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12-19-2007, 08:42 AM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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missing peppermint, found molt though i thought
well i saw a molt of a shrimpin my tank yesterday and i just left it there for my serpant star to eat which he did. but now i am wondering. I had my hand in the tank last night to put the new sps frags and zoas in but only 1 out of the two shrimps were out and crawling on me. this is odd because the both always did that. when shrimp die would they look like a molt or would they hide while molting and right after? either way the point of why i bought a serpant star worked. i bought himto eat dead fish/inverts i cant get or dont notice.
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12-19-2007, 08:48 AM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
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when an invert molts, they normally hide out for a few days afterwards. they're much more vulnerable with the soft exoskeleton. it'll show up again soon.
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12-19-2007, 08:49 AM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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ok i didnt think it died but it worried me because normally when my hand is in the tank both of them come out and jump all over me.
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12-19-2007, 08:54 AM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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a molt is more hollow looking. If it was the carcass it would be alot more meaty then the molt. You could usually tell the difference.
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12-19-2007, 08:56 AM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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yea it was hollow. thats why i didnt think twice and just left it there for my star. i only started worrying last night when both of them didnt come out
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12-19-2007, 08:59 AM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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if you didnt see no white meaty parts in the molt, then i am sure ur fine. All shrimp will hide until they re harden
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still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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12-19-2007, 09:29 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Yes they hide for days till the new shell forms and gets hard.
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12-19-2007, 09:32 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Fairview Heights, IL
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Do everyone's shrimp crawl on them? mine doesn't - but he's a fire shrimp... |
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12-19-2007, 09:37 AM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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i get attacked in seconds of my hand being in the tank
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12-19-2007, 10:13 AM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kimsie
Do everyone's shrimp crawl on them? mine doesn't - but he's a fire shrimp...
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Yes my peppermints, and scarlet cleaners always used too jump on my hand when i had inside the tank.
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still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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