Emerald crab question

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  1. trevor_cheese

    trevor_cheese Astrea Snail

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    So i bought 4 emerald crabs about a month or so ago now and today i found a floating claw ....does this mean someone ate him or do they molt?? Hrmmm???
     
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  2. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    they molt is the claw hard or like squishy?
     
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  3. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    How big is the tank? Lots of algae on the rocks?
     
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  4. trevor_cheese

    trevor_cheese Astrea Snail

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    Its a 75 gal. Not a ton of algae but a lot of the purple n pink coraline algae. They all feed pretty agressively when i feed frozen food. Not sure if the claw was squishy or not :S
     
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