Cleaner Shrimp Molted...

prosnow · #1 04-13-2006, 10:01 AM

My cleaner shrimp molted tonight, pretty cool thing to see...

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #2 04-13-2006, 10:16 AM

If you have two, after a molt is when they usually get preggie & start to carry the next batch of eggs. They say iodine is necessary for good molts & many reefers leave the old shell in for them to eat.

Anthony

prosnow · #3 04-13-2006, 04:45 PM

i was going to get 2, but i dont want to stoke my tank with to much right now, is there anything wrong with adding one in later?

OCDP · #4 04-13-2006, 04:56 PM

Shouldn't be any problems. Molts creeped me out the first time around.

prosnow · #5 04-13-2006, 05:05 PM

ya it was definatly a little weird, I was like WTF is going on! hahah, you should see when my rose hair tarantula molts, the first time it did I missed it so the next day I look in his tank and it looks like theres 2 spiders in there...very very weird..

Brandoser · #6 04-13-2006, 09:17 PM

I didn't know the shrimp will eat there own skin....very cool, I alway's pull it out. I think I'll leave the next one in for a show....ahhhh pathetic I am...

G1GY · #7 04-13-2006, 11:27 PM

I always leave the molts in for one very important reason............

I'm lazy!!

Funky_Fish14 · #8 04-14-2006, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G1GY

I always leave the molts in for one very important reason............

I'm lazy!!

Haha, me too!

Actually, none of my cleaners have ever eaten any of the molt?

Chris