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06/23/2010, 03:54 PM
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Sacre Coeur Montmare '10
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Champaign, IL
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Sick Emerald Crab?... no so emerald
I don't see my emerald crab very often... every few months. I saw him today and he is white. Is the crab sick/starving/just molted? I have no idea. Any help would be appreciated. The tank he is in is a soft coral tank so I keep it a little dirtier than my others. There is green hair algae on one rock which looks cropped but still there so I wouldn't thing he is starving... don't know.
Input appreciated!
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06/23/2010, 05:05 PM
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I think freshly moulted.
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06/24/2010, 09:39 AM
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I haven't kept an emerald since they exploded onto the scene some decade ago, but when I did, shortly after the molt they were super green and shiny, nearly looking polished, not white.
Have you found a molt recently? In contrast, just prior to the molt, the crab would go white as the crab attempts to shed it's dead exoskeleton (syrinx think a snake just prior to molt). I'd keep your eye out for a nicely polished emerald in the next day or so, and a free-floating exo-skeleton.
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06/24/2010, 01:13 PM
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Sacre Coeur Montmare '10
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No evidence of molting. Good to know. I'll let you know if he shows up shiny and green.
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"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" -Fred Allen "Most of us spend the first 6 days of each week sowing wild oats, then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure. " -Fred Allen Current Tank Info: 24g soft & lps & rbta tank. 28g sps/mixed reef tank, 29 gallon prop tank |
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06/24/2010, 03:34 PM
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I was thinking fresh ly moulted before the hardening- kind of like soft shells out east! But if its been more than a few hours- it should be green.
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