Any Emerald Crab experts please help. Pic Attached.

[schwimmair]

Hi, my Emerald Crab has white blotches on it's shell. The crab seems to be healthy and eats like a pig. Everything else in the tank is doing good, and water parameters are decent. I don't dose for iodine. I did a Google search and noticed others have had the same problem and it doesn't seem to effect the crab besides the spots. Anybody know what may cause this? I was thinking molting, and others thought that it wasn't eating enough algae and it's green pigmentation was fading.

Here is a pic, note my Scooter Bleeny below the crab.

Thanks,

Schwimm

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[dakota9]

Wonder if he's about to molt?

 

[schwimmair]

Dakota9;501531 wrote: Wonder if he's about to molt?

Dakota, that is what I am thinking as well. I forgot to mention the white blotches have been like this for 3 weeks or so.

Thanks,

Schwimm

 

[smallblock]

that would be my guess I had one named waldo(b/c it was a mystery everytime you wanted to find him, One day he was just hanging from the rocks dead or so i thought 2 months later i saw him and man he had grown