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What to do with molted shells?
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- 10-19-2011 #1
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What to do with molted shells?
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I leave it. My shrimps seem to eat it.
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- 10-19-2011 #3
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If you leave them, they should disappear within a day or so as your shrimp eat them. Even if they are left alone for a while, they shouldn't have an impact on water quality.
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I leave them in as well, least till I do a water change. Sometimes the shrimp eat them and some time they don't. Either way I haven't noticed a difference in water quality.
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If they eat them it's good for them as it helps replace lost calcium after a molt, at least that is what happened with my crays
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Mine always used to disappear so I assumed the Amanos ate them... but... if there were any around by the time I was doing a w/c I would remove them.
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