Shrimp Exoskeleton

[ahiggins]

Hey all!
Quick question about my skunk cleaner shrimp. I found either his shed or him under the rock last night. It was a complete skeleton buuuut it had some weird fluffy stuff around where his head would have been. The place I found the exo was hollowed out from sand under a rock so it could be his shed.
Anyone ever find anything on/in the exo?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Hey all!
Quick question about my skunk cleaner shrimp. I found either his shed or him under the rock last night. It was a complete skeleton buuuut it had some weird fluffy stuff around where his head would have been. The place I found the exo was hollowed out from sand under a rock so it could be his shed.
Anyone ever find anything on/in the exo?

yes. just make sure he is still in the tank. My pom pom crab scares me a lot that way. For the last couple years actually

 

[ahiggins]

LOL i didnt want to overreact but it looked a whole lot like a dead shrimp...just as I was getting to like him too. During the day before I found it, he was darting around for food just as before.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

LOL i didnt want to overreact but it looked a whole lot like a dead shrimp...just as I was getting to like him too. During the day before I found it, he was darting around for food just as before.

How dare they make a parent worry so.:)

 

[Lionfish Lair]

A lot of times I find dead stuff tucked under rocks like that, from bristleworms and what not dragging it back to the shelter of the LR.

 

[ahiggins]

A lot of times I find dead stuff tucked under rocks like that, from bristleworms and what not dragging it back to the shelter of the LR.

WHAT THE F*** is a bristleworm?! They sound terrifying!!

 

[Breadman03]

They're just little worms (that can get pretty big) and are a very useful part of your cleanup crew.

 

[Bunnee911]

But, they sting.