Help! Peacock mantis molting!

[Stomatopod]

I have a large peacock mantis. He was living in a 30 gallon with a nice cave.
All the fish in my 29 reef started dropping like they were dying from a
contaminent. So inorder to save them I had to put them in his tank.. naturally
we all knew what would happen mixing him with the fish.. so I got the log
decoration he was living in (instead of pvc) and I moved him in a 24lx9hx5w.
(6.6 gallon).. he fits in there as far as keeping him short term... but I have a
problem... worst timing ever.. he decides to molt! I just turned my head and saw
him moving like a worm and this red shell around his face right outside the
cave.. he has nothing to close-up with.. the tank water quality was bad
everyday except for last night (added instant ocean bio-spira). Hes been eating
frozen krill, and deli clams to hit on. he's approx 6 inches in length. had him
since april. He looks strange and deformed but I understand thats should be
normal.. for example the antennal scales appear yellow on both sides rather than
on top. I covered around the entire tank setup with black paper and put sheets
on all the windows to make the room completely dark for him since he couldn't
make a dark room himself. Whats worst is that his log has a hole at the top of
it, it was fine in the 30 as everything was surrounded in rock. What should I
do? should I feed him check on him how long should this last please help!

 

[NanaReefer]

Once he's molted it will then take about 24hrs for his skeleton to harden. Just leave him be and he'll show up when he's ready

 

[Stomatopod]

so even though he is shaking, squrming, and acking all strange even after I see his exoskeleton is normal? and they are fine after 24 hours?

 

[Stomatopod]

Update, he is fine now.. he lost one of his hammers and one of those arms they use to clean themselves with. Eating and acting normally now. He has white on the both sides of his tail now... thats the only color difference.. I've seen this on alot of peacocks but never on any small ones so I'm guessing this is how to tell when they are an adult.

 

[NanaReefer]

Update, he is fine now.. he lost one of his hammers and one of those arms they use to clean themselves with. Eating and acting normally now. He has white on the both sides of his tail now... thats the only color difference.. I've seen this on alot of peacocks but never on any small ones so I'm guessing this is how to tell when they are an adult.

Good to hear!