Help asap!!

[Ozelaf44]

i came down to look at my tank this morning and all I see is my cleaner shrimp not where he usually is, then I thought he was dead, but then I read that they molt and I’m really not sure if this is a molt or a carcass that been sitting there for a couple hours. It is all translucent, but I haven’t seen my shrimp out yet if he just molted.

 

[Indytraveler83]

Very much looks like a molt. If he did it recently, he will hide for a little while.

 

[Ozelaf44]

Very much looks like a molt. If he did it recently, he will hide for a little while.

Thank god and you lol, I was freaking out for a bit coming to a bunch of different conclusions, he molted, he died, he escaped lol

 

[Indytraveler83]

Thank god and you lol, I was freaking out for a bit coming to a bunch of different conclusions, he molted, he died, he escaped lol

Happened to me the first time mine molted too. When they are small it happens ALOT. They are the most vulnerable right after a molt, so it's worth keeping an eye out for when he re-emerges.

 

[JoshO]

Definitely looks like a molt!

 

[2000se]

Very much looks like a molt. If he did it recently, he will hide for a little while.

Yeah molt. His shell is very soft right now and they hide until it can harden back up.

 

[Ozelaf44]

Thank you guys, I managed to see him as I was walking past, he looks good. I’ll send a picture in tonight

 

[Ozelaf44]

 

[Hop2jr]

Mine does that about every other month freaked me out too the first time I saw the shell. LoL

 

[NS Mike D]

hah. I freaked out the first time as well. Pulled a shell out this week, in fact. They hide for a day after a molt, I presume until the new shell hardens.

 

[Lith1um]

My red fire shrimp molted the very first night i put him in the tank... i took the piece and went back to the lfs to get a refund.. thats when i was told they shed and hide