Thought 2 Of My Shrimp Had Died!

[Albaba]

Looked in the tank this morning and saw what i could only describe as 2 of my 4 algae shrimps dead bodies!!!
Shocked i grabbed the net to fish em out and they were just empty husks. I thought all my fish must have gobbled down the shrimpy treat......
Then upon a closer look i saw that i still had 4 shrimps! 2 of them looked a little bit paler and a bit shyer than usual

Looks like they had shed their shells to grow new ones

I didnt know they did this so am very relieved

Albaba

 

[raptorrex]

Looked in the tank this morning and saw what i could only describe as 2 of my 4 algae shrimps dead bodies!!!
Shocked i grabbed the net to fish em out and they were just empty husks. I thought all my fish must have gobbled down the shrimpy treat......
Then upon a closer look i saw that i still had 4 shrimps! 2 of them looked a little bit paler and a bit shyer than usual

Looks like they had shed their shells to grow new ones

I didnt know they did this so am very relieved

Albaba

lol you aint the first, and will not be the last too.

 

[noshybabs]

How often do that do this?

 

[raptorrex]

depends on the age and type of shrimp. from every few weeks to every few months

 

[Invader Xan]

I caught one of my amanos shedding it's skin once. Quick as a flash, he just flipped his head up out of the old shell, wriggled all his legs out, flipped his tail a couple of times and swam away to hide in the ferns. I felt strangely honoured, actually...