molting

Hello, i have an unusual pet which is a Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus) and just aquatic crabs in general are very hard to find good information about other than cooking. I've had him for about 9 months now. I keep the water temperature and salinity matched to his natural home (Puget Sound)...

So my blue legged hermit crab disappeared on me for about 5 days in a 15G tank. Initially I though it died because that sucker could not be found and normally its very active. Low and behold I found it wedge against some rocks underneath. I thought maybe it got stuck because I see its body...

I have had a G. ternatensis for about 3/4 of a year now, I am fairly certain that is his species and that he is a male. He molted 7 weeks ago and has not since, it seems like he molts at most every two months but it is hard for me to tell because he does not cave himself in much that I am aware...

Ok. I need your opinion on this because my family is totally confused on this one. Back in February, we had a lively emerald crab named Jake. He was pretty large fella and would actively walk around at night in my 36 gallon reef tank. I also had a red brittle star and for a long time they were...

I've had Oatmeal, my peacock mantis shrimp for about a week and a half now and her behaviour has changed a little in the last two or three days but especially in the last few hours. Just wanted to check if any of this indication of preparation for a molt, or something anything I need to worry...

Hi all this is my first post on here, don’t know if I posted it in the right place or not but I’ve had my coral banded shrimp for four or five months now with no issues. Healthy molts and everything. Today when I peeked in at him, I noticed that he had either molted over the night or before I...

I can not find my Scarlet Skunk since about 10minutes after I added him to the tank(2wks ago)... I have a 20gal long with about 16-17gal living space and I check everyday and I still can't find him. I during the day and right before I lay down for the evening and I thought I'd at least see him...

What should I do when my peacock prepares for its molt? Before: During: After:

My Rose Bubble Tip Anemone has yet to have bubble like tentacles since I got it over a month ago. Shortly before receiving the anemone the previous owner told me it had split, mine being the mother. I got a fire red shrimp also about a month ago and it has molted three times already. Last...

I´ve been searching for serious articles on the role of iodine in invertebrate molting. - There is the hobby the belief that iodine is required for molting and is a required ion for that purpose (not specifically going into dosing controversies). - There is also the belief that iodine dosing...

So my halloween hermit just molted, gave me quite a scare as i saw its legs outside of its shell and i thought it was dead for a second. Do they eat their old legs and arms (the part that has been molted) after molting? Do they need it or can i remove it? Was thinking of preserving it in some...

3 crustaceans out of the 7 I have in my 60 gallon FOWLR tank molted today. It’s possible that others did and I didn’t see the exoskeletons. Is this cause for alarm???

Hi everyone, who out their doses their tank with iodine to help their shrimp molt?

So I just purchased 2 cleaners on Friday, I've had them before and had one for nearly 2 years, love these guys, but these two were doing great until earlier today. At literally the exact same time, they went down to the sand bed away from the rock and just say these moving their arms and...

Just curious, my cleaner shrimp molted & I was wondering if I should leave it in there or take it out? Is it nutritious for him?

I picked up a nearly full grown cleaner shrimp, simply because I like them. Around the same time I sent off an ICP test. It came back high in a few heavy metals (chrome and vanadium, which I found and removed the source) and suggested weekly 20% water changes over 3 weeks. I did the first one...

Two red legged hermits in my FOWLR climbed to the top of rock piles to molt and wait out their shell hardening. They're basically motionless except for their eyes peeking out and retracting for days now. I looked this up online and found an article that said hermits hide under the sand and...

Hey guys, so I’ve had 6 hermit crabs in my 20 gallon tank for 2 weeks now, and during the first days they where all right, moving around, doing stuff, but lately they’ve all stop moving and 3 of them have molted, at same time. I find this very strange, they all seem to be alive, but not moving...