Cleaner Shrimp shedding

[Mizu]

So I've had this cleaner Shrimp for about one week now and this morning I noticed he shedded his skin?

I guess I'll remove this from the tank? but is there anything I should keep an eye on?

 

[exnisstech]

It molted. Perfectly normal. You can remove it or leave it. I've read that leaving it so the shrimp can eat it is good but I've never had a shrimp eat a molt so I usually remove them.

 

[Mizu]

Oh awesome, yeah I think I'm going to remove it because it somehow ended up in my clownfish territory and I think they're a little annoyed lol

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Yeah, I agree. That's a molt. Nothing you have to watch out for. Remove it or don't. It doesn't matter.

 

[Mizu]

Oh also I had a pretty large Trochus snail and I noticed my bumblebee snail might have just eaten him even though the bumblebee is super small. I only have two bumblebees in this tank, should I be concerned?

 

[exnisstech]

Oh also I had a pretty large Trochus snail and I noticed my bumblebee snail might have just eaten him even though the bumblebee is super small. I only have two bumblebees in this tank, should I be concerned?

Bubble bee snails are predators and will prey on other snails. I added them for vermatid snails but didn't really have many other snails and it was a 180g tank.

 

[Mizu]

Should I take them out of the tank? I feel so terrible! I was also planning on adding a hermit crab or two but I guess they're going to potentially kill snails too

 

[Dburr1014]

I've never removed a molt, either it breaks apart or something eats it, idk.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Should I take them out of the tank? I feel so terrible! I was also planning on adding a hermit crab or two but I guess they're going to potentially kill snails too

Although there is a small chance the bumble bee's might have killed the trochus, I would first bet that the trochus died and the bumble bees were scavenging on it. They are mainly scavengers, not hunter/killers. However they do seek and kill vermatid snails, and thats a good thing.

My hermit crabs never bother my snails. Although they might have killed a few over the years, I don't notice.

 

[kevgib67]

I always leave the molt in. I’ve got about 7 bumblebee snail in my 32 gallon that I put in to eradicate vermatid snails about 2 years ago, mission accomplished. I’ve never seen them kill anything, as mentioned before, they help with the cleanup if something dies.