Do Shrimp shed?
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Topic: Do Shrimp shed?
Posted By: Angel
Subject: Do Shrimp shed?
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 8:10pm
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I have a perfect shrimp shell - like a snake skin. Do shrimp shed or did someone have shrimp dinner? ------------- Connie Tooele |
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Posted By: reptoreef
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 8:11pm
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they do molt... will generally look like the shrimp, but more clear ------------- www.captivereefing.com |
Posted By: Rocky
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 8:13pm
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Yes they do molt, and they will leave the old shell out in the open to distract any predators while its new shell is hardening. ------------- Rocky Phillips Hill AFB, Utah Currently Tankless :( |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 8:24pm
Absolutely. I used to search for the real shrimp just to make sure he was alive!  -------------  |
Posted By: Angel
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 8:48pm
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Yea!!! Yes, the exact copy was left in the open. ------------- Connie Tooele |
Posted By: Shane H
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 10:55pm
If you remove it carefully it will dry and harden. Makes for a great show and tell item for the kids!  However, it will be VERY fragile. |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 11:35pm
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Cool, I hadn't thought of that ------------- |
Shane H wrote:Posted By: Angel
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 9:49pm
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Well when I finally transferred the last of the inhabitant of the small tank into the larger one, there was only one shrimp where there had been 2. The good news is that the clown gobie, which hasn't been seen since we added it, was alive and well. So that's it - take everything out for inventory on a quarterly basis! ------------- Connie Tooele |
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 8:19pm
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