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Hermit crab emergency

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Question
My strawberry species is very lethargic for two days and recently today it lost a leg. I have kept it for 6 months + already and I am wondering what is wrong. It is recently molted and it's friend another strawberry is underground probably molting. The temp is 80 Degrees ferenheit and humidity should be at 80 percent. The crab was eating the past few days exept for two days ago. This problem is very frustrating as I could not find any problems with it at all.(I also have salt and fresh water pools)

Answer
How deep are the pools? How big is your tank? C. Perlatus needs pools deep enough to completely submerge and 10 gallons per crab. They also need substrate twice as deep as their shell height.

Try offering some steamed shrimp with tails still on and some fresh tropical fruit like fresh pineapple, coconut, mango, or starfruit.