Re: help my emerald crabs!!

[Patrick]

My guess would be normal seasonal molting???





"Sprattoo" > wrote in message >...
> I have 2 emerald crabs in two different tanks (water situation in each is
> pretty much Identical)
>
> nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, all at zero - ph about 8.0 - 8.1 I haven't
> checked in a while. temp 79 F.
>
> I occasionally use reef evolution trace elements and add iodine, calcium,
> strontium blend in make up water. ((NOT all at once... I try to rotate
> little doses of the stuff.
>
> Both my mithrax crabs (each in different tank) are turning white-ish in
> color. They eat fine, everything else in both tanks is doing well, no signs
> of distress or irregular behavior. Is this a sign of too much calcium? or
> not enough of something important to their health?
>
> please email me if anyone knows why this is happening
>
>
>
> thanks in advance.

[Brian McCarty]

Being a newbie to the hobby I'll let you decide if you want to consider my
thoughts.
I would say that if your crabs are acting normally (eating, hiding, etc.)
and do not seem to be exhibiting abnormal behavior, then it is likely that
your crabs are preparing to shed their exoskeleton. Have you observed this
whitish color before during their molting stage? Just a thought.

"Sprattoo" > wrote in message
...
> I have 2 emerald crabs in two different tanks (water situation in each is
> pretty much Identical)
>
> nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, all at zero - ph about 8.0 - 8.1 I haven't
> checked in a while. temp 79 F.
>
> I occasionally use reef evolution trace elements and add iodine, calcium,
> strontium blend in make up water. ((NOT all at once... I try to rotate
> little doses of the stuff.
>
> Both my mithrax crabs (each in different tank) are turning white-ish in
> color. They eat fine, everything else in both tanks is doing well, no
signs
> of distress or irregular behavior. Is this a sign of too much calcium? or
> not enough of something important to their health?
>
> please email me if anyone knows why this is happening
>
>
>
> thanks in advance.
>
>

[Sprattoo]

Thanks everyone for the tips.. I'm going to consider the OD on iodine. The
older has been whitish for 2 or 3 months now. So it seems that he would have
moulted by now.
The second was green when I got him and turned whitish within a month of
moving in...

here I go off to water change land and holding out on iodine.

"Brian McCarty" > wrote in message
...
> Being a newbie to the hobby I'll let you decide if you want to consider my
> thoughts.
> I would say that if your crabs are acting normally (eating, hiding, etc.)
> and do not seem to be exhibiting abnormal behavior, then it is likely that
> your crabs are preparing to shed their exoskeleton. Have you observed
this
> whitish color before during their molting stage? Just a thought.
>
> "Sprattoo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have 2 emerald crabs in two different tanks (water situation in each
is
> > pretty much Identical)
> >
> > nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, all at zero - ph about 8.0 - 8.1 I haven't
> > checked in a while. temp 79 F.
> >
> > I occasionally use reef evolution trace elements and add iodine,
calcium,
> > strontium blend in make up water. ((NOT all at once... I try to rotate
> > little doses of the stuff.
> >
> > Both my mithrax crabs (each in different tank) are turning white-ish in
> > color. They eat fine, everything else in both tanks is doing well, no
> signs
> > of distress or irregular behavior. Is this a sign of too much calcium?
or
> > not enough of something important to their health?
> >
> > please email me if anyone knows why this is happening
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance.
> >
> >
>
>