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Congratulations, you have a large dominant male(large forlegs) And from the looks of it. He's feeding alright.
The lost feeler will grow back, not to worry.
Got this big sized wood shrimp a couple of weeks ago and this is it's first moult. Turned to a much brighter orange color compared to my previous wood shrimps.
The front "claws" was much bigger than other wood shrimps i had before.
Picture shortly after it's moult.
Moult, it's front "claw" is pretty massive and even the moult felt real solid and heavy.
It lost one of it's feelers a few days back, would this affect the shrimp adversely? And will the feeler grow back?
Last edited by benny; 11th Sep 2006 at 00:02. Reason: fix image links
Mark
Congratulations, you have a large dominant male(large forlegs) And from the looks of it. He's feeding alright.
The lost feeler will grow back, not to worry.
Thought I read somewhere that they would eat up the discarded shell, if possible, to absorb back the calcium. Maybe it is a good idea to put the discarded shell back to the tank.
ops~ my girlfriend have already taken the shell to scare her parents lol... was pretty glad this big fellow managed to moult successfully, a few of my previous wood shrimps all died during mid-moult.
Last edited by Justikanz; 11th Sep 2006 at 08:46.
Mark
Maybe ok...last time got a friend that keeps those fresh water lobster....he lined up all the discarded shells on his table from in order of size 'S' to 'XL'. hahaha
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just wondering how many times will a shrimp moult in it's lifetime? Mine has moulted twice in about 3 months!!
I think the number of times it moults depends on how fast it grows... Is yours a wood shrimp too?
Mark
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Yup... mine's a wood shrimp too.
Didn't know before that moulting is to enable growth in size...Learnt something again! Thanks.
Last edited by Justikanz; 14th Sep 2006 at 09:27.
I understand that when a wood shrimp is moulting, it is good to add trace amount of iodine to reduce mortality. I think it is the same one they use for marine tanks. IMO, I think our local wood shrimp is the best looker among the filter shrimps, thankfully they are also the cheapest.
And the most endangered. If not extinct... i don't think they can be found locally anymore...
On a side note... why do woodshrimps in LFS not turn to the dominant bright orange like what they do in our tanks? Is there some way to let them retain their orginal "wood" color? Saw some nice wood shrimps in a tampines LFS which are lightly colored which i find real nice.
Mark
That "wood" colour happens when the shrimp are under-fed. Also, check your acidity and kH. I keep mine at 6.5 - 7 and kH at 2
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