$8.99 cleaner shrimp from Petco

jiffyjhn · Jul 4, 2021

Just remembered after I turned on the pump I went to my neighbors for for dinner and checked on the tank in the middle he seemed alive but was clinging onto the rock sideways in the sand. So maybe it wasn’t the pump.

jiffyjhn · Jul 4, 2021

Lasse said:
Are your sure is dead? A molt after a WC is a classic thing. If it has molt - you will see him/her in a couple of days from now.

Sincerely Lasse

He is blown around in the current like a piece of debris so I thought he’s dead and put him in a container in case he comes back to life. Still not moving

Lasse · Jul 4, 2021

Sometimes it is impossible to differ between the external skeleton after a molt and a dead shrimp. The fact that it was "blown" around indicate that what you see is an empty external skeleton. Just investigate the skeleton - if it is empty - you will probably see a healthy shrimp in a couple of days from now. The normally hide for a day or two - waiting for the new external skeleton to be hard enough

Sincerely Lasse

jiffyjhn · Jul 4, 2021

Lasse said:
Sometimes it is impossible to differ between the external skeleton after a molt and a dead shrimp. The fact that it was "blown" around indicate that what you see is an empty external skeleton. Just investigate the skeleton - if it is empty - you will probably see a healthy shrimp in a couple of days from now. The normally hide for a day or two - waiting for the new external skeleton to be hard enough

Sincerely Lasse

Thanks. I have had cleaner shrimp before and have seen the molt skin(the first time I also thought the shrimp was dead, but I saw the real thing right away). This looks different and when I picked it out of the water felt solid. Will keep checking the tank hopefully you are right and I’ll find him at some point.

Holst · Jul 4, 2021

Next time just leave the external skeleton in the tank. Example a crab eats the exoskeleton for Minerals and calcium cause He is still a bit soft after the change..