?


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