Harlequin Not doing so Good

[Tennyson]

I've had a healthy harlequin shrimp for a very long time. But lately it ha sn't been doign so good.

It seems each time it molts part of it's arm comes off with it (the thin paper-like extension of the arm)

Any suggestions on what I should do? Or what could be wrong with her?

Thanks

 

[crvz]

You still feeding it starfish?

 

[Tennyson]

yes, she's holding one in the pic now.
That was taken this morning.

I feed a large chocolate chip within a week since it finishes the other one.

 

[revaltion131]

Maybe there's an iodine issue that's making it harder to molt. I'm probably way wrong, but from everything I've read about how iodine helps molts to go more smoothly, I could see it maybe being an issue with molting. Perhaps it's not sloughing off quite as it should. If no other ideas turn up, I might try testing for iodine levels. I have also noticed, from watching mine, that the stuff is definitly paper thin and seems to be flimsy. When the shrimp is in an area of high flow, I can see the little 'paddles' rippling with the flow. Maybe she's hurting herself somehow directly after a molt on rocks or maybe even by getting in flow that's too high before everything's hardened back out. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[Pulp Fishin]

Do you know if the tank paramotores fluctuate a lot?
Like the above statment, does iodine flux a lot?

 

[Tennyson]

Ehh, I'm not sure. I guess I'll have to go buy an iodine test kit.
But all params stay pretty stable and constant