Dissapearing Shrimp?

[Balloon Fish]

hey guys i just lately both my ghost shrimp have lost their shells and one of them have been staying outside of the drift wood a lot and the other was inside, well i thought it was, anyways just today i checked the drift wood and i saw no sign of my shrimp :/ what do you think happened to it?

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

Shrimp, as with all crustaceans, molt periodically. As the shrimp grows, their exoskeleton becomes too small. They shed the old one and grow a new one. If a shrimp has just molted, the new exoskeleton hasn't hardened yet, making it more vulnerable. It is probably hiding.

 

[Balloon Fish]

i already looked at all the hiding places possible because my tank there is only two places to hide and i already looked there, everywhere else is out in the open

 

[trouthead]

You'll be suprised to how well a shrimp can hide

Why are you desperately searching for it?
Why can't you leave it in peace?

 

[Balloon Fish]

because i have this feeling thats its gone :/ i haven't seen it since friday when i cleaned my tank but when i clean my tank i am very carefull not to suck anything up especially my shrimp so i kept a good eye on both of them but on saturday i saw a shell thing floating around and i thought that it was still in there and it just shedded so i didnt' do anything about it and a week has passed and i haven't seen him :/ i'm pretty sure i didn't suck up the shrimp because i was watching them but i dunno what happened to him :/

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

Back in January or February, I was given 2 upside-down catfish (Synodontus nigriventris) that I put in my planted 75 gallon tank. I would guess that I see them on average once or twice a month. The rest of the time they stay hidden. I know they are both still there because I saw them both last weekend.