Skunk cleaner shrimp molted!....again

[theDeedo]

so I come home today thinking my skunk cleaner shrimp had multiplied. I seen his shell still attached to a rock moving with the current. and him underneath my skimmer box. He/she just molted about a month ago, so I was thrown a little off.

Is this normal for skunk cleaner shrimp to molt alot?

 

[JandR]

That is funny you said that. I woke up this morning with my cleaner shrimp attached to the skimmer filter and at first thought he died for some weird reason. But it was his molt. I have had him since September and he has molted about 4 or 5 times so I am guessing every 2 weeks or so. I wrote it on the calendar to see if it was a scheduled thing lol.

 

[theDeedo]

sheew, I thought there might be a problem. Good to hear that is their normal habit

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

+1 ^

 

[Skyreefer]

Lol. I have 2 cleaner shrimp and 2 peppermint shrimp. They take turns molting so I see shells on the sand every once in a while and I have to make sure they're not dead every time. Not sure if it's necessary to remove the empty shell everytime. Im pretty sure some remains go unnoticed.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

mine molts a TON...i think it is due to overfeeding lol, but its ok because he is there to eat it!

 

[steved13]

Yup, mine molts quite a bit, leave the molt in, it won't hurt, and mostly calcium.

 

[tnwillia]

Mine molt about monthly minimum, after a while you don't see the molts anymore unless there is something really weird to catch your eye or the CUC is not doing their job. Have fun!

 

[zoomie61]

Ditto...mine molts a minimum of once a month...