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Mobile Inverts Discuss mobile invertebrates including crabs, starfish, snails, etc.

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Old 01-04-2008, 11:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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emerald crabs

ok so this is weird, so like a week ago i had to sacrifice a emerald mithrix crab to the porceline gods...so now i was lookn' in my tank and who was sittn' next to my emerald crab...another one..just a little bit smaller...... now ive had the emeralds for 3weeks..my question is a)do crabs molt? b) how quick would they take to reproduce? c)do i just pray to the reef gods for having a miracle and creating another crab in my tank lol
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Old 01-05-2008, 12:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: emerald crabs

Yes crabs do molt.
Your sacrifice may have just been a molt.
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Old 01-06-2008, 04:03 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: emerald crabs

most inverts molt lobsters, crabs, shrimp, etc. thats what you saw i have never had crabs reproduce, and you should not see two live emerald's right by each other because they fight

i have a sure way of checking to see if a dead looking shrinp or crab is really a dead crab or just a shell take it out of the tank and smell it you will know right away if it is a dead animal
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Old 03-25-2008, 09:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: emerald crabs

Do crab pinchers grow back?
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Old 03-25-2008, 09:57 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: emerald crabs

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Do crab pinchers grow back?
All Crustaceans will replace lost limbs by their next molt or two, but not at the same size as the lost limb.
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
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but itll keep growing to the normal size right?
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Old 03-26-2008, 12:27 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Yes, it will eventually over the course of a couple molts get back to normal.
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Old 03-26-2008, 12:58 AM   #8 (permalink)
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sweet thx.
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