Cleaner shrimp

[aaron1983]

Hello, Last night my cleaner shrimp spawned. Thismorning when I turned the lights on it was dead. My question is could it have died from giving birth?

 

[viper_930]

Could it be a molt of the shrimp? Cleaner shrimp molt every time after giving birth. If you are sure it is not a molt, then I'm guessing that it did molt and something attacked it while it had no shell to protect it.

 

[aaron1983]

Its dead im sure of that. Could be something attacked it I guess.

 

[bang guy]

Molting is very stressful for crustaceans. It might have just been too much for it.

 

[clown52]

Sadly I lost my cleaner during a molt as well. He was a big feller too.