Benefit to keeping shed from Amano's?

skewlboy · Post by **skewlboy** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:47 pm

shrimp sheds.

Question? Does anyone know if there is a true value to keeping the old exo's in the tank after the molt? Will the nutrients actually stay in the tank or should I just get them out?

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:23 pm

My huge female amano shedded and I kept it to show my hubby. He was quite impressed and I left it in a floating breeder to take a photo if it. An asolene spixi snail climbed into the breeder and ate most of the moult.

I don't know about nutrients but that snail found it tasty.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:10 pm

I leave them and the shrimp and snails polish them off in a few days. They are good sources of calcium.

carbon etc · Post by **carbon etc** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:37 pm

Good way to keep all that iodine from being wasted, I've heard.

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:46 pm

carbon etc wrote:Good way to keep all that iodine from being wasted, I've heard.

I don't use iodine.

oocfish · Post by **oocfish** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:36 am

The shrimp really seem to like eating their tankmates' exoskeletons, I've seen my shrimp graze on them and I think it must be good for them.

skewlboy · Post by **skewlboy** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:18 am

I currently have like 6 sheds at the bottom of my cherry/amano thank that look disgusting. Nobody is touching them, should i just take them out then?

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:59 am

It doesn't hurt to take them out, but if you have that many sheds all at once and no one is eating them your shrimp may be stressed. Better be safe & check your water parameters. Start with pH, nitrates, and so on.