confused at little....shrimp back from dead??

[missm83]

So i figured my betta killed my ghost shrimp...i found the skeleton from it 2days ego..but i look in the tank today and there is the shrimp! back from the dead???twhummm...
do shrimp shed??maybe thats what i found...

[CrowntailTwitchy57]

whooooah... that is creepy bro...

[Leeniex]

I think they shed.

[fightergirl2710]

Yeah, they shed. :> But that is funny! Zombie shrimp XD

[Leeniex]

Ghost shrimp.

[Oldfishlady]

That is correct...they molt the exoskeleton on a regular basis and it can be confused with a dead body sometimes...be sure and leave at least one in the tank so the shrimp can eat it for the minerals it provides them for a strong exoskeleton....remember once they molt the body is soft for a period of time and this is when they can be killed the easiest.....

[missm83]

it freaked me out ! lol ...fewwww thanks for the explanation...i owe my betta boy a apology..i got mad at him for killing it...and all this time he was hiding somewhere ..i fed him a betta pellet he ate it and now i can see it in his belly ..heheh...

[missm83]

Originally Posted by Leeniex

Ghost shrimp.

hahah i just got that!!!