loosing my hermits

Reefer769 · 04-11-2004, 02:28 PM

i think i lost one of my hermits, i cant find him anywhere, and another one of my blue legs is missing a leg and a claw, will they grow back? or is he doomed?

NaCl-H2O · 04-12-2004, 01:14 PM

Hermits and all crustacians for that matter will re-grow legs, arms and antanni at the next molt, given they're healthy. 99.9% of the time it comes back. And he is probably not dead they have a habbit of disappearing for awhile and then showing up later, especialy if they have just molted and their shell is still soft.

**Poseidon** · 04-12-2004, 06:58 PM

either that or he was eaten by a larger hermit!!!

Reefer769 · 04-12-2004, 07:04 PM

haha, i found the missing crab, he is perfectly fine, but the one with the missing legs i think is away molting is some hole(hopefully, if not dead)

04-11-2004, 02:28 PM	#1
Reefer769 Mayor Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 909	loosing my hermits i think i lost one of my hermits, i cant find him anywhere, and another one of my blue legs is missing a leg and a claw, will they grow back? or is he doomed? __________________ “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”

04-12-2004, 01:14 PM	#2
NaCl-H2O Tenant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 84	Hermits and all crustacians for that matter will re-grow legs, arms and antanni at the next molt, given they're healthy. 99.9% of the time it comes back. And he is probably not dead they have a habbit of disappearing for awhile and then showing up later, especialy if they have just molted and their shell is still soft. __________________ DAN OK! I admit it, I'm a reefaholic

04-12-2004, 06:58 PM	#3
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,539	either that or he was eaten by a larger hermit!!! __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

04-12-2004, 07:04 PM	#4
Reefer769 Mayor Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 909	haha, i found the missing crab, he is perfectly fine, but the one with the missing legs i think is away molting is some hole(hopefully, if not dead) __________________ “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”

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