LonghornReefer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I have a question. I have googled around and received a range of mixed answers to my question. Would like to get some feedback from fellow ARC members. Do you leave the exoskeleton that your shrimp leaves behind in your tank or take them out? Does it mess your parameters if you leave it in? Nano tanks or Large tanks? I understand depending on the size and other things it could be impossible to take out. Thanks ARC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+brian.srock Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I would remove it for looks and it can get sucked to the outside of a pump and impede flow. If it's left in nothing will really happen though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I always leave mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 depends on how close it is to the top. if i can grab it easy, i take it out. if not, meh. cuc will get it and break it up quick enough no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToHula Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I take mine out, it usually ends up in a pump or on corals anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 If it gets stuck to a pump, I pull it out, but otherwise I'm too lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Leave it unless it's from a big hermit crab. Those are solid enough I can remove them, dry them out and leave them on the top of someones computer monitor or TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Leave it unless it's from a big hermit crab. Those are solid enough I can remove them, dry them out and leave them on the top of someones computer monitor or TV. I like that idea. Going to have to use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabloescolar Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I read when I first got into the hobby to leave them because they will eat it, and the minerals in the molt help the invert to reharden. I observed an emerald crab once eating a hermit crab that I thought he had murdered, only to find the hermit crab again later that day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 A big huge hand doesn't come down and remove it in the ocean Mine seem to disappear after a couple days, most likely the other scavengers ate it up or broke it down smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambik Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I know in freshwater shrimp.....which i have lots....the shells are eaten by the shrimp for food. I would think its the same for the saltwater ones. Of course if its in danger of clogging up a pump i would remove it as well. Other i dont believe it will harm anything to leave it. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I never remove mine and they seem to break down over time or wind up in some dead dark cave under the rocks. I HAVE found hermit crab fragments and peppermint shrimp molts tangled up in the needle wheel of the skimmer when I clean it out. I suspect most often they wind up in a powerhead and get ground up and sprayed around the tank to break down or get consumed. Honestly, the only dead things I ever remove are fish carcasses, which has only ever been twice since Ive gotten into the hobby. Anything else gets eaten to fast for me to even catch. I even added a mantis shrimp to my refugium a couple months ago, never heard a clicking sound, never have seen him since, I assume he died from possibly too fast of acclimation, but havent noticed any funky parameter swings due to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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