Cleaner Shrimp Missing

[connorsbala]

Ok, i got 2 cleaner shrimp yesterday. I woke up this morning to find one's moulted skin at the front of the tank. So i looked round for it but could only see one....where could it be? How long before it comes out again ( i know they go into hiding when theyve just moulted) cause im real worried How lond do yours hide for?

 

[shibby]

they can hide for ages, im sure it should be fine!

 

[pengy666]

yeah mine hid under LR for about two days before he settled in!

the shedded skin is a good sign tho!

feed them they'll pop out then!

 

[AK77]

If the shrimp feels threatened, then it will hide. Mine did for a while too. I had 3 skunk cleaners, 1 vanished, never to be seen again.

 

[Filmoholic]

After molting my cleaner will hide for days sometimes even longer!

 

[connorsbala]

No luck yet! The other one's out but he aint! Just to make sure,does the moult have a red stripe on it too?

 

[AK77]

The molt should be a carbon copy of the shrimp, just much more translucent. Hermit crab molts tend to be much less translucent and look much more like an actual crab carcus.

 

[Musho3210]

my blood shrimp mold is exactly the same as the real thing, the way i check is i move it a bit, if there is meat inside, its probably dead, if its just a skeleton, its a molt.