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Kaelink · 03-21-2008, 06:08 PM

This is going to be weird to explain and I can't really take a picture of my tank setup now but here's what's happened so far:

Rex buried himself, good.
The other crabs left the area alone, good.

Today, however, I decided that I would give my tank a good "look", just a quick view of the surfaces, just to see what was going on with the others/the environment.
I have a logpiece that keeps a small portion of the tank isolated (by sheer geometry, no real reason), and I made the log deep enough in the sand that a crab would have to dig all the way to the bottom to get under it to the other side.

At the end of the log, near the side of the tank, there is a huge mound of crab poo, and I find Rex nestled in the sand, though this area is too shallow to cover himself.
He still has a deformed leg (instead of the tip being pointed it is smooth, has been ever since we got him). This is evidence that he hasn't molted and, as far as I can tell, he hasn't even started to molt. :x

He seems very lethargic, possibly from being without food/water for so long. He is alive, at least a little, though.

I've moved the other crabs into isolation and moved the log so that he can move around to get food/water now.

I'm not sure what's happened/happening, any tips, please?

03-21-2008, 06:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kaelink "Never Molted" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Murray, KY Posts: 30	Re: Isolation/Molting conundrum. This is going to be weird to explain and I can't really take a picture of my tank setup now but here's what's happened so far: Rex buried himself, good. The other crabs left the area alone, good. Today, however, I decided that I would give my tank a good "look", just a quick view of the surfaces, just to see what was going on with the others/the environment. I have a logpiece that keeps a small portion of the tank isolated (by sheer geometry, no real reason), and I made the log deep enough in the sand that a crab would have to dig all the way to the bottom to get under it to the other side. At the end of the log, near the side of the tank, there is a huge mound of crab poo, and I find Rex nestled in the sand, though this area is too shallow to cover himself. He still has a deformed leg (instead of the tip being pointed it is smooth, has been ever since we got him). This is evidence that he hasn't molted and, as far as I can tell, he hasn't even started to molt. :x He seems very lethargic, possibly from being without food/water for so long. He is alive, at least a little, though. I've moved the other crabs into isolation and moved the log so that he can move around to get food/water now. I'm not sure what's happened/happening, any tips, please?