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05-22-2008, 08:32 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: new york Age: 33
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 |  why my fire and cleaner shrimps are constantly changing their skins?
this is the second time i am seeing they dress up again and dropped their skin off why is that happening? | 
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05-22-2008, 08:38 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CANADA Age: 38
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No worries....I have been told this is because of the nourishment, eating well makes them bigger & shed faster. It's a good sign  Keep it up. _________ 
Fish only aquarium: 55 gal. Bio-Wheel Wet/Dry Biological Filter and the use of Pura Complete and a Nano Skimmer : Fish: Yellow Tang, Pacific Blue Tang, (2) Percula Clowns, (3) Green Chromis, Skunk Shrimp, Cleaner Wrasse, (5) Hermit Crabs, Yellow Tail Damsel, Four Stripe Damsel. | |
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05-22-2008, 08:48 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: May 2008 Location: ...the night time... is the right time...
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i had been wondering this myself. i got real nervous about it too | |
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05-22-2008, 08:51 PM
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| | Millepora
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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From wikipedia ... and crustaceans, moulting is the shedding of the exoskeleton (which is often called its shell), typically to let the organism grow. This process is called ecdysis. Ecdysis is necessary because the exoskeleton is rigid and cannot grow like skin. The new exoskeleton is initially soft but hardens after the moulting of the old exoskeleton. _________  | 
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05-22-2008, 10:20 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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This is a natural process, don't worry about it. How often are they molting?
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55gal,260 watt PC(2x65 actinic,2x65 10k daylight,8 lunar LED) 45#LR, 45#LS, 3 maxi-jet 900's on a natural wavemaker timer,phosban reactor, 5 gal fuge (built out of standard 10 gallon tank) with chaeto, grape, and feather caulerpa, sealife systems protein skimmer, wet/dry, 4 blue/green chromi, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral beauty,1 true perc, 5 mexican turbo snails, assorted dwarf blue leg hermits, astrea snails, and nerite snails | |
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05-22-2008, 10:28 PM
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| | Guest
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Phoenix, Oregon
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This is good. My cleaner shrimp molt somewhere from 4-6 weeks. Depending on size they can do it more frequently. Once they get a little bit bigger in size it should slow a bit, and happen less frequently. As long as your tank is safe for the little guy, he should be fine.
Hope that helped some =) | |
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05-22-2008, 11:22 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 42
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Originally Posted by Bogie  From wikipedia ... and crustaceans, moulting is the shedding of the exoskeleton (which is often called its shell), typically to let the organism grow. This process is called ecdysis. Ecdysis is necessary because the exoskeleton is rigid and cannot grow like skin. The new exoskeleton is initially soft but hardens after the moulting of the old exoskeleton. | Can't add much to that. Good response, Bogie! 
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90G. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and PhosBan, Coralife 225 Skimmer, Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI, 20 Gal Sump/Refugium with Chaetomorpha lit opposite daylight cycle. Coralife 2x150MH, 10K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. | |
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05-23-2008, 05:31 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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You're not adding iodine are you? | |
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05-23-2008, 05:42 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: alabama
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They gotta molt to grow, that means they are getting lots to eat and growing pretty quick, good thing if your levels are all good. | |
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05-23-2008, 06:49 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Perfectly normal.
It still gets me when my Coral Banded Shrimp molts. I always think he died.
When CBS molt, it seemes to be the whole thing, even what looks like the claws.
Interesting paper http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/tamu/tamug01003.pdf
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Tank Stuff:
46Gal, 1 AC110, CPR Skimmer, VA Reactor, CL t5 ho 4 x 60 w w/lunar lights , 50 lbs LR, 60lbs LS
FISH:
1 Coral Beauty, 1 Flame Angel, 1 Flame Hawk, 1 Clown Goby, 1 Damsel, 2 Chomis, 1 Black Sailfin Blenny, 1 Royal Gramma
CORAL:
Mushrooms, Anemone, Feather Dusters
INVERT:
hermits different kinds, 2 turbos, 4 Nassarius Snail , Bumblebee, Banded Coral Shrimp, 2 Emeralds, 1 Sally Lightfoot
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Temp 78, PH 8.3, Alk 2.9, Ca 480, Sg 1.023, Dkh 10, Mg 1400, Am .15, N2 .5, N3 10, P4 .05 | |
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