creekbottom Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 What does a cherry shrimp require to molt? I have a 5.5 gallon tank, black reptile sand, lace rock, plants filling in. I've been adding cherry shrimp from a different tank. What I have noticed is that when I add the new shrimp to the tank, they molt. However, I lost one to an incomplete molt, he couldn't get out of his shell. This morning I noticed another shrimp had molted, but was curled up a bit more than usual. When I returned home it was dead. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Some shrimp(even if healthy) just might not make a molt.was it full grown or a baby shrimp? A healthy shrimp should molt minimum once a month as its growing Otherwise,it may need more calcium or micro nutrience of somekind. I find those calcium rocks that Canadian aquatics works well,the shrimp just pick at the rock as they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 What does a cherry shrimp require to molt? I have a 5.5 gallon tank, black reptile sand, lace rock, plants filling in. I've been adding cherry shrimp from a different tank. What I have noticed is that when I add the new shrimp to the tank, they molt. However, I lost one to an incomplete molt, he couldn't get out of his shell. This morning I noticed another shrimp had molted, but was curled up a bit more than usual. When I returned home it was dead. Any suggestions? I always just use tap water; so, if you're using RO, you might want to go to just tap water. Otherwise, they say iodine is crucial in crustacean molting, so you might want to add a small pinch of table salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Interesting,I never thought if he was using r/o If it does come down to calcium though,i occasionally give my shrimp a small piece of snail jello and they seem to do well. Edited July 20, 2012 by Sprucegruve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekbottom Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Thanks guys! I use tap water only, was a full grown shrimp both times. I don't have any babies in there yet. Would something like oyster shell work if I put some in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I can't say it works as well as those calcium stones,but yes it will help I usually have a bunch of empty shells in my snail and shrimp tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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