He's a shell of his former self

[Reef Wizard]

I just wanted to share this shrimp molt as I thought it was kinda funny and cool at same time.

My cleaner shrimp molted an almost exact copy of himself and it has been stuck to the rocks for a fews days.

Real shrimp on left and his shell on right.

When I first saw it I thought it was the actual shrimp itself haha

Happy Monday!

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

It would always make me look twice when that happened. Even knowing better still creates that moment of despair. Then you look over to see the real shrimp.

 

[randomfishdude]

the amount of times i thought my shrimp had died from their molts.

 

[littlefoxx]

the amount of times i thought my shrimp had died from their molts.

This!!! Especially coral banded shrimp molts! And emerald crab molts always get me too

 

[Reef Wizard]

the amount of times i thought my shrimp had died from their molts.

I also have a fire shrimp in this tank and he molted and it looks like someone was murdered its just a big puddle of red molt