Weird Question? Will Carapace Shedding Inverts Eat Their, shells to gain the nutrients back? |
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 Jul 8 2008, 07:24 PM
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 Why are the best looking fish hardest to keep?  Group: Members Posts: 1951 Joined: 20-January 08 From: South Dakota, USA Member No.: 38583  |
Can I ask a dumb question? I know fw crayfish will eat their carapace to help gain back nutrients from shedding it. Will sw shrimps or inverts that shed do the same thing?
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Jul 8 2008, 08:28 PM
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 Professor Beaker  Group: Moderators Posts: 11609 Joined: 23-September 05 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 16025 |
Sometimes yes, sometimes no... It never hurts to leave the stuff in the tank if they do shed
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Jul 9 2008, 04:21 PM
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 Failure is a great teacher. Group: Moderators Posts: 3989 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern Ireland Member No.: 12235 |
QUOTE It never hurts to leave the stuff in the tank if they do shed Well silly old me I've just gone and removed it. BigC |
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Jul 10 2008, 05:20 AM
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 a "fish hater" Group: Members Posts: 3480 Joined: 20-September 05 From: Northern BC, Canada Member No.: 15962 |
If I'm not mistaken most will re-absorb the nutrients before shedding. I personally have not witnessed my animals eating their own shed skin, and if I offer the skin to fish that normally eat dead shrimp, they refuse it.
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Jul 10 2008, 11:24 AM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 2-October 07 From: Yorkshire Member No.: 35864 |
I always leave the molts from crabs and shrimps in there and it gets eaten within a day or two. But I never saw who actually is eating it.
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Jul 10 2008, 12:44 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3270 Joined: 29-March 07 Member No.: 30673 |
Agree with lynden, everyone says leave them in so they can get re-eaten for the nutrients, but i've never seen mine do that. I leave them in though because normally the powerheads jam the moult into a cave and im too lazy to get it out, they dissolve within a few days.
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Jul 11 2008, 04:08 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 25-June 08 From: Des Moines, IA Member No.: 42845 |
mine just ate his
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