Cleaner Shrimp Not Molting

black_majik · 01/01/2008, 01:22 PM

I have a 75 gallon tank, param. Am:0 Nitrate:0Nitrite 25+ ( I am getting it down now and have been) Calcium is cruising around 390-420 ppm and pH is 8.3 with a temp of 79 . Now I dose iodide in the tank and the levels are fine with that, but after having my cleaner shrimp for about two months he never has molted on the other hand my camel shrimp is molting every two to three weeks so is this normal or i am missing something.

m2434 · 01/01/2008, 01:39 PM

Sometimes the molt gets buried.

Zestay · 01/01/2008, 02:57 PM

the older and larger the shrimp is the less often he will molt.

J. Montgomery · 01/01/2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by black_majik
Now I dose iodide in the tank and the levels are fine with that, but after having my cleaner shrimp for about two months he never has molted

It's not something that I'd purposefully try to induce. I've lost a few shrimp and crabs during molting, it can be a traumatic and stressful time that makes them very vulnerable. If the shrimp looks healthy and is feeding well I wouldn't worry about it.

Toddrtrex · 01/01/2008, 04:01 PM

I personally wouldn't does iodide. If you are using a decent/good salt mix and doing regular water changes that would provide all the iodine your tank needs.

black_majik · 01/01/2008, 04:43 PM

Zestay- I see what you mean but my shrimp is small and was in a small batch ( 1"-2")

snorvich · 01/01/2008, 09:31 PM

Toddrtrex is right, your water changes should provide sufficent iodide. But how do you know they are not molting?

black_majik · 01/01/2008, 09:50 PM

I guess I am assuming, but I always see my camel shrimps molts ( the pattern on it is the same as the camel) I have never seen my cleaners nor do i see him/her getting any larger

snorvich · 01/02/2008, 08:21 AM

I don't think you would see a change. When mine molt, I see the exoskeleton sometimes, other times not. Looks like a shrimp but with no insides. I would not worry about it as long as you are doing water changes.

01/01/2008, 01:22 PM	#1
black_majik Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 848	Cleaner Shrimp Not Molting I have a 75 gallon tank, param. Am:0 Nitrate:0Nitrite 25+ ( I am getting it down now and have been) Calcium is cruising around 390-420 ppm and pH is 8.3 with a temp of 79 . Now I dose iodide in the tank and the levels are fine with that, but after having my cleaner shrimp for about two months he never has molted on the other hand my camel shrimp is molting every two to three weeks so is this normal or i am missing something. __________________ Finding Nemo: The most effective method of killing tropical marine fish. Current Tank Info: A couple: A 75 about to get a makeover, 20g Fish Holding Tank, 12g Reef W/ Anemones and yes Uncle Frosby they are indeed mushrooms.

01/01/2008, 01:39 PM	#2
m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	Sometimes the molt gets buried. __________________ Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ~Richard Feynman

01/01/2008, 04:01 PM	#5
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	I personally wouldn't does iodide. If you are using a decent/good salt mix and doing regular water changes that would provide all the iodine your tank needs. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

01/01/2008, 04:43 PM	#6
black_majik Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 848	Zestay- I see what you mean but my shrimp is small and was in a small batch ( 1"-2") __________________ Finding Nemo: The most effective method of killing tropical marine fish. Current Tank Info: A couple: A 75 about to get a makeover, 20g Fish Holding Tank, 12g Reef W/ Anemones and yes Uncle Frosby they are indeed mushrooms.

01/01/2008, 09:31 PM	#7
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	Toddrtrex is right, your water changes should provide sufficent iodide. But how do you know they are not molting? __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

01/01/2008, 02:57 PM	#3
Zestay Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: gainesville, FL Posts: 1,622	the older and larger the shrimp is the less often he will molt.

01/01/2008, 09:50 PM	#8
black_majik Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 848	I guess I am assuming, but I always see my camel shrimps molts ( the pattern on it is the same as the camel) I have never seen my cleaners nor do i see him/her getting any larger __________________ Finding Nemo: The most effective method of killing tropical marine fish. Current Tank Info: A couple: A 75 about to get a makeover, 20g Fish Holding Tank, 12g Reef W/ Anemones and yes Uncle Frosby they are indeed mushrooms.

01/02/2008, 08:21 AM	#9
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	I don't think you would see a change. When mine molt, I see the exoskeleton sometimes, other times not. Looks like a shrimp but with no insides. I would not worry about it as long as you are doing water changes. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~