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Is my shrimp molting or dying?

Asked: Shane London, Last Updated:

Dead shrimp gain a different coloration, like cooked shrimp that we eat. Molting shrimp don't look like that. If the shrimp's white carcass turns pink in a day or two, then the shrimp died. If you see a white exoskeleton where the shrimp looks like it blew up, then is likely an empty shell.

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