Shrimp molt

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My coral banded shrimp just shed, it drifted behind some rocks. Will it cause troubles if I don't get it out?
 
I take it out when I can reach it but that's not all the times. So now I have a question, can that cause any problem with water quality?
 
I have one that molts almost once a month for the most part I dont take it out just when Its stuck on my vortech. I havent noticed any ill effects.
 
I leave them in. They don't last long. The CUC makes quick work of them.
 
Yup unless they are easy to get to I don't bother with it and they disappear quick.
 
I don't have much of a CUC(went with a minor team) and I think some of my fish actually eat the molts.
 
I remember when I first started I had gotten a fire shrimp. Woke up the next morning to find the exact replica of the shrimp. I thought he croaked in one day in my tank lol. I thought the same thing. Will it degrade water quality? No, not that we can tell at least. Leave it, take it out, whatever you feel like at the moment haha.
 
Actually the shrimp usually try to eat the molt for nutrition. That is if the hermit crabs don't get to it first
 

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