Is this a hermit molt?

[See Gee Sea]

Hello all! I’m in the early stages of stocking and have a clean up crew of 12 dwarf hermits and 2 emerald crabs. This is the second one of these I’ve found in as many weeks. Is it a molt or is somebody killing these hermits? I don’t see any empty shells aside from the extras I put in for the hermits. The only other fish are two very small maroon clowns.

 

[See Gee Sea]

Hi Chris, that’s exactly what it is. If you look around your tank you’ll find the hermit in a new shell. If it were a corpse, you’d see the other cleanup crew feasting on it.