Is My Electric Blue Hermit Dead ?

[jimbo2]

Hi All,

 

Last night after feeding the baby (I got night feeding duty) I shined a flash light into my tank to see my nocturnal friends. To my surprise, within the rocks, I saw one of my electric blue hermits out of his shell missing his claws He seemed fine otherwise and was moving around okay.

This morning, I was doing a clean up and moving some rocks, I found him and he wasn't moving but he was still completely intact except for the claws. I touched his antenna and eyestalks and there was no response so I took him out. Not wanting to be too hasty, I put him in a container with some tank water, a few food pellets and his empty shell. When I looked back in on him, he was in a slightly different position. Will he molt and have new claws or am I just prolonging my agony and mourning for the poor little guy?

Here is a pic...

 

 

Thanks

[jimbo2]

He's dead

 

Had to give it a shot though. Wouldn't have been the first time that a molting crab tricked me LOL.

[idog]

See if you can locate the shell. He very well may have molted and is waiting for his carapace to harden before resuming his duties.