HCA: Hermit Crab Association

My crab named elmo just came up after Molting. It's moving and eating all is well but my question is elmo has almost like dry skin hanging on its leg almost like it didn't complete the molt is this normal? And if not what should I do?

He smelled more fishy than a fish it was really bad we had to put him in the back floornoard because the smell was that strong.

I will answer in here if it's okay. 1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? Sand very little on the bottom and coconut fibers about 2 to 3 inches my crabs are very small I heard they require 6 but figured that was way too much for my small crabs 2. Do you have gauges in th...

If he was dead, he would be limp and falling out of the shell when you tilted it forward. Since he is new he may just need to molt. What are your tank conditions like? Can you fill out the Emergency template questions stickied in this forum so we can help you if there are any crabitat issues? It is...

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Well luckily my daughter hasn't gotten to close yet being we have only had him for two weeks. So hopefully he is just still in shock.

You answered well enough yeah no rotten smell just a slight fish/ocean smell and he is far in is shell. I do know he is very easy to scare because when we walk in the room when he was out. So maybe there is still hope.

Anyway to make 100% sure before I bury him?

Can someone tell me do hermit crabs smell? Because we just recently bought a new crab well he just started to not be active for about two days he is in his shell picked him up and put my nose up to him and he has a fishy smell not too strong but it's there then smelt my other crab and nothing so can...