Speaking of shrimp....and crabs

Mirage2521 · 05/13/2007, 09:24 PM

I put 2 new pepermint shrimp and a sally lightfoot crab in my tank, all from etropical.com and within a week they had all molted. Is this normal or do I have a super geneticly altered high speed growth tank?

dr.darkness · 05/13/2007, 09:37 PM

Na.....it's kind of normal.

demonsp · 05/13/2007, 09:58 PM

Normal. My sally and shrimp molted soon after introduced to new tank then mb 4 or 5 weeks pretty steady.

Snowboarda42 · 05/13/2007, 10:01 PM

My cleaner finally molted. I thought it Melted at first though since it was stuck in the PH.

demonsp · 05/13/2007, 10:03 PM

My sally's molt was so perfect in shape i thought it was actually the dead body of her before learning of the molting.

Mirage2521 · 05/14/2007, 04:35 AM

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Originally posted by demonsp
My sally's molt was so perfect in shape i thought it was actually the dead body of her before learning of the molting.

I thought the same when my wife (who claims no interest in the tank but spends more hours in fornt of it than I do) called me in the room to tell me my crab died.....I was bummed when I saw it the I saw sally under a rock and I knew it had to be a molt.

05/13/2007, 09:24 PM	#1
Mirage2521 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northwest Florida Posts: 85	Speaking of shrimp....and crabs I put 2 new pepermint shrimp and a sally lightfoot crab in my tank, all from etropical.com and within a week they had all molted. Is this normal or do I have a super geneticly altered high speed growth tank?

05/13/2007, 09:37 PM	#2
dr.darkness Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: bay area,ca Posts: 346	Na.....it's kind of normal. __________________ "I don't care who you think you are, when it comes down to it you're just another piece of meat to a serial killer" - William Dan Current Tank Info: 85g reef/12g nano

05/13/2007, 10:01 PM	#4
Snowboarda42 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Warshington Posts: 1,094	My cleaner finally molted. I thought it Melted at first though since it was stuck in the PH. __________________ 40B Mixed Reef 100% Captive Grown Corals See, that's the trouble with the world today. Not enough danger to kill off stupid people before they get old enough to breed. Bring back lawn darts! -PrivateJoker64 Current Tank Info: 40B, 20L Sump/Fuge, Mag 9.5 Return, 2x Hydor Koralia #2's, 150W 14K HQI, 139W T-5, Euro-Reef RS-80P Mesh Modded, 40LB LR, 80LB LS, 54x Turnover, Mostly SPS, Some Softys Too.

05/13/2007, 09:58 PM	#3
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Normal. My sally and shrimp molted soon after introduced to new tank then mb 4 or 5 weeks pretty steady.

05/13/2007, 10:03 PM	#5
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	My sally's molt was so perfect in shape i thought it was actually the dead body of her before learning of the molting.