inverts molting

[crawfish]

how many times a year will shrimp and crabs molt?

 

[ronj]

i don't think that they do it on a schedule...my sallylightfoot hasn't molted in about 2 months(i think..i may have missed it)..i normally see the molt after it is done...it had been a long while before that when it molted...maybe someone will know some specifics.

 

[4251cpd]

how many times a year will shrimp and crabs molt?

No set schedule, if you dose iodine, more then they should. As they get larger with over feeding then it is more often then they should.

 

[crawfish]

thanks. I have a emarld crab that looks like he's now big enough to be a threat to my smaller fish. I had a clown fish mysteriously disapear and a few days later I caught my crab eating a sixteen dollar meal but I don't know if he was scavaging or if he was preying?

 

[ronj]

my sallylight foot has taken care of 2 damsels before...i caught him taking a strike at my hippo one day, so i removed him and put him in another smaller tank

 

[reefnetworth]

quick pH change will force a molt also. if a molt is forced, valuable vitamins and minerals are used to replenish the new layer. REEF-ON!