Peppermint Shrimp shedding skin?

[phoenix20]

Hey ARC

I noticed what looked to be the skeleton of my Peppermint shrimp on the bottom of the tank. I thought I had lost one of the critters, but then saw both of them poking around in the live rock.

I guess its normal for shrimp to shed their skin? Do only peppermint shrimp do this, or do cleaner and fire shrimp do this as well?

Thanks!
Mike

 

[stickx911]

molting. its normal, and a good sign.

 

[rockdog]

They have to get bigger some how!!

Jason

 

[george]

Pretty much all shrimp and crab crustaceans molt.

 

[todd03blown]

my cleaner shrimp has been molting once a week the last 2 weeks.