View Full Version : Pepermint Shrimp Molting???
Mini Me6
12/10/2007, 02:27 PM
Will the skin of the shrimp after it has shed alter any parameters within my tank. I have an AP12. I can see the empty casing but it is under my rock work. I have to tear everything apart to get to it.
scaast
12/10/2007, 02:33 PM
I have never taken mine out and I haven't noticed any adverse conditions.
Illuminati
12/10/2007, 02:34 PM
Won't cause any problems, leave it and something will come along eventually to eat it like a hermit crab.
Mini Me6
12/10/2007, 03:24 PM
Thanks for the replies. Dont have any hermits tho.
Rosseau
12/10/2007, 04:56 PM
That's ok. If it isn't eaten, bacteria which is capable of it will also break down the shell.
Nothing in a real reef is wasted.
Kengaroo131
12/10/2007, 05:56 PM
i would leave it also, sometimes the shrimp will place it in a spot that is noticable, they use it as a decoy for preditors, because of there soft new skin.
Alaska_Phil
12/10/2007, 08:25 PM
Natural calcium supplament! :D
Phil
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