Omg My Cleaner Shrimp Shed Itself!

[djbabylove]

What the heck ... is it normal for a cleaner shrimp to shed? And do I need to get that skin out of the water?
:help:

 

[nas19320]

It generally is a result of growing the shrimp will molt and shed its exoskeleton. I leave the molt in the tank for my clean-up crew, but you can remove it if you want.

 

[nflnutswif]

Hello Kitty! Yup It's normal, and they do it frequently. No need to get the skeleton out if you have bristle worms or hermits!
have fun!

 

[djbabylove]

OK thank ... it really threw me off when I looked in my tank and had TWO cleaner shrimp. Had to take a second look. Right now it seems that the Bristleworms are dineing on it.

 

[bigarn]

Yup.....Perfectly normal, my peppermint shrimp molted 2 weeks ago. I also kept the "skin" in the tank for the critters.

 

[aarone]

the shrimp shell wont contribute to any noticable ammonia amount

 

[sailfin]

I believe that the molts add calcium back to the system. Just leave it in.
Keep a reefin' :happyfish

 

[t n h]

kinda cool, leave it cleanup crew will take care of it

 

[wocka]

i take mine out, and i have a toothpick stand i let them dry out on... it looks pretty cool when there done. like fossils

 

[badkharma]

Mine molts about once every 3-4 weeks. The hermits and starfish race towards the leftover molt - whoever gets there first, wins. Usually it's the hermits.