shrimps and crabs

[carpenterwrasse]

Question to everyone do you leave the molted exoskeleton of the crabs and shrimp in your tank or take them out and if you leave them in is there any adverse affects or benefits to leaving them in.

[Whoyah]

If they are easy to grab I take them out but if there somewhere weird I just leave them in. I can't imagine there is anything in them that is harmful. They are cool to look at once they are dry.

[dakar]

Same here, if they can be reached without tearing things up we remove them, most of the time they just seem to go away.

But a whole one is cool when you can get it in tact, especially from our coral banded shrimp.

[Reptoreef]

Ditto to both replies.

[carpenterwrasse]

i usually let them alone i just wanted to know if i was doing my tank harm by not....My sally light foot crab sheds the best ....my cleaner shrimp are almost big enough to suatee

[peregrinus]

i always just leave them in there.