What is going on with my fire shrimp

[Teen reefer]

Hello, I bought a fire shrimp about 1 month ago and he was very healthy and all ways moving around and he is about 1.5 inches long and yesterday I did a water change and he was fine but for some reason today when I woke up he was laying on the ground but he is still alive, can you help me and tell me what is going on?

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Possibly molting? Inverts always look like they're dying when molting. I'd leave it alone and see if it bounces back in a couple days

 

[Cole.mormon]

Molting

 

[12pack]

How often do they molt? Mine just did

 

[Kapachuka3]

How often do they molt? Mine just did

Mine does about every other month

 

[CavalierReef]

I have a pair and one or the other molts every couple of weeks. I supplement a little with iodide to assist with molting. However, mine always hide in the live rock when they molt. Don't freak out when you see what appears to be your shrimp blowing round in the current. Sometimes the intact shell looks very close to the real thing.