my peacock hasnt molted yet

billysanborn · 05/07/2009, 10:01 AM

i have had my peacock for about 8 months now and he hasnt molted yet...is this normal or am i doing something wrong? my previous peacock would shed ever 6 to 12 weeks or so. lando is about5 or so inches long. do they slow down with the molting the larger they get? thanks for any help you guys can give me

Mentat · 05/07/2009, 12:04 PM

I know they slow down growing as they age, maybe with less growth there is less urgency to molt? If you are on top of water changes, etc. I would not worry much.

Iodine is required for molting, but I've read there is no need to dose since 10% weekly water changes will supply needed concentration. Like for all supplements, if dosing, monitoring is required.

sabazerehi · 05/07/2009, 03:05 PM

8 months sounds way too long. i had a 5 inch peacock and it would molt about every 2-3 months. are you sure it hasn't just happened and you didn't notice? i highly doubt it's gone 8 months without molting and still be alive.

gozermantis · 05/07/2009, 06:16 PM

when i first got mine it took almost 6 months before it molted. like sabazerehi said maybe you just didnt notice it.

billysanborn · 05/10/2009, 09:54 AM

well i was cleaning the tank and found a tiny piece of a rapt. so he must have molted at one point, he never closed up his burrow however and i have seen him every single day, i guess i was out of it and missed it.

Mentat · 05/11/2009, 09:12 AM

Peacock's can eat their molt to recoup needed compounds from it. Due to hardness, raptors remain as evidence of a molt.

My late Peacock never totally closed burrow, she did stop hitting things and eating for a week or so.

Tangalong · 05/11/2009, 07:32 PM

Same with mine...eats like a pig...then quits and gets crabby...then closes one end and goes and sits underneat the overhang at the other end and sulks. This is only the second molt that I know of...think I go her early in Feb. That's about right isn't it Gosermantis? I never found a rapt though and I siphon her gravel every week.

05/07/2009, 10:01 AM	#1
billysanborn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Saratoga, CA Posts: 127	my peacock hasnt molted yet i have had my peacock for about 8 months now and he hasnt molted yet...is this normal or am i doing something wrong? my previous peacock would shed ever 6 to 12 weeks or so. lando is about5 or so inches long. do they slow down with the molting the larger they get? thanks for any help you guys can give me

05/07/2009, 06:16 PM	#4
gozermantis Stomatoholic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,048	when i first got mine it took almost 6 months before it molted. like sabazerehi said maybe you just didnt notice it. __________________ Stomatopod's are my weakness. i want to own them all like a little kid wants to own all the damn pokemon Current Tank Info: Been out of the scene a little while working on a 30g long peacock tank.

05/11/2009, 07:32 PM	#7
Tangalong Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Northern KY Posts: 635	Same with mine...eats like a pig...then quits and gets crabby...then closes one end and goes and sits underneat the overhang at the other end and sulks. This is only the second molt that I know of...think I go her early in Feb. That's about right isn't it Gosermantis? I never found a rapt though and I siphon her gravel every week. __________________ I wish I could walk my fish Current Tank Info: 75 SW FOWLR (for now) Hippo Tang, Scopas Tang, Clarkii Clown, 3 Sissortail Goby, 1 Golden-Head Sleep, 2 Cleaners/4 Gobiosoma Oceanops!!!/10 Gal Blue-spot Watchman/2 blue-fin Damsel/20 gal 1 Tangarora Goby 1 red band Pistol/35 Hex Future Goby Breeder

05/07/2009, 12:04 PM	#2
Mentat Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA USA Posts: 1,173	I know they slow down growing as they age, maybe with less growth there is less urgency to molt? If you are on top of water changes, etc. I would not worry much. Iodine is required for molting, but I've read there is no need to dose since 10% weekly water changes will supply needed concentration. Like for all supplements, if dosing, monitoring is required.

05/07/2009, 03:05 PM	#3
sabazerehi Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles, 90049 Posts: 2,469	8 months sounds way too long. i had a 5 inch peacock and it would molt about every 2-3 months. are you sure it hasn't just happened and you didn't notice? i highly doubt it's gone 8 months without molting and still be alive.

05/10/2009, 09:54 AM	#5
billysanborn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Saratoga, CA Posts: 127	well i was cleaning the tank and found a tiny piece of a rapt. so he must have molted at one point, he never closed up his burrow however and i have seen him every single day, i guess i was out of it and missed it.

05/11/2009, 09:12 AM	#6
Mentat Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA USA Posts: 1,173	Peacock's can eat their molt to recoup needed compounds from it. Due to hardness, raptors remain as evidence of a molt. My late Peacock never totally closed burrow, she did stop hitting things and eating for a week or so.