Cleaner Shrimp Molting to often?

[Rick]

I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The
thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is
almost 11"-12" across.
Will this thing be like the fish out of water by Helen Palmer? If it
gets any bigger I might eat it. LOL

Rick

[Boomer]

Are you adding Iodine to the tank ?

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"Rick" > wrote in message
om...
:I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The
: thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is
: almost 11"-12" across.
: Will this thing be like the fish out of water by Helen Palmer? If it
: gets any bigger I might eat it. LOL
:
: Rick

[Pszemol]

"Rick" > wrote in message om...
>I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The
> thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is
> almost 11"-12" across.
> Will this thing be like the fish out of water by Helen Palmer? If it
> gets any bigger I might eat it. LOL

What cleaner shrimp is it ?

I have several Lysmata species and they molt twice a month,
regularly to one day of accuracy. They synchronize molting and
do not molt together: one shrimp molts, than the second molts
the next week. This way every week one of them molts...
They exchange the function of male and female... Short after
molting the shrimp takes the role of female and is fertilized
by its partner: the shrimp which molted one week ago. What is
quite funny, the partner acting as male is carrying eggs from
the time it was playing role of female. Pretty interesting animals!

p.s. I am not dosing iodine but I feed my hepatus tang with
dried seaweed, so I believe I add iodine in an organic form
with the food.

[Pszemol]

"Boomer" > wrote in message ...
> Are you adding Iodine to the tank ?

Do you suggest a molt once a month is too often ?
Pathological ? ;-)

[Rick]

Interesting Info - Thanks Pszemol!

The shrimp I have is a white banded cleaner shrimp-(Lysmata
amboinesis)
I do dose the tank with iodine, 5mm twice a week for a 120 gal.

I also add Reef Pure

5mm Strontium twice a week
5mm Calcium twice a week

The shrimp are very interesting creatures- Any links on additional
info on them?

Just change my lighting today as a LFS had 25% off so I added 1 more
250watt 20,000 MH light to the tank. I have already seen a difference
in some of my corals. I was using a JBL.








"Pszemol" > wrote in message >...
> "Rick" > wrote in message om...
> >I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal? The
> > thing is getting hugh. The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is
> > almost 11"-12" across.
> > Will this thing be like the fish out of water by Helen Palmer? If it
> > gets any bigger I might eat it. LOL
>
> What cleaner shrimp is it ?
>
> I have several Lysmata species and they molt twice a month,
> regularly to one day of accuracy. They synchronize molting and
> do not molt together: one shrimp molts, than the second molts
> the next week. This way every week one of them molts...
> They exchange the function of male and female... Short after
> molting the shrimp takes the role of female and is fertilized
> by its partner: the shrimp which molted one week ago. What is
> quite funny, the partner acting as male is carrying eggs from
> the time it was playing role of female. Pretty interesting animals!
>
> p.s. I am not dosing iodine but I feed my hepatus tang with
> dried seaweed, so I believe I add iodine in an organic form
> with the food.

[Pszemol]

"Rick" > wrote in message om...
> The shrimp are very interesting creatures- Any links on additional
> info on them?

There is quite a lot of info about them.
Just look it up on www.google.com by their scientific name.

[Boomer]

b]Do you suggest a molt once a month is too often ?
Pathological ? ;-)[/b]

No Psz , I'm just checking. Molting in this shrimp can be much shorter than that :-)


Rick

You need to read this :-)
http://www.marineland.com/seascope/ss2002_issue3.pdf

http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/full/203/3/347



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"Pszemol" > wrote in message ...
: "Rick" > wrote in message
om...
: > The shrimp are very interesting creatures- Any links on additional
: > info on them?
:
: There is quite a lot of info about them.
: Just look it up on www.google.com by their scientific name.