silverain420
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hello! I have a couple of red claw crabs I got last Thurs (10/16), a male and a female. They are living in a 5 gallon tank with a betta and live plants. The female just molted Sat night, and now it seems she lost two legs on one side of her body! Everything I've read said this can happen, and when they molt again, they will come back, but I feel so bad! Is there anything I can do to at least make her a little more comfortable? Also, I read that you should leave the molted matter in the aquarium, because they will eat it to get the proper nutrients to harden their new shell. Also, I was advised to seperate the crabs for about 24 hours. Well, I don't have another tank, but I was able to put the male crab in a plastic cup and float him in the tank. The female crab hardly moved for 24 hours, and did not attempt to eat the shell. So I let the other crab be free in the tank again, and she started moving around again. It looked as though she was eating the shell this morning when I left for work. Is this normal? Should I leave the crabs alone when they molt? She seemed to do much better with him roaming around...