Missing Pistol Shrimp, Molting perhaps?

PiscesPower

People protect what they love. - J. Cousteau
View Badges
Joined
Mar 19, 2017
Messages
783
Reaction score
709
Location
Pacific North West
What state or country do you live in
Washington
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I have a very active pistol shrimp paired with an orange spotted goby. He was redoing my sandscape last night before I sent to bed. This morning nowhere to be found, and his goby is out in the open. I did notice these suspiciously molted antennae lodged on a coral and the goby seems to be guarding the. I do have 2 cleaner shrimp as well so the molted antennae could be from one of them

Would it be common for the goby to guard a piece of the molt? and Does the shrimp hide to molt? and finally How long does a molt take?

Crappy pic sorry, but you can see the antennae on the coral to the right of the fish, its like a Y that got caught on the coral (I will remove it later).

IMG_1388.JPG
 
When my mantis shrimp molts she will block the entrance to her cave and stay there for about a week. She won't even come out to eat.
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

WHICH PART OF YOUR SETUP IS HARDEST TO REACH OR REMOVE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE?

  • Glass behind or beside the tank

    Votes: 16 21.9%
  • Powerheads or wavemakers

    Votes: 5 6.8%
  • Sump or rear filtration chambers

    Votes: 10 13.7%
  • Skimmer or other filtration equipment

    Votes: 9 12.3%
  • Overflow or plumbing

    Votes: 12 16.4%
  • Lights or lids

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mine is pretty easy to access!

    Votes: 20 27.4%
  • Other—tell us what I missed

    Votes: 1 1.4%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new