I guess my shrimp are always hungry so I don't see a whole lot of molt. Yesterday I spotted the molt of a 1-month old baby shrimp (judging from size) and it's so tiny (about 1/3 inch)! This was the tiniest molt I've ever seen in my tank.
On another note, my 12G tank ended a 3-month pause on reproduction, and had 2 berried shrimp hatching all their eggs in the past month. I have not fed the shrimp for over a year and half. The reason the tank went on a 3-month hiatus was probably due to the fact that I moved 2 snails to another tank, thus disrupting the equilibrium of the tank.
i have always ended up with the ghostly transparent remains at the bottom of the tank for me to clean up but i have recently caught one of my females molt just before she berried and only then did it realize why i never catch them molting more often.... ITS FAST! she wiggled a bit to break the skin then bolted outta there...
dilandau wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:37 pm
i have always ended up with the ghostly transparent remains at the bottom of the tank for me to clean up but i have recently caught one of my females molt just before she berried and only then did it realize why i never catch them molting more often.... ITS FAST! she wiggled a bit to break the skin then bolted outta there...
That's almost *exactly* how they do it. (see attachment above)
