So how long will it take for my stomatopod to molt and what is it doing? - Page 4

Gonodactylus · 12/04/2018, 09:31 AM

I see no reason not to check,

Roy

clayworm · 12/05/2018, 10:30 PM

I checked, she was not anywhere to be found. I checked everything and sifted through. Nothing. No exp-skeleton or anything. What do you think happened, I checked the skimmer and filter to see if she was sucked up but nothing. And I highly doubt she jumped out. What do you think?

Gonodactylus · 12/06/2018, 09:48 AM

You have checked all of the possibilities that I can think of. When a stomatopod decomposes usually at least the raptorial appendage dactyls are left.

Roy

clayworm · 12/06/2018, 07:43 PM

Oh ok

AquaManGuy · 08/23/2021, 03:46 PM

Hello, long story short i believe i caused my mantis shrimp stress during the molt and it may have died.

Im starting to see a kind of white film looking thing cover its body. I want to take him out but im not sure if he is actually dead or just being super still.

nmotz · 08/24/2021, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AquaManGuy

Hello, long story short i believe i caused my mantis shrimp stress during the molt and it may have died.

Im starting to see a kind of white film looking thing cover its body. I want to take him out but im not sure if he is actually dead or just being super still.

Sorry this happened to you. I would take him out at this point as he is almost certainly deceased. How did you cause it stress? Death during a molt doesn't always mean the owner did something wrong. Mantis shrimp die during a molt in the wild just like they do in the aquarium. It's the most vulnerable time for them. Sometimes things just don't go well. Of course it's still a good idea to leave the mantis alone, stop doing WCs, etc...

12/04/2018, 09:31 AM	#76
Gonodactylus Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Berkeley, CA, USA Posts: 5,024	I see no reason not to check, Roy

12/05/2018, 10:30 PM	#77
clayworm Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 8	I checked, she was not anywhere to be found. I checked everything and sifted through. Nothing. No exp-skeleton or anything. What do you think happened, I checked the skimmer and filter to see if she was sucked up but nothing. And I highly doubt she jumped out. What do you think?

12/06/2018, 09:48 AM	#78
Gonodactylus Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Berkeley, CA, USA Posts: 5,024	You have checked all of the possibilities that I can think of. When a stomatopod decomposes usually at least the raptorial appendage dactyls are left. Roy

12/06/2018, 07:43 PM	#79
clayworm Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 8	Oh ok

08/23/2021, 03:46 PM	#80
AquaManGuy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 1	Hello, long story short i believe i caused my mantis shrimp stress during the molt and it may have died. Im starting to see a kind of white film looking thing cover its body. I want to take him out but im not sure if he is actually dead or just being super still.