Cleaner Shrimp Dissapearance(sp?)

KrazyKuch · #1 11-16-2005, 11:56 PM

Hey all my Cleaning shrimp have vanished of the last 2 days, I think they have been eaten since their are no bodies in my tank....What could have done this...My shrimp were about an 1" to 1 1/2" long!!

muck · #2 11-17-2005, 01:16 AM

What else is in the tank..??

KrazyKuch · #3 11-17-2005, 02:56 AM

Signapore angle, 4x Chromis, Lemon Peel Angle, Mandrin Goby, 2x Tomato Clowns, Oscilaris Clown(sp?), Regal Tang, Six line, And a lunar Wrasse I believe, Blue Hermits, sand star, and I think thats about it

DanG · #4 11-17-2005, 02:58 AM

Any chance they just molted and are hiding?

Ruth · #5 11-17-2005, 03:02 AM

My coral banded shrimp have chowed down on every cleaner i tried to add (3 of them I think). I have heard of wrasses going after them too but again it could just have molted however usually you see the shell floating around.

KrazyKuch · #6 11-17-2005, 03:06 AM

My shrimp were huge...I have always been able to see them before, now I can see neither nore can I even see any molts!!

michika · #7 11-17-2005, 05:34 AM

Kevin forgot to add, 2x fromia, and a small gorrilla crab (3/4" in diameter). We thought at first the gorrilla crab did it, but the shrimp were both much larger then the crab; they've also avoided the crab sucessfully for 3 months.

muck · #8 11-17-2005, 05:55 AM

how long have you had the lunar wrasse?

michika · #9 11-17-2005, 04:01 PM

5 days

muck · #10 11-17-2005, 04:09 PM

Are you sure hes not snacking on them.
They have been known to do that.