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View Poll Results: What do you do with your molted shells | |
toss them in the trash
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let the rest of the tank feast
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09-26-2006, 09:01 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgetown, KY
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 |  Molted shells
So this is probobly a very silly question. My Sally lightfoot just molted; Do i take the shell out or let everything else take care of it?
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Last edited by k9BOLX; 09-26-2006 at 01:18 PM.
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09-28-2006, 02:30 PM
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#2 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgetown, KY
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thanks to the 3 people who gave me input | |
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09-30-2006, 04:51 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
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I leave them in. | |
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09-30-2006, 05:20 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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I do both. It's a matter of personal preference and what your bio load is 
Jim
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09-30-2006, 06:46 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
Posts: 4,358
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I just leave them in myself I hate to put my hands in any tank for any reason. The less the occupants are disturbed the better hey do I think.. | |
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10-25-2006, 12:31 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Age: 42
Posts: 99
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I have to agree with you Tangster, as with myself so goes my fish, the less stress the better. | |
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10-25-2006, 03:32 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Leave it in there as it will be food for other living organisms in your tank!!! Contains beneficial nutrients!!!! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Cerianthid Stars Hermits snails Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria Kenyon Tree Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa)
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10-25-2006, 03:39 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CT Age: 32
Posts: 417
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Usually after an invert molts they will eat the molt to get some of the calcium back in their bodies. Doesn't always workout that way though.
Either way, leave it. It won't tax your bio load. | |
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10-28-2006, 10:36 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
Posts: 501
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I agree with JustPhish. The carapace has little protein on it, so it doesn't break down into ammonia and other nitrogen compounds to foul your tank. My Arrow Crab almost always finds and eats the leftover molted carapices. _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, 3 Green Chromis damsels, Macrodactyla dorensis anemone, 1 giant Bristleworm, 1 small Banded Coral Shrimp.
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10-28-2006, 10:37 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
Posts: 501
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However, my large Banded Coral Shrimp recently lost a claw. I took the claw out, since it would have the muscle tissue inside. | |
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