Red hermit re emerging?

[SA]

Hi all,

I have a question: Do red leg hermit grabs shed their body shell? I had a
single one in a nano reef and one day I saw his remains on the sand all
eaten up. I figured the crab died till a day or two later where there he's
in his shell bigger than ever.

Is this what happens or what else can be going on?

TIA as always.

Steve

[Charles Spitzer]

"SA" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question: Do red leg hermit grabs shed their body shell? I had a
> single one in a nano reef and one day I saw his remains on the sand all
> eaten up. I figured the crab died till a day or two later where there he's
> in his shell bigger than ever.
>
> Is this what happens or what else can be going on?
>
> TIA as always.
>
> Steve
>

all crabs shed their shell.

[Billy]

"Charles Spitzer" > wrote in
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| all crabs shed their shell.
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Yep, it's referred to as 'molting'. The crab grows, but the
exoskeleton does not. Periodically, the crab musg shed the old
exoskeleton, then it will stay out of sight for a period of time,
sometimes a few hours, sometimes days, dependant on species while the
new exoskeleton solidifies.


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