BeetleNerd Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 One of my shrimp molted last night and it looks like the old exoskeleton from only the first pleural segment is still present. I didn't see the discarded molt but he's got that post molt sheen so I assume he shed the rest of it. Currently he's doing his shrimp thing and seems perfectly active. Should I be concerned? Or will he eventually get this off or it correct itself next molt. Ive never seen an incomplete molt like this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeetleNerd Posted April 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 Update: he's all good and is managing to deal with it himself. wyzazz, TigerBarb1017 and Shrimporama 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
days Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Im seeing the same thing happen to my BKK... what are your water parameters? PH 6.4, GH 5, KH 0, TDS 115 using saltyshrimp GH+ What can help them molt better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcrafted Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 On 11/5/2019 at 1:55 PM, days said: Im seeing the same thing happen to my BKK... what are your water parameters? PH 6.4, GH 5, KH 0, TDS 115 using saltyshrimp GH+ What can help them molt better? The shrimp might have an easier time molting at a slightly lower mineral level. I've had fewer problems at 3.5 - 4 GH. I would get the occasional stuck molt when when I was keeping minerals closer to 5 GH. With SS GH+ that puts me right around the 100 TDS range. YMMV a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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