My Fire Shrimp Shed his skin???

[nanokube]

Hey I was wondering if it's normal for a fire shrimp to shed his skin. I thought he multiplied lol and realized it was a layer he shed antenna and everything. Anyway I have read mixed things about sheding and was looking for info Im sure im gonna get a multitude of different opinions but PLEASE leave them the more feedback the better. Besides that everything is cool and Beautiful. Peace, Love and Fish!

 

~P

[Fishfreak218]

it is called molting and yes its normal...my shrimp do it every once in a while..i just go another one too lol..so cool to watch...btw sorry to jack your thread but does yours hide alot??? mine always does..

[raciampa]

It is called molting, and it is nothing to worry about. Unless it is doing it excessivly. It is probably just growing.

[nanokube]

its the first time and ive heard they do that, other people said its because of water condition changes but my waters ok. I wish I seen him do it Mine does not hide he's a little freak upside down and all over the tank when I put my hand in he comes to it and him the 2 clowns and the goby are all buddys now

[minimalist]

Leave the molted layer in the tank. It contains vitamins and nutrients that help the shrimp properly grow it's new exo-skeleton. (What is it called? Skin? Exo-skeleton? ??

[Fishfreak218]

why is it bad for the shrimp to do it excessivly..one fo my skunk cleaner shrimps has alreday molted twice since i had him..(.i have had him for about 3 weeks)

[nanokube]

I removed it and flushed it already I thought it was bad to leavein the tank Whoops too late for leaving it is he gonna be ok ???? I removeed another bioball and now have a test kit

[dmnelson84]

He'll be just fine.

[nanokube]

thanks

[Caesar777]

Remove molts; the shrimp often does NOT eat it, and it just fouls the water.

[nanokube]

Originally posted by nanokube

I removed it and flushed it already I thought it was bad to leavein the tank Whoops too late for leaving it is he gonna be ok ???? I removeed another bioball and now have a test kit

 

ALready did !!

[rbaby]

Other inhabitants will eat it however...I leave mine in...my hermits go crazy for it.

[minimalist]

Well, wetwebmedia.com's Bob Fenner says that the molt will not foul the water. He suggests leaving it in. Granted, reefing isn't an exact science and critter behavior varies greatly. Either way, it's not going to make a monumental impact. To each their own.

 

-David

[nanokube]

Thanks dude

[Angel]

I don't remove the molts either. Hermits love to pick at them and they are in shreds in no time.

[schaadrak]

Originally posted by Fishfreak218

why is it bad for the shrimp to do it excessivly..one fo my skunk cleaner shrimps has alreday molted twice since i had him..(.i have had him for about 3 weeks)

 

It's very stressful for them and there's always a chance that something can go wrong. I think there's a 20% mortality rate of invertibrates during a molt. I'll have to check, though.

[nanokube]

Check and let us know dude

[Linzid35]

We set our tank up a week ago and just noticed our fire shrimp has molted, freaked us out a bit.