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I'm rather stuck on what you said about the crustaceans having trouble molting. This seems unusual to me. One time, I can pass off as an anomaly but not when all are having problems. Maybe there is too much iodine in the water, or not enough (iodine is apparently a crucial element needed for triggering molting). It sounds like they might be molting prematurely, or perhaps molting too late somehow.
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Not to be argumentative, my understanding of molting is that it is a function of growth. The animal gets too big for its outer covering, it molts, period. Now I am not aware of unusual molting, so I am out of the picture here. As to iodide. I add reef iodide sporadically, and have never had unusual molting. That is all I can offer.