They Are Alive!

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sandy

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Geez after all of that. When I turned out the light, all three of my pepperment shrimp are alive! It was molting. Dang, that looked like a body. Duh. Sandy
 
stupid_naso

stupid_naso

Member
It's ok Sandy, I thought mine suddenly cloned himself. Now I know :D .You can always turn the lights on for awhile, just to check.
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superman

superman

Member
When my cleaner molted the first time, the shell looked exactly like him to the color. I was so worried I had actually thought he died. Funny lesson to learn about the life of a shrimp! <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" /> :D
 
daluminum

daluminum

Member
someone posted awhile back about their attempt to save a cleaner shrimp... HAHA.. I dont remember who it was.. or even the facts of the story.. but basically.. they setup a Q~tank, added copper and spent a few hundred dollars on treatments.. then looked in the main tank and said.. "oh $#it, there's my shrimp" *LOL.. so dont feel bad..
sorry to whoever's story I am ruining.. but I still think its funny and relevant.. :D
 
whipple

whipple

Member
the crabs and shrimp will usually eat some of there molt to retrive some of the nutrients that harden there under shell
 
k.lee

k.lee

Member
Originally posted by st3:
<strong>do u just take out the skeleton thing and toss it out?</strong><hr></blockquote>
No reason to get rid of molts (ie.skeleton). Ads calcium back into the system, a very important part of the system, IMO.
 
wrassecal

wrassecal

Active Member
My cleaner shrimp did it and I also thought shrimp had died. easy to happen since it wears them out and they hide for a while. That's funny about the person who q'd the exoskeleton! :D
 
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