RBTA eating shrimp molt

[trackfast]

My Blood shrimp molted yesterday and normally I would let the molt dissolve in the tank. Today I was removing it and my small RBTA got a hold of it and would not let go. I don't know if I should even try to take it back or not.

 

[mlreef]

It's the circle of life!

Not sure about if you should remove it or not but I would assume that this happens in the wild.

 

[Jep21]

i typically just leave the molting.. everyone seems to chow down on it lol

 

[Steve1986]

This happened to me before and after a while it just let it go.

 

[Nxt]

I just let the molts sit in tank.. 3-4 days and they are gone.

 

[KeishaKornbread]

Yeah, me too. Rod's (Rod's Food) told me that it get's ingested by tankmates and supplies calcium and stuff for whatever eats it.

 

[trackfast]

The rbta did give it up and I did leave it in the tank.

 

[FishBeard]

I know its not quite the same thing, but i typically just toss the rest of an uneaten shrimp including the shell pieces onto my haddoni as a snack.

 

[Tethered_Limbs]

suck it up if im in there, but my bubble coral usually handles anything that cant swim away