Sheddings

samosette · Post by **samosette** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:17 pm

What do you do will all the sheddings? Do you go in and pick em out or do you just leave em in there? they look like a small crime scene.

Jackie · Post by **Jackie** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:32 pm

samosette wrote:What do you do will all the sheddings? Do you go in and pick em out or do you just leave em in there?

My Macrobrachium eat these, so I leave them in the tank. My algae-eating shimp prefer algae

, so I remove them.

samosette wrote:they look like a small crime scene.

retardo · Post by **retardo** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:08 pm

it eventually disappears. either the shrimp or the snails will eat it. i leave it in.

beckypyyeung · Post by **beckypyyeung** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 6:03 am

Hahahaha ! It looks like a small crime scene. What a creative description

I leave them there. They eat shells.

kross · Post by **kross** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:43 am

i only remove my woodshrimp's and leave my cherries'...

Ljung · Post by **Ljung** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:31 pm

i only remove them when they looked new and i feel like getting my fingers wet...

cz · Post by cz » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:38 pm

I usually remove them. My shrimp don't eat them, but if I wait long enough they disintegrate (eaten by bacteria?)

Post by **Mustafa** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:12 pm

I would recommend leaving the shed skin inside. ALL shrimp will eat the old skin eventually (except for filter shrimp). It's good for them.

I never take any shed skin out...actually I never get the chance since the shrimp devour them almost immediately.

Mustafa

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