Shrimp molted, was it eaten??

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I have a fairly new tank (about 3 months post-cycle) with a clown, damsel, cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp, tuxedo urchin, and a lawnmower blenny. (Plus hermit crabs and snails) Both of the shrimp will molt every couple weeks or so, and I have been removing the old carcasses. Yesterday I noticed my cleaner shrimp was working on a brand new exo skeleton but I didn’t have time to take the old one out. Today I went to remove it but it was gone. The lawnmower blenny is the only new/different thing since the last molt cycle, is it possible that he ate it?? Is this good for him, and/or do I need to supplement his feeding? There is certainly plenty of algae for him to eat
 
I believe the shrimp will eat it themselves.
 
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The molt will be eaten or dissolve on its own. Crabs will eat them. My lawnmower is a vegetarian and would never eat that.
 

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