Molting Shrimp

[jgvergo]

Crushing them is a great idea! I have nothing to grind them with. I supposed I could attempt to carefully crush them with the head of a hammer.

I just used a bowl and the blunt end of a kitchen utensil.

 

[3dees]

seems like my banded coral molts every week. never bothers my fish, but my 3 peppermints are nowhere to be found. I don't mind. they didn't do much anyway.

 

[jgvergo]

seems like my banded coral molts every week. never bothers my fish, but my 3 peppermints are nowhere to be found. I don't mind. they didn't do much anyway.

Same with my Peppermints, MIA. My cleaner shrimps and blood red shrimp, however, are front, center and very active.

 

[Pamela]

I used the back of a spoon to crush some pellets for my tiny clowns. It was actually a rather satisfying sensation to crush down on those pellets. My little clowns seemed to appreciate the effort. I'm worried because they don't seem to eat much, and I'd heard clowns are voracious eaters. Lots of times they spit out what they do taste. Maybe as they settle in more.... I just hope they don't starve in the meantime.

Sounds like I'll avoid peppermint shrimps and look for blood reds when I'm ready for more shrimps. Thanks to everyone for your helpful responses!

 

[jsker]

I used the back of a spoon to crush some pellets for my tiny clowns. It was actually a rather satisfying sensation to crush down on those pellets. My little clowns seemed to appreciate the effort. I'm worried because they don't seem to eat much, and I'd heard clowns are voracious eaters. Lots of times they spit out what they do taste. Maybe as they settle in more.... I just hope they don't starve in the meantime.

Sounds like I'll avoid peppermint shrimps and look for blood reds when I'm ready for more shrimps. Thanks to everyone for your helpful responses!

try some frozen baby brine shrimp.

 

[Pamela]

I just received my mail order of freeze dried plankton today and was so disappointed to see how huge they are (compared to bitty fish mouths). I will have to look for the baby brine shrimp. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Pamela]

So my coral banded shrimp has been molting every four weeks, but this time he only went three weeks. I hope all is well. He (she?) seems happy and healthy.