Woke up to my coral banded shrimp dead?

[is null]

I woke up this morning to my coral banded shrimp dead. One of the claws was stuck about halfway up the rock work and the body was floating around with the water movement. I thought he might've molted as the center body mass looked gone but the claws and antenna were all still there so I'm pretty sure something killed and ate him?

Water parameters are all normal, tank is stocked with a regal tang, regal angel, damsel, pajama cardinal and some snails and a few emerald crabs. The regal angel constantly acts like he's starving despite feeding two cubes a day, could it have been him? He's been doing great in the tank for 6 months, kind of baffled here.

 

[is null]

Also 3 peppermint shrimp.

 

[jlmawp]

Claws and antennae come off with a molt. It sounds like he anchored himself with that "stuck" claw, and used it as leverage to pull out of the shell. My bet is he's still alive. Maybe hiding?

 

[fu_iceman]

Hope it's hiding. Probably is.

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[ROB2005]

Yes he more than likely is hiding while his new shell hardens.

 

[FoxFace Fish]

+1 for hiding I was sure mine died one day but Linguine was just fine a couple day later back to his same old thing

 

[Uncle99]

The molt is an identical copy. But will hide until new molt hardens.

 

[jlmawp]

+1 for hiding I was sure mine died one day but Linguine was just fine a couple day later back to his same old thing

Lol Linguine

It has never occurred to me to name any of my critters. I think I found a new free tank project.

 

[FoxFace Fish]

Lol Linguine

It has never occurred to me to name any of my critters. I think I found a new free tank project.

I like to give all mine names from a movie so it is easy to remember.

For example I had a black clownfish named Toothless

and my old peppermint shrimps name was Ratatouille

 

[is null]

Great news everyone, you were right.

 

[Krzydmnd]

Glad he pulled through!

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[jd371]

Yeah, I thought the same the first time my Cleaner shrimp molted. Both the Cleaner and Fire shrimp molt once a month a few days apart from each other. Yesterday I found the molt from the Cleaner and I should find the molt from the Fire within the next few days.

 

[jlmawp]

He looks ready to take on the world!

Glad it was just a molt

 

[fu_iceman]

Great news everyone, you were right.

Thanks for letting us know. Good to hear linguine lives to scavenge another day

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[jlmawp]

I have seriously laughed to tears 3 times now thinking about a shrimp being named Linguine. It's absurd. Like a character in a Pixar film.