Dead or molting hermit?

[mickeyfish]

Do jade hermit crabs molt just like shrimp? Is this a dead or molting hermit?

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[monkeysee1]

I don't think hermits molt like shrimp. When they change shells they do it VERY quickly to avoid being eaten. I could be wrong though.
I believe he is deceased. Sorry. :sad2:

 

[AlSimmons]

Just take it out and smell it. If it's dead you'll know. If it doesn't smell then it's probably just a molt. They'll do this from time to time.

 

[jlmawp]

I don't think hermits molt like shrimp. When they change shells they do it VERY quickly to avoid being eaten. I could be wrong though.
I believe he is deceased. Sorry. :sad2:

Hermits definitely do molt. Mine do it all the time. Looks like a molt to me.

 

[hearttx]

Looks like a molt to me.

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[ca1ore]

Hermits definitely do molt. The molt is generally meat-free and that one looks a tad meaty to me. Just pull it out and see.

 

[tonyreef]

If its dead there will be an empty shell near by

 

[homer1475]

Everytime I've seen a hermit molt, it looks like the front claws and legs, with a small bit of meat on the opposite end. Looks just like a molt to me. I leave them in the tank, they get pushed around until one of my larger rock flower or bubble tip anemones eat them. Weird I know, but the nems seem to love them.

 

[jlmawp]

Everytime I've seen a hermit molt, it looks like the front claws and legs, with a small bit of meat on the opposite end. Looks just like a molt to me. I leave them in the tank, they get pushed around until one of my larger rock flower or bubble tip anemones eat them. Weird I know, but the nems seem to love them.

One invert's trash is another invert's treasure.

 

[RonV]

Yes hermit molt, mine do every couple months. You need to buy some empty shells and put them in your tank. Hermits molt because they are growing and they will need larger shells over time.

 

[Rover88]

To join the chorus, it looks like a molt.

Although I had a hermit die (You could tell because it has a sizeable body on the end) and it got displaced from its shell by another hermit. Or murdered by it, one or the other.

After a couple of minutes of getting picked over, what was left looked like a molt too. They ate the body, left the 'legs' attached to the front bits.

So it can be tricky to tell.