Cbs Bad Molt

[Donya]

My CBS has already molted once, but it did it again today after only a couple weeks and got it's large arms stuck in the process. It seems ok, and its eating, but I really feel awful. I know the arms will grow back if it's not something in the water giving it molt trouble. I assumed the iodine was ok since the first molt went alright. I have a hermit that has also shed recently with no trouble...is this a freak accident or do I need to do some serious water testing when I get home today?

 

[Mr Miagi]

I think its just an accident. Before I sold mine, he molted and twisted his arm. It looked like an S bend. They will either remove their own arm, or at the next moult, grow back a straight one.

 

[Lynden]

My guy lost his arm while molting. Amazingly, I watched it grow back, and if I remember correctly, it was back within a week.

 

[Donya]

Glad it isn't an indicator of a mega water problem. I tested for everything I could and it came out fine, so I guess I can just sit back and wait.

They will either remove their own arm

these guys must be tougher than I thought...

 

[Lynden]

They are rediculously tough.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Sorry to change the subject but how often should should shrimps molt in a healthy tank?

 

[hyrookin]

yeah my cbs lost an arm about a year ago,
and it grew back pretty quickly.

as for how often they molt, I think it varies somewhat,
but my cbs and cleaner both molt about once a month,
hermits a little harder to guage, probably twice as long, depending on which types
mine are red-leg, which do not grow very large.

 

[Donya]

Well the big arms are back today, along with the attitude. For a while there I had a shrimp that was actually nice The new arms look maybe a tad smaller than they were before but the size difference is pretty miniscule. So that makes 2 weeks. Not a bad recovery rate! Glad I have my bristleworm "solution" back in action.

 

[Mr Miagi]

Wicked to hear! Such amazing creatures! I liked my shrimp, but he just couldnt stay, he'd trample every coral! If you try and move them, id advise not to use a mesh net, thats how my guy lost both his arms when he was sold! Good to hear your bristles wont be runnig the tank any more!

 

[Donya]

Err...tried to post this about 4 times now over the last couple days (anyone else getting SQL errors? )

What kind of corals does your CBS trample? Mine sits in/on/near my tongue coral all day. Fortunately the coral doesn't mind it much, but it's such a strange behavior I have to wonder if these shrimp want a certain type of coral to sit in or something.

 

[Mr Miagi]

He trampled everything. My Alveopora, Torch coral, my Dunc., Shrooms, Cladiella, evreything I had, he just walked over.

 

[heirfaus]

I have 2 questions. Does the molt need to be removed or is there a natural way it is disposed of? And what do you mean "trampled," does walking on the corrals ruin them?