molt

When I bought my tank a couple weeks ago, it came with a Porcelain Crab. The crab sat in one corner of the tank and never moved. Then one day I rearranged the rocks and he vanished. I figured he was dead, but yesterday I pulled all the rocks out and put them into buckets. I found him alive at...

I came home a little freaked out because it looks like I have 2 cleaner shrimp when of course i only have 1. It's an exact replica (the exoskeleton) and the shrimp is hanging out behind the rocks. Should i leave the skeleton there? i see some pods working their way in there and I'm sure the...

About a week and a half ago I added 4 hermit crabs to my new setup. A few days after I put them in, I just about freaked out because it looked like something murdered one of them. It looked like the legs were just sitting on the bottom of the tank and there was a gooey looking membrane...

Hi all, Had my first molt today! Typically whilst i'm at work :cry: GF sent me a picture What should i do with it?

I am very afraid my cbs will begin taking out my fish, an irresponsible LFS sold him to a very naive me. He (actually she) doesn't bother anyone right now, except I've seen her chase my clown, but I want to add more fish. Particularly a blenny, who might hang around the bottom of the tank...

Ok so we have two emerald crabs in our tank two weeks ago they were mating then the male which was the bigger of the two dissappeared havent seen him in a week then one morning there looked to be a molt or so i thought sittin in the tank the chest on it was open hence the i thought it was a molt...

I was looking at my tank yesterday evening when I noticed something hanging from some LR I couldn't see it properly so didn't think too much of it. This morning I looked again and it had fallen down. On closer inspection it appeared to be a dead percelain anemone crab (which I didn't know I...

Should i leave my crab and shrimp molts in the tank or take them out?

I have a pistol shrimp that has been turning upside down for a few days now. Every time i flip him upright, he ends up turning upside down again. I have him in a transfer container. it was with a yasha hase goby but i separated the two because i thought the yasha was bothering it. Its...

Hey guys/gals, It has been awhile since I last posted to the forums here, between work, the Holidays and of course the tank, I have been busy. I thought I would check in and let everyone know how my 60gal tank has been doing for the last 6 months and perhaps ask for a few tips and advice. The...

Hi guys, I have a 60gal reef tank setup and with your help in the past got through the cycling stage, last week I found one of my three emerald crabs dead, or so it appears. The under belly flap had been opened and right inside the flap it was clear but hard. Searching the net was conflicted...

what do i do with the shrimp molt? should i leave it in tank or discard?

Well i purchased a peppermint shrimp last night and i acclimated it for 2-3 hours. The next morning i found that he had molted but he was dead.:cry: my params are; Amm; 0 Nit; 0 Nitrate; 5 pH; 8.2-8.4 temp; 78 SG; 1.024 he was pretty much taking over my clowns homes and i think that they may...

I have a 30gal FOWLR, set up in June, critters added in late July. My cleaner shrimp, added in early august, has molted about every two weeks, if not more often, since I got him. Is this ok/normal? I have a peppermint shrimp as well, who molts but not as often. Perhaps once a month, if I had...