Do they molt?
I just found what looks like a dead hermit crab...way up high, next to two hermits.
I just found what looks like a dead hermit crab...way up high, next to two hermits.
Blue Legged Hermit Crabs....do they?
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I suppose so :scratch:
I don't think there's any other way for a crab to grow.
I bought a dozen blue-legged hermits just a few days ago, and one of them molted (I think) within hours of going into his (her?) new home. I'm pretty sure it was a molt, not a mortality, because there were no shells to spare in the tank, no immobile shells, and that shell was moving the next day.
I don't think there's any other way for a crab to grow.
I bought a dozen blue-legged hermits just a few days ago, and one of them molted (I think) within hours of going into his (her?) new home. I'm pretty sure it was a molt, not a mortality, because there were no shells to spare in the tank, no immobile shells, and that shell was moving the next day.
noooob
molt is the process of an invertebrae loosing it's outer layer so that it can grow. Like a snake shedding it's skin.
I don't know why the word "molt" is used although. I just use it to communicate the process.
molt is the process of an invertebrae loosing it's outer layer so that it can grow. Like a snake shedding it's skin.
I don't know why the word "molt" is used although. I just use it to communicate the process.
spare shells
You definately need some transition shells.My crabs started killing each other for the shells.after i put in emptys the killing stopped and all is good now.
You definately need some transition shells.My crabs started killing each other for the shells.after i put in emptys the killing stopped and all is good now.
Thats cool. Where can you pickup replacer shells? is off the beach ok? can you order them??? what are the options here? <--- noob