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Black Cherry Shrimp Moulting

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Cookster Shrimp Keeper

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Hi guys, I wanted to share with you all the fascinating event I caught on camera this morning.

Just sat down to peruse my new shrimp whilst sipping a cup of coffee and noticed one of the Black Cherries had a whitish band

at the start of the carapace... so I got the video going just in case and was fortunate with the timing...

About a minute later ... POP :triumphant:... out he came, clean moult, absolutely stoked I was able to catch this on video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27i3vOchE8Y

Hope you enjoy it as much as I have :encouragement:

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Wow well caught Ian totally awesome- if you didn't know they moult like that it could scare the pants off you. Haven't been lucky enough to see it happen myself:encouragement:

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Thanks for sharing! Nice timing to catch that in action...This would have been an interesting addition to the recent Video Competition!

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Well done mate, AWSOME footage, your black cherries are very black. What's the Ph and Kh in that tank please?

Ever since I put mine in a low Ph tank they have gone brown!

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I must say mine are in a low ph and not as dark either but Dean breeds them in low PH

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Awesome vid dude, very well timed! :encouragement: I have been lucky enough to see this & it's the most amazing thing to watch, even though it's only a few seconds :applause:

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Well done mate' date=' AWSOME footage, your black cherries are very black. What's the Ph and Kh in that tank please?

Ever since I put mine in a low Ph tank they have gone brown![/quote']

Hi Ninja, They have only been in this tank a week now. Using Fluval Stratum which is buffering to 6.8ph and the Kh is 2.

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Thanks for sharing! Nice timing to catch that in action...This would have been an interesting addition to the recent Video Competition!

Yeah CNgo... as they say timing is everything... a couple weeks ago and would have been a contender for the comp ... haha....

I am just happy that I got to see it, let alone catch it on vid. :)

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Wow well caught Ian totally awesome- if you didn't know they moult like that it could scare the pants off you. Haven't been lucky enough to see it happen myself:encouragement:

All in good time Ineke .... even at 30% speed of original, the point where they flick out of the shell is too quick to slow down... haha

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Thanks Cookster' date=' that last flick at the end, can it be slowed any more?[/quote']

I will try it and see Ninja... if I can get it to a visible motion at super slow mo, I'll post it as a mini addition to the main vid ;)

Just tried slowing it down to 2% of original speed and there is no clear shot of the actual separation from the shell..

It would need to be captured in at least a 100 frames per second video to even have a hope of seeing this :(

The original is shot at 30 frames per second and the separation happens over 2 frames ... as a blur .. lol.. So basically 2/30ths of a second :sour:

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Whoooaaaaa, that was awesome! I've never actually seen it before so thatnks for sharing! :)

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samwise Be nice I'm new here

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Thanks for sharing... I haven't seen them do that before so made for great watching

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Brilliant vid mate, can't believe your timing. Awesome.

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Great Video! Thanks for sharing with us! Your black cherries look awesome!

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sound makes the video so creepy! great video enjoyed watching it

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Thanks for that fascinating video on the moulting Cookster....Always wonder how long it would take a shrimp to moult...

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