Coral Banded arm came off...

[bammbamm74]

My wife was moving rock yesterday to catch a fish to quarentine it, and in the process, she pulled my Coral Banded Shrimp's left arm off. Do they grow back? Boy was I mad. <img src="graemlins//yell.gif" border="0" alt="[yell]" />

 

[nasotang00]

It will grow back in about a week or so. The first time one of mine did that I freaked <img src="graemlins//freak.gif" border="0" alt="[freak]" /> <img src="graemlins//freak.gif" border="0" alt="[freak]" />
Don't worry about it.

 

[bammbamm74]

Really? The arm with the bands on it? The big one? I'm so glad. I was bummed.

 

[nasotang00]

Yeah, the big one with the big claw and bands. it will be back in no time.

 

[galina]

Haha.. that's pretty cool. Do crabs regenerate too?

 

[tru conch]

crabs do regenerate. do you eat stone crab claws? the fishermen throw the live crab back, minus one claw. The new one will appear after the next molt. This is true with cbs. it may take a few molts before both claws are the same size again though.

 

[bammbamm74]

That is so awesome, but the sucker just molted 2 days ago. Sheesh, she'll have to go with one are for a while.
Also, she was pregnant, but now has no eggs. I can't find where she put them and I have to pull my rocks out to add some more sand. Well, maybe I'll just leave some rocks in there.