moltings, leave them in or not

my electric blue hermit(which is pretty big) molted last night, should I leave the moltings in the tank or get them out, I have heard to leave them but none of my inhabitants seem to want to eat them, so leave them or fish them out...its a 12 gallon tank, thats the second crab I have had molt fine, so Im geussing the water it ok for the shrimp im gonna get to be able to molt properly

 

IMO take it out....I do it when my skunk shrimps and sally feet crabs do.

 

ok, I'm gonna leave them till a few more ppl answer but I believe they should come out too, cause if nothing eats them its just rotting away in there

 

I mean, I let my Nassarius snails suck them dry first just in case there's something left. But I take them out after 15 mins or so.

BTW I would LOVE to watch the moltin in action...must be quite a site.

 

yeah Im kinda bummed that I didnt get to see either one, both have done it late at night, like after 11pm, so maybe one night I'll get lucky and see it, Im gonna get 4 nassarius snails this weekend, but ill take these molting out until I have something interested in picking at them. thanks for the tip on letting the nassarius get there fill...oh, of topic but I saw a big conch eat a tulip snail on blue planet last night, it was awesome, then hermits faught for the shell

 

I have never seen any of my hermits molt. Everytime I think I see them molt its actually a dead body, the shell and everything empty. I actually didnt think hermits molted, just changed shells

 

Leave them in. Often times whatever it was that molted will consume the exoskeleton to regain a little calcium back.

 

they definatly molt, dont take the shell out, mine retract so far in it looks like its empty, no legs showing or anything, then they come out, cause they are softer after molting and are more cautious, the crab didnt eat them last night though and hasnt gone near them today,

 

I never take the shell out but mine definetly died. The shells they were in havent moved for months. I'm losing them left and right, but everything else is doing well. My cleaner just molted 3 days ago and hes still alive and kicking.

 

I have never removed a molt. If something in the tank doesn't eat it, it will eventually dissolve with no ill effects on your system.