This morning I looked into my planted tank and saw the skin of one of the Amano shrimp I have, on closer inspection I realised that there were 5 shed skins out of my 5 Amano shrimp. I'm not worried that they have shed their skins but why they've all done it at exactly the same time. At the moment they seem fine.
Should I be worried? I have been using Flourish Excel daily and I've heard this can affect them, although I have only used half a dose at a time and carry a 50% change every 3 days. Could this have triggered them to shed their skin? I don't think it should have because I've been dosing excel for almost 2 weeks now and it seems strange that they would shed on the same day.
Needless to say I carried out a 50% water change immediately for cautionary measures. Should I continue adding excel? Is it a rare occurence for them all to shed their skin at the same time?
Cheers,
Mike
Should I be worried? I have been using Flourish Excel daily and I've heard this can affect them, although I have only used half a dose at a time and carry a 50% change every 3 days. Could this have triggered them to shed their skin? I don't think it should have because I've been dosing excel for almost 2 weeks now and it seems strange that they would shed on the same day.
Needless to say I carried out a 50% water change immediately for cautionary measures. Should I continue adding excel? Is it a rare occurence for them all to shed their skin at the same time?
Cheers,
Mike