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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2004Cleaner Shrimp Molting to often?
I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is almost 11"-12" across. Will this thing be like the fish out of water by Helen Palmer? If it gets any bigger I might eat it. LOL Rick Are you adding Iodine to the tank ?  SignatureBoomer Want to talk chemistry ? The Reef Chemistry Forum http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/index.php Want to See More ? Please Join Our Growing Membership www.coralrealm.com If You See Me Running You Better Catch-Up :I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The : thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : : Rick > Are you adding Iodine to the tank ? Do you suggest a molt once a month is too often ? Pathological ? ;-) >I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The > thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is > almost 11"-12" across. > Will this thing be like the fish out of water by Helen Palmer? If it > gets any bigger I might eat it. LOL What cleaner shrimp is it ? I have several Lysmata species and they molt twice a month, regularly to one day of accuracy. They synchronize molting and do not molt together: one shrimp molts, than the second molts the next week. This way every week one of them molts... They exchange the function of male and female... Short after molting the shrimp takes the role of female and is fertilized by its partner: the shrimp which molted one week ago. What is quite funny, the partner acting as male is carrying eggs from the time it was playing role of female. Pretty interesting animals! p.s. I am not dosing iodine but I feed my hepatus tang with dried seaweed, so I believe I add iodine in an organic form with the food. Interesting Info - Thanks Pszemol! The shrimp I have is a white banded cleaner shrimp-(Lysmata amboinesis) I do dose the tank with iodine, 5mm twice a week for a 120 gal. I also add Reef Pure 5mm Strontium twice a week 5mm Calcium twice a week The shrimp are very interesting creatures- Any links on additional info on them? Just change my lighting today as a LFS had 25% off so I added 1 more 250watt 20,000 MH light to the tank. I have already seen a difference in some of my corals. I was using a JBL. > >I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The > > thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > dried seaweed, so I believe I add iodine in an organic form > with the food. > The shrimp are very interesting creatures- Any links on additional > info on them? There is quite a lot of info about them. Just look it up on www.google.com by their scientific name. b]Do you suggest a molt once a month is too often ? Pathological ? ;-)[/b] No Psz , I'm just checking. Molting in this shrimp can be much shorter than that :-) Rick You need to read this :-) http://www.marineland.com/seascope/ss2002_issue3.pdf http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/full/203/3/347 Boomer Want to talk chemistry ? The Reef Chemistry Forum http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/index.php Want to See More ? Please Join Our Growing Membership www.coralrealm.com If You See Me Running You Better Catch-Up : > The shrimp are very interesting creatures- Any links on additional : > info on them? : : There is quite a lot of info about them. : Just look it up on www.google.com by their scientific name. |
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