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- 10-21-2005, 11:53 AM #1Citizen
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Do Emerald Crabs molt?
Big Gulps huh? Welp, see you later.
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yup, all shrimps and crabs molt to grow.
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Yes, all crustaceans molt. Crabs, shrimp, lobsters, crawfish, anything with an exoskeleton.
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ants?
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OK, only crustaceans with an exoskeleton, not insects with an exoskeleton!
Originally Posted by ricksreef ants?
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just joshin ya. i had the 'grandson' ask me if the ant crawling on one of my
fishtanks a few weeks ago 'came out of his skin' like my shrimps.
the little booger stumped me, i wasn't sure what to tell him.
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