Will Coral Banded Shrimp regrow an arm?

[DracoKat]

I got my shipment from LA today. Everything appears to be alive.

My serpent sea star has lost part of its limb, so I know it will grow back.

my coral banded shrimp came with a missing arm claw.. will that come back? or should I contact LA?

 

[Budman93]

Yes! As long as the water qualities good he should regrow that arm fully after a molt or two.

 

[DracoKat]

Thank you! Just wanted to make sure

 

[Roboson]

Make sure you have proper iodine levels. Otherwise he may have trouble molting.

 

[clownin_around]

Mine lost an arm. A week later he molted and BOOM brand new arm. It's crazy!

 

[DracoKat]

Was it like BOOM full grown instantly? or it took a few days to grow?

Some reason, I am reminded of the Deadpool scene with the baby hand.

 

[Roboson]

It should mostly grow before they molt and will sort of pop out when they molt.

 

[reeferfoxx]

It should mostly grow before they molt and will sort of pop out when they molt.

Exactly! Mine didn't look like it was growing until after it molted.

 

[clownin_around]

Nothing was there, I went to work, it molted, BAM brand new arm.

I hope the capitalized boom and bam show you how instantaneous it was.

 

[reeferfoxx]

Nothing was there, I went to work, it molted, BAM brand new arm.

I hope the capitalized boom and bam show you how instantaneous it was.

It's just like you describe! BAM!

 

[ngvu1]

I once bought a red blood shrimp at a LFS. When the owner of the store bagged the guy I noticed 1 of the for legs was missing, so I was like "hey this one is not perfect, do you have another one with all the limbs?"; He said "This is the last one....OK I'll give you $1 discount" ; It did grow back the missing limb.
I also got my pistol shrimp with 1 claw and it grew 1 back. The new claw is a bit smaller than the old claw. No wonder I have seen many pistol shrimps with 1 big and 1 small claws...Even lobsters

 

[Budman93]

Molting is seriously weird...Imagine if people molted.

 

[Darryl]

yes when it molts