cleaner shrimp's sheds it's skin?!

[fishhead81]

Came home from porking the.....anyway I saw my cleaner shrimp chillen as usual on one rock, I look behind the tank to see how much my new goby has moved the sand around and I see....another shrimp!!! :thinking: They shed i'm guessing! How often will they shed and should I take it out or leave it in? I swore I was seeing ghosts!

 

[mande51334]

yeah, they shed, every few weeks i think

 

[carshark]

yeah they "molt" every so often, do you add iodine supplements to your tank? this wil lhelp him greatly as well as promote molting which is good so he grows and if he loses a leg or something it will grow back when molting.....

 

[hermitkrab]

I love my cleaner. I have to remember to save one of his moltings and give it to my biology teacher. Cleaner shrimp are the best!