Ghost Peppermint Shrimp?

[joshinjosh]

this morning i woke up to a clear white shrimp in my tank, it kinda sorta looks alive, but ive never seen it before, it look like another peppermint shrimp or a cleaner shrimp, but without color. I have a 10g nano, and the only other shrimp is a peppermint shrimp, which i can see under my LR. does anybody know what this is??

 

[Vandur]

Looks like the shell left over as a molt. Was it moving independently of the current?

(And the only reason I say this is becuase I had one that looked just the same...)

~V

 

[NaH2O]

I agree - looks like a shrimp molted.

 

[luvnsalt]

It's definately just a shell from molting, crabs and shrimp molt periodically. It freaked me out a little the first time I saw one, too!!!

 

[gehidore]

Although I agree that it is a molt, I will also mention that ghost shrimp are able to be weened to high salt levels quite quickly.

 

[joshinjosh]

thank everyone, you guys were right, it was just a molt, i threw it away.