Dead shrimp after molt

[MarkW19]

Is this quite common?

My fire (blood) shrimp molted last night, and looked a bit weak this morning (his new tentacles were exteremley thin and he wasnt moving much). He also didn't eat last night when he usually goes mad when I put any food in at all - this was before he molted. I just found him dead, behind my rock.

He's lasted the longest of all the shrimps I've had - about 8 months I think. The others have died (sometimes after a molt, sometimes not) before that.

Is it just one of those things - does it happen quite often?

I use Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt, so iodine etc. levels should be ok in there.

 

[quarryshark]

Maybe he was just a bit older and it was his time. How are the other shrimp doing? That would be your test.

 

[MarkW19]

I don't have any other shrimp

He just seemed to be doing so well - dont they usually last very long and can die suddenly after a molt?

I can't find him now to get him out. Will it be ok to leave him in without an ammonia spike etc?

 

[quarryshark]

Perhaps the cleanup crew already disposed of the body.
May want to test the ammonia to be sure.
Sorry for your loss Mark.

 

[malkore]

immediately after a molt, I don't think their shell is fully hardened, thus they usually hide when molting to avoid predation.
maybe he just didn't hide well enough...