Hermit Shedding

[Donya]

My Clibanarius shed last night. He'd been hiding for about a week and I found the shed skin today. Not sure where he's at but probably tucked into a hole somehwere waiting to harden up. I started to take the old exoskeleton out worrying it would pollute the water, but then put it back where I found it because I remembered that when I had freshwater crays, they ate their shed skins as soon as they'd gotten their new ones toughened up. But, none of my land hermits ever did that. Do I leave the skin in or take it out?

 

[Aquascaper]

I've never removed a shed skin before, it's got calcium in it so I figured it stays

 

[Donya]

Ok, thanks! I will leave it in, and I guess if my Clibanarius decides not to eat it one of my snails probably will after it's mushed up enough.

 

[Chac]

Same goes with Shrimps as well, they will either degrade or be eating

I have been shocked a couple of time to see my Sally eating what I thought was a shrimp, but was just its shed exo.

 

[Mr Miagi]

I left my hermits old exo-skeleton in. Somehting ate it cause it wasnt there the next day. I agree wirth the others.