NanoTankGuy
06-07-2008, 02:39 AM
I always wonder what my shrimps do when I don't sit by my tank and stare at them. Turns out, they shed their "skin".
I found like two chitin coats beside my filter intake; at first, I thought it was a dead shrimp and I was like "man, that sucks". Then I noticed the second one and I was like "wait! I just saw 4 shrimps, that doesn't add up to 5!" lol
So, I just threw a little food pellet in the tank and all 5 shrimps crawled out from nowhere to get some.
Now it makes sense why I noticed one of my shrimps (2 actually, consecutively) sitting in the midst of my Java Fern, almost motionless. They were going through ecdysis.
P.S. I'm a bio major, but one thing is to read about it and another to actually observe it in your tank :)
P.P.S. I should take them out, shouldn't I?
I also noticed some algae growth on the front wall of the tank today - is that good?
I found like two chitin coats beside my filter intake; at first, I thought it was a dead shrimp and I was like "man, that sucks". Then I noticed the second one and I was like "wait! I just saw 4 shrimps, that doesn't add up to 5!" lol
So, I just threw a little food pellet in the tank and all 5 shrimps crawled out from nowhere to get some.
Now it makes sense why I noticed one of my shrimps (2 actually, consecutively) sitting in the midst of my Java Fern, almost motionless. They were going through ecdysis.
P.S. I'm a bio major, but one thing is to read about it and another to actually observe it in your tank :)
P.P.S. I should take them out, shouldn't I?
I also noticed some algae growth on the front wall of the tank today - is that good?