Cleaner Shrimp Shedding?? What Is This??

[jds31788]

30gal fish only so far.. new tank. few fish snails and crabs....i bought a cleaner shrimp yesterday and he did fine but this morning i awoke in disbelief to this...some kinda shell.. the cleaner shrimp is still in there and hes fine but what is this and why did he do it.. i mean i know some inscects do this but a shrimp?? has any1 seen this before? :notsure:
ill try to get better pics. my digital is always focusing on the glass vs whats inside the glass..

 

[bubles]

all my shrimp do it at lesat once per week I have 2 peppermint, 1 coral, and 1 cleaner I never worry about the shells some times my fish or the blue legs eat them

 

[jds31788]

oh. and i got all excited over nothing.. dang i thought ..FINALLY SOME ACTION!.... so i shoudnt take it out??

 

[reefiness]

no theres no need to take the shell out. usually the shrimp that shed it will eat the shell or part of it.my CBS goes around eating all the shrimps skins.

 

[tatoush]

My cleaner shrimp used to shed just about once every 1-2 weeks. Some recommend adding some iodine to aid in developing its shell, however I have never done this myself and have never found the need to do so.
Levon