fire shimp molting
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Topic: fire shimp molting
Posted By: bubblenbrain
Subject: fire shimp molting
Date Posted: February 19 2004 at 6:57pm
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hello everyone, been awhile since the earthquake, but I am back in the game Too all that own Scarlet/blood/fire shrimp....Ihave you ever noticed molting that invovles removal of spots? My only Fire shrimp lost all of its white spot on its thorax....it has molted twice since then and they still haven't returned........I suspect a deficiency...but what could it be. Any help is greatly appreicated
------------- Tiny bubbles in my head :) what was the count again....1, 2, 8, 3 |
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Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: February 19 2004 at 8:27pm
Glad to see you back! How's your tank doing now? I think you have a white spot deficiency in your tank. Hopefully, Jake or Mark will be able to help you, but I am glad you're back!------------- Rodney, Sandra, Jeffery, and Laura Struhs South Jordan, Utah 98th South & 40th West. (801) 282-2744 75 gallon reef 55 gallon reef 55 gallon FOWLR 20 gallon FOWLR |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 19 2004 at 11:20pm
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Have you seen red, green and blue freshwater glassfish at the LFS?
With white paint and a small brush... 
You thought the spots were real?! ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: bubblenbrain
Date Posted: February 19 2004 at 11:58pm
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well.....the tank wen through its cycle....and well.....I am sad to say that I have only 7 out of the 20 things that survived the transfer Hehe....but I am not having a coraline issue anymore...I got great colors going....even the pink( probably due to the fact I am adding Mg SO4 to my salt mix Still wishing I was in the states so I could get Xenias( they are my fav for the pulsing live look they give unlike other corals But back to the shrimp...I have also noticed that its bright red color is fading also With white paint and a small brush... ------------- Tiny bubbles in my head :) what was the count again....1, 2, 8, 3 |
. even with the transfer of most of the biological media ( not to mention the false hope of things being without a cycle period, what was I thinking) but....I have a new start and things are much better now
ok yeah if you say so.....the spots are naturally occuringPosted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 20 2004 at 12:34am
Okay, I was just kidding. 
Sounds like two things could be going on. First has to do with the natural conditions in a tank vs the ocean. Things change and grow differently. Some coral grow differently in our aquariums, than in the wild. The second is something you might be able to do something about. It probably has to do with something lacking in it's diet or some mineral lacking in the water or both. The white pigment in just about every manmade object is Titanium Dioxide. Is it possible that the shrimp uses the trace element Titanium from salt water to produce the white spots? Is there some kind of food it eats in the wild which allows it to produce white spots? I don't know. I do know that lowered alkalinity can prevent the shrimp from being able to produce a new exoskeleton and thus prevent molting. Maybe slight variations in water chemistry can prevent white spot formation. How is your tanks alkalinity? Calcium? What are you feeding? A third aspect I just thought of is the environment, ie. the lack of predators, mates, other shrimp friends. Perhaps the white spots are a kind of coloration that defines territory or attracts mates. When the need is missing perhaps the spots are discontinued? Things for us  's to wonder about.------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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