fishbabies Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Do hermits molt? I never thought about it until I kept finding little dead hermit bodies on a weekly basis.....6 so far. I originally had 6 hermits and one died....but I keep finding bodies. I carefully inspected my live rock when I got it for lurking hitchhikers....so i am pretty sure they are not falling out of crevices. Anyone else experience this? Link to comment
caja Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Yes hermits molt. Be sure to provide them with a selection of larger shells or they will get them from your snails. Link to comment
fishbabies Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 thanks....i hope mine are molting....the little bodies look more fleshy than when my shrimp molt Link to comment
Catspa Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Yes hermit molt do look more fleshy then shrimp molts, so don't worry. Link to comment
fishbabies Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 hooooray...thanks everyone! Link to comment
Reefy Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 I always had the hermits molt too. I kept finding the bodies but when I counted them up, the number of them was always the same since I astarted with. Link to comment
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