Cleaner shrimp missing

fattyratrat · 01/15/2008, 02:00 PM

I bought a skunk cleaner shrimp for my freshly cycled 60 gallon tank yesterday, along with a sixline wrasse, and two pepermint shrimp. The sixline and one peppermint dissappeared the first day, and havent see him since, and now my cleaner shrimp disappeared. Nothing is in the tank but them, some hermits, snaills, and a candy coral frag. I have no Ammonia nitrite or nitrate, the corals are all eating and doing fine, and the snails also. The Cleaner Shrimp was even cleaning my hands and eating frozen brine shrimp. Is this normal? any coments would be awesome.

thanks

rustybucket145 · 01/15/2008, 02:07 PM

how long has the tank been setup?

Aquarist007 · 01/15/2008, 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by fattyratrat
I bought a skunk cleaner shrimp for my freshly cycled 60 gallon tank yesterday, along with a sixline wrasse, and two pepermint shrimp. The sixline and one peppermint dissappeared the first day, and havent see him since, and now my cleaner shrimp disappeared. Nothing is in the tank but them, some hermits, snaills, and a candy coral frag. I have no Ammonia nitrite or nitrate, the corals are all eating and doing fine, and the snails also. The Cleaner Shrimp was even cleaning my hands and eating frozen brine shrimp. Is this normal? any coments would be awesome.

thanks

if its only been since yesterday---that's normal--I've had fish and inverts vanish for a week to 10 days only to show up perfectly fine

I would suggest you use a quarantine tank for new additions--keep them in there for 4 weeks or so to observe for disease and help difficult eaters or easily stressed fish acclimatize.

taillonjohn · 01/15/2008, 02:15 PM

I've never had a skunk cleaner so dont know.

But peppermints.... you might not see them for weeks at a time, very shy shrimps

Tomorleans · 01/15/2008, 08:39 PM

I've had Peppermint and cleaner shrimps completely vanish from my tank. Week or so later I pulled all the rocks out and found nothing. No sign of them being eaten or anything.

mdefo25 · 01/15/2008, 09:35 PM

They only come out at night?

01/15/2008, 02:00 PM	#1
fattyratrat Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 278	Cleaner shrimp missing I bought a skunk cleaner shrimp for my freshly cycled 60 gallon tank yesterday, along with a sixline wrasse, and two pepermint shrimp. The sixline and one peppermint dissappeared the first day, and havent see him since, and now my cleaner shrimp disappeared. Nothing is in the tank but them, some hermits, snaills, and a candy coral frag. I have no Ammonia nitrite or nitrate, the corals are all eating and doing fine, and the snails also. The Cleaner Shrimp was even cleaning my hands and eating frozen brine shrimp. Is this normal? any coments would be awesome. thanks

01/15/2008, 02:07 PM	#2
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	how long has the tank been setup? __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

01/15/2008, 02:15 PM	#4
taillonjohn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 753	I've never had a skunk cleaner so dont know. But peppermints.... you might not see them for weeks at a time, very shy shrimps __________________ John

01/15/2008, 08:39 PM	#5
Tomorleans Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Orleans(Westbank) Posts: 226	I've had Peppermint and cleaner shrimps completely vanish from my tank. Week or so later I pulled all the rocks out and found nothing. No sign of them being eaten or anything.

01/15/2008, 09:35 PM	#6
mdefo25 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Addison IL Posts: 1,242	They only come out at night?