CJs Aquatics Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Hey all, is this a molt or a casualty? It appears mostly clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 appears to be a molt. they tend to turn pinkish when its a death. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comradovich Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Molt. You'll see a bunch of these once your colony is dialed in. While they look weird, the shrimp will usually return once they're hardened up and harvest the molt for calcium. Both my ghost shrimp and my amanos are constantly leaving these around. Anything they don't clean up... well, the snails like calcium, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi de Groot Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Of you have a dead shrimp, you Will know. Turns into a weird color, starting wit a pinkish one as @lefty o is saying. But can also be different like a yellowish color. This is a molt. I find that they molt more often just after a water change. You can just leave it in the tank and it will be eaten by the shrimp for the calcium. If it's from a female: they most likely to get eggs just after molding. So if you see a lot of shrimp going through the tank like crazy, this might be because they are smelling that the female is 'ready'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Yeah just a molt. Leave them in the tank, they tend to eat the shell so they can regain some calcium back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Molts look like a shrimp’s ghost. Dead shrimp look more like shrimp cocktail! Edited November 23, 2022 by tolstoy21 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 7:18 PM, tolstoy21 said: Molts look like a shrimp ghosts. Dead shrimp look more like shrimp cocktail! that is an excellent way to put it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJs Aquatics Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 @tolstoy21 that’s honestly genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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