Crab Molting??????????

[serenahec]

Do crabs molt? I have been noticing little dead crab bodies in my 125 gallon reef tank over the last several weeks, the couple I have managed to pick up felt hollow. And tonight I saw one of the crabs in my live rock having a meal and he looked bigger and shinier.

Thanks,

Hec

 

[MACATUA]

Very much so. Not saaying that was it, but crabs absoloutly do molt, and more than likely that is what it is!

Feel better now?

 

[jamal-188]

My one emerald crab just molted, he is really bright green now and I can't belive how much he grew, I honestly have no idea how he was crammed into his old shell

 

[TriggerHappy]

my camel shrimp molted and now he lives behind the powerhead on the filter!