Is this normal

[redskins2647]

ok i have a 3 month old reef.No pictures due to a crappy camera but anyways i have 2 regular 20k bulbs over it and have been succussfully keeping button polyps and another type of small polyp like 10 on a rock together. i only have one fish in there its a blue devil damsel. its a 10 gallon tank. i have recently added 2 peppermint shrimp and my question is it normal for them to completely shed there exoskeleton?

[Fishieness]

Of course they do. it's perfectly normal for all arthorpods to do so.

[redskins2647]

Thanks fish i was just wondering because i just got them and the look healthy i just didnt want them to die haha i got them for 2.88 for both of them and they are very cool to watch

[ooja3k]

they will molt regularly... it is a sign of growth.

[Grins]

Thanks fish i was just wondering because i just got them and the look healthy i just didnt want them to die haha i got them for 2.88 for both of them and they are very cool to watch

That is a great price for one of them, let alone two. Don't be surprised to see them molt on a fairly regular basis.

[redskins2647]

thanks guys it was just weird because i only had them a couple days and they molted already.but yeah the lfs i go to is the biggest one in virginia it is really nice there peppermint shrimp are usually 6.88 but i guess they had a special and gave them to me 2 for 2.88

[BeelzeBob]

hell id pay shipping for those prices

[redskins2647]

yea i really wasnt looking at shrimp i was looking at corals but i figured hey i cant beat that hah and beezlebob i love your mantis tank:)