back to back molts - has this happened to you?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:24 pm

One of my small/medium pp's came up from a molt 3 weeks ago and made a little underground cave a week after surfacing and started hanging out in there. Then he came up after a week or so, and I moved him to the main tank a few days ago and he is buried again. Could he be molting again so soon? I checked on him after he surfaced and he looked great, all legs and everything looked intact and complete, so I can't figure out why he would need to molt again. Anybody else had unexplained back to back molts like this?

Nicole · Post by **Nicole** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:41 pm

I had one true back-to-back molt last year, with one of my small crabs. He'd had no problems, the first molt went great, and then a week later he went down again for a second molt. He was fairly new with me at the time, so I can only assume that he needed to play a lot of catch-up growing, especially since he was so small.He's doing fine now, but it was worrisome at the time.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:58 am

Yes it has happened to me, but just because they bury themselves again doesn't have to mean that they are molting again. They are probably just chillen, lolSandra

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:31 pm

I have had back to back molts, especially if they are teeny to small.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:18 am

I have had that with my small and medium crabs... just be extra careful to keep conditions good, since they will be stressed for that much more time without having a good long time to relax... or like sandra said,he may just be chillaxin' down there