CallaLily wrote:With your temp and humidity where it is, I'd say he's probably just cleaning out his shell.
Just in case....
Is he constantly like that? Does he seem weak at all? Are you sure your gauges are reading correctly? Any chemicals or cleaners sprayed in or around the tank? What are you feeding him?
Your substrate looks a little low, but that may just be the angle of the picture. You want it to be at least 3x as deep as your largest crab is tall.
Has he molted with you yet?
No, not constantly or even mostly like that. He went back to a normal position after a while. Not weak, though he's less active than when I first acquired him but is still active at least some nights. I think that night he hauled himself and his shell over a stick to get to the salt water (I didn't realize that it was in a position to be tricky for him but he did it)
Sub is about 6" deep. He hasn't molted with me yet. I've had him about a month and a half. Previous owner had him about a year. Pretty sure he did not molt in that time. The response when I asked if the two crabs had molted was "we change the bedding every week" !!! I'm hoping he'll molt soon and get that leg back. It would be best if he'd wait until after I get taxes done and set up a larger tank.
I feed a variety of foods, fresh and dried, protein daily. Last night was an egg salad with hard boiled egg and olive oil, dried mealworms, dried banana, dried parsley. I think they got a steady diet of freeze dried shrimp from previous owners (no mention of feeding anything else). Fresh and salt water both now that they're with me.
No chemicals, I don't like them around my kids either. I'm confident in the temp, the humidity reads a bit low, from calibration.
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