Never saw a shrimp molt, until now!

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I’ve had saltwater tanks for 20 years and never was able to catch a shrimp molt. Usually they seem to hide when they do it. But also, it happens fast! Sorry for the poor quality, it’s zoomed in from a Wyze cam.
 

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The crabs made quick work of the molt. Pretty much gone 30 minutes later.
 

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Cool! Never witnessed it happening before -- just find molts later.

My skunk cleaner with first molt in QT -- OLD picture but I like it:

shrimp_molt1.jpeg
 

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