Question Shrimp Molting

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Question Shrimp Molting

Postby kentpoy23 » Thu May 26, 2011 9:40 pm

tanung lang po mga reefers... ilang beses ko na rin kasing na experience, na after mag molt ng CS ko namamatay sila... what may be the cause? or normal lang ba yun, i mean baka di talaga sila namatay natulog lang, hehehe?

kase the last time, i saw my harlequin i thought deads na siya after niya mag molt kasi di na siya gumagalaw katabi niya yung old exoskeleton niya, then kinabukasan na notice ko and laking tuwa ko buhay pa siya...

possible ba na mamatay siya after molting?
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Re: Question Shrimp Molting

Postby incubuskyle » Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:13 pm

kapag nagmolt kasi ang shrimp malambot parin ung new shell nila tsaka vulnerable kasi sila sa water parameters. parang sa scorpion lang din, minsan mali sila magbalat at nagiging cause din yun ng pagkamatay nila. just lost 1 CS last month. nagmolt siya tapos bukas ung bandang abdomen niya so ang palagay ko pre-mature molting ang nangyari, masyado pang malabot yung new shell niya.
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