molting or dead shrimp?

[joshh]

i just recieved my order from swf.com and i got a gold coral banded shrimp and some peppermint shrimp, they appear to be dead and im not sure what they look like when they molt?? can anyone help? they were acclimated right and the water condition is good.... thanks

 

[tropicalreefs]

If they molted how many did you order and how many bodies are there? When the shrimp molt they leave behind a full exo-skeleton. It will look like a whole other shrimp. They tend to hide until their new skeleton hardens. At least that's what my CB shrimp does.

 

[joshh]

10 peppermint shrimp and 1 gold coral banded shrimp, 10 scarlets, 10 bluelegs, 1 sallylightfoot, 1 serpent star, 10 turbo snails,an 1 orange linckia starfish.....that is what i ordered and that is all that is in the tank right now.. <img src="graemlins//yeahright.gif" border="0" alt="[yeahright]" />

 

[joshh]

the shrimp are just laying on the botomnot moving at all. i think they are dead.