What did this??

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  1. Moby Duck

    Moby Duck Purple Spiny Lobster

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    So I found this in my tank after I get off work

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    I just added about 2 hermit crabs, 2 bumblebee snails and 1 camel shrimp along with a pink and blue spotted goby... Can anyone tell what it is it what ate it?? The only other things I have in my tank are an coral beauty angel ad a yellow tang
     
    Moby Duck, May 30, 2012
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  2. norg.

    norg. Kole Tang

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    It looks like the hermit simply molted. It should be just fine. Crustaceans shed their exoskeleton from time to time so seeing their "skins" like that is totally normal.
     
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  3. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    1+ agree
     
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  4. Moby Duck

    Moby Duck Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Ok great, I saw it and instantly though my coral beauty ate my shrimp haha good to know he is just molting, yay for healthy hermits
     
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  5. Moby Duck

    Moby Duck Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Does he need a new shell??
     
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  6. Renee@LionfishLair

    Renee@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    He's already wearing it.
     
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  7. reeferdude

    reeferdude Fire Shrimp

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    it wouldn't hurt to have some slightly bigger empty shells in the tank just in case they need to move, but they can molt several times before outgrowing their home (shell) ;D
     
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