do shrimps shed their skin?

spongebob120 · 06/04/2007, 05:11 PM

hello, i resently got a cleaner shrimp yesterday and it is doing fine. i came home today and i see two shrimps. i looked a little closer at the second one and it is compleatly transparent. either the other one gave birth to a shrimp and it died or it sheded his skin. can you please tell me what happend. thank you

Lorretto · 06/04/2007, 05:14 PM

they clone each other and in the process one of the two sometimes dies

ledford1 · 06/04/2007, 05:14 PM

They molt as they grow.

tm49er · 06/04/2007, 05:15 PM

yes they do. my cleaner shrimp did about once a month or so.

BlueCorn · 06/04/2007, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by Lorretto
they clone each other and in the process one of the two sometimes dies

polwick · 06/04/2007, 05:19 PM

Ledford1 is right, they molt as they grow.

kaihonu82 · 06/04/2007, 05:50 PM

yup..that's molting. you can either leave it in there and your clean up crew will take care of it or you can remove it. i always removed it cuz i thought it looked bad....but up to you

keep an eye on your shrimp shortly after it's molted though, they are more vulnerable at this point while their new skeleton is hardening, so i've heard at least.

AnimaliA · 06/04/2007, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lorretto
they clone each other and in the process one of the two sometimes dies

heh, best response I saw today!

06/04/2007, 05:11 PM	#1
spongebob120 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 42	do shrimps shed their skin? hello, i resently got a cleaner shrimp yesterday and it is doing fine. i came home today and i see two shrimps. i looked a little closer at the second one and it is compleatly transparent. either the other one gave birth to a shrimp and it died or it sheded his skin. can you please tell me what happend. thank you

06/04/2007, 05:50 PM	#7
kaihonu82 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: bay area, ca Posts: 454	yup..that's molting. you can either leave it in there and your clean up crew will take care of it or you can remove it. i always removed it cuz i thought it looked bad....but up to you keep an eye on your shrimp shortly after it's molted though, they are more vulnerable at this point while their new skeleton is hardening, so i've heard at least. __________________ lindsay

06/04/2007, 05:14 PM	#2
Lorretto Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 180	they clone each other and in the process one of the two sometimes dies

06/04/2007, 05:14 PM	#3
ledford1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 2,241	They molt as they grow.

06/04/2007, 05:15 PM	#4
tm49er Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 253	yes they do. my cleaner shrimp did about once a month or so.

06/04/2007, 05:19 PM	#6
polwick Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 165	Ledford1 is right, they molt as they grow.