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My fiddler crab died?
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:32 am
by Guest
Not having good luck lately, first my hermie died two days ago and now I think my fiddler did as well. I woke up this morning to find him turned over on his stomach dead. I don't think I'm looking at a molted exo since it still has all his colour and the parts of him that weren't hard shell looked to have rotted out. He almost looks hollow inside. I could be wrong in thinking that its not a molt, but I was under the impression that they were always ghost white shells left over. This sucks
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:01 pm
by Mrs. G
WOW!! sorry to hear that....
that truly is a bummer!!! hope things start getting better!!!!
Mrs. G
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:56 pm
by Guest
just curious, but how long have you had the fiddler, and what type of pool do you have (fresh, brackish)?
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:55 am
by annopia
by "looks like they rotted out" do you mean that most of the uncovered organic material is gone, but some has been left behind, or do you means its disappeared completely? with the later, i would bet on a molt. exo's can have the same coloring as the actual crab.
if he has passed, i'm sorry for your loss. i've lost several MHC lately and know it is quite frustrating.
Caroline
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:36 pm
by Guest
if it is an exo, it will be QUITE VISIBLY EMPTY AND HOLLOW. Here's a pic of one of my fid's exos...
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:02 am
by NotaMallard
My fiddler exos are always hollow looking, not preserving the entire colour but usually a light brown or orangish colour.