up then back down??

Miko · Post by **Miko** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:06 pm

i have not seen any post on this...so about a month ago today my crabs (in order) went down Hermie (exactly a month ago) shell shock (a few days later) and sharky (about a week after hermie) and this morning shell shock was sitting on top of the "house" and when i got home he had gone back down in the same hole and it covered back up..... about about 30 mins to an hour ago sharky came up and ate.. he is back down in the same hole... is this normal???

finalfantasyxii · Post by **finalfantasyxii** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:17 pm

Totally normal. They stay down there for lots of reasons, not just to molt. Many of mine spend most of the day hiding and come out after dark!

jgfceit · Post by **jgfceit** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:58 am

Happened to me as well. Probably just wanted food and water...Sporta did it three times in a row

Miko · Post by **Miko** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:06 am

sould i grab them when they come back up to move them into my 20g tank with my other crabs??

Miko · Post by **Miko** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:57 pm

so they have been up allday today so can i move them???

Geranium · Post by **Geranium** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:58 pm

If they are up and moving around and eating, etc. sure you could move them from what I assume is the tank you moved them to to molt or that they all went down before you got their new tank set up.

Miko · Post by **Miko** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:30 pm

they was all down when i got the new tank and my 3 new crabs i have had the 3 new crabs for about a month, once i got them i set up the new 20g and they been in that since, now that my first 3 crabs are starting to come up, i would like to move them, im still waiting on hermie to come up she has been down a month yesterday.