(relatively) new to reefing...

[cms]

Hello, I'm kind of new at this, I say kind of because I've been trying to do this for a few months but have encountered some "disasters" along the way...anyways, to my question, I got a couple of fire shrimp, the next evening, one of them was sitting on a rock looking half dead, very pink, I had read something about the molting process, but I wasn't sure what was happening. The next day, I found what looked like a dead shrimp on the sand. I got a couple of pictures, one from last night and one from this morning, can someone tell whether the shrimp is dead? Thanks

 

[Waddi]

Both looks like molts to me, take em out and see, you will know if they are molts or not.

 

[Smitty]

Hello and welcome to the site...those do look like molts. The shrimp will stay hidden afterwards until his new shell hardens up.

 

[cms]

I did pull out what looked like an empty shell, didn't see the shrimp anywhere, let's hope he's hiding somewhere!