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05-21-2008, 04:52 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
Posts: 557
|  Molted over night?
I bought a coral banded shrimp yesterday evening. acclimated him for about two hours and put him in. This morning i saw what i thought was him, dead, in the corner. I was a lil' upset, but as I was fishing out the carcass I saw him climb over from back of rocks. I was happy, obviously. I didn't know they could molt that fast. I didn't see any signs of molting at LFS. and everything i read says while molting they'll hide out for 2 or 3 days, this one didn't try to hide at all. I didn't know they molt everything long tentacles and all. and the carcass didn't look faded or anything it looks like a dead shrimp.
I also picked up an orange gorgonian, and 10 more lbs of LR. I'll post pics later this afternoon. _________ 75gal hex, 2-40w T12 48", odyssea 48" 4x65w PC's w/ lunars, 50lbs LR, 80lbs LS, gold banded maroon clown, dog faced puffer, juvenile blue angel, 2 dominoes, 1-4 stripe damsel, yellow watchman gobie, lawnmower blenny, mano, purple chromis, striped grouper, mexican turbo, astrea and red foot snails, striped, red and blue legged hermit crabs, coral banded shrimp, white and purple bubble coral(very little), red and green mushrooms, orange gorgonian, candycane  Tanks, No Thanks. We Free Dive! | 
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05-21-2008, 04:59 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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First time I saw my shrimp molt I thought the same thing. He should be just fine but they do usually try and hide for a couple days after a molt. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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05-21-2008, 05:01 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: alabama
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yeah every shrimp I have ever added to my tank does that, first time my cleaner shrimp did it I thought it was dead too. They should tell you that at the lfs | |
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05-21-2008, 07:51 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Me too i woke up to find the head & all feelers, fluttering about in one of my powerheads, i thought the worst, untill i noticed a second set behind some rock....my cleaner shrimp & 1 hermit have scared me too... _________ Hardware-55G Rena Md,Filstar XP3 Filter, 200w Heater, 1xSeio 2, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Midas Blenny, Clown, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple/Hairy Mushroom's, Xenia, Button, Green, Yellow Polyps, Toadstool Leather,Finger Leather, Purple tip Frogspawn.  | |
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05-21-2008, 08:52 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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My CB's seem to molt far more often then other shrimp...
Amazing to see them lose a claw leg...then there it is again right after next molt.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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05-31-2008, 12:05 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2008 Location: ...the night time... is the right time...
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Originally Posted by omard  My CB's seem to molt far more often then other shrimp...
Amazing to see them lose a claw leg...then there it is again right after next molt. | isn't it? i though mine was all done cooking after losing both claws,then i saw the molt,said "yup,that'll about wrap it up for him" and the next day he comes out looking all shiny and new with two new claws  last thing i ever expected,, this just reminded me that once a long long time ago i lost an iguana in my bedroom,2 whole years later i look out the window and there he is hanging on the screen! | |
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05-31-2008, 05:19 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Originally Posted by wareagle35031 yeah every shrimp I have ever added to my tank does that, first time my cleaner shrimp did it I thought it was dead too. They should tell you that at the lfs | I agree with on that, but the really good LFS do. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew.. 
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05-31-2008, 05:39 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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I thought the same thing with my CB. The LFS told me that molting is a sign of a healthy tank. My CB molted overnight pretty often compared the my hermits. He was also meaner than satan's spawn so I took him back for a few bucks credit. _________  55 G, with 40lbs LR, 40lbs live sand, Tomato clown, Sixline wrasse, Aussie Duncan, Frogspawn, zoas, blastomussa wellsi, skunk cleaner shrimp, 4 astrea snails, 1 turbo, 12 hermits, 216wt T5HO lighting, Maxijet 600 (modified), Koralia 1, Emporer 280 filter x2. Born from my 20g on 6/8/08. Always a work in progress. | |
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06-01-2008, 08:06 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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LoL.... We all have molting storys...... | |
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