Missing or dead or eaten cleaner shrimp

Help! Is my lysmata gone again?

I got two, then added two later. In the first two one died and I found it's dead body. In the second two, the same happened and I thought both were dead until the smaller emerged from the LR.

Now the two surviving are gone!?!?! Either they are hiding so well or they were eaten/dead?!?!?

frustrating....before it was a CBS killing them and at least I know/saw it done. At least a CBS is very hardy and cheap (lysmata cleaners here cost 4x a CBS).

 

HEY! ME TOO!!!!!

 

I got a pair of fire shrimp...lysmata debelius...what ever..I forget ;D

But now one is AWOL! Gone! Missing without a trace!!!! The other one is fine and very showy, he stays right in the front of the tank. But....the other is gone. I am suspecting my brittlestar? I do not really have any predators in my tank. Splended Pseudochromis, Chevron Tang, and the star. I have looked everywhere and can't find him or remains!

I feel your frustration reiple! $29 here....for a fire shrimp. Plus, I miss him! They are funny as anything to watch. I like watching them eat the best!!!!

 

[quote author=birdlady link=board=ASAP;num=1101074960;start=0#2 date=11/21/04 at 15:14:13]
I do not really have any predators in my tank.  Splended Pseudochromis, Chevron Tang, and the star. [/quote]
Ah but you do BL....that pseudo is fully capable of taking down your shrimp

 

Ah, yes the Psuedochromis and possibly a spike in Nitrites. Shrimp are very sensitive to Nitrites.

 

hey birdlady i looked to see what a Splendid Pseudochromis was and found this

Splendid Pseudochromis

it says "It will eat small ornamental shrimp"

Marc.

 

Thanks for the link Marc. A great example of why it is so important for all of ust to research the compatibility of critters before we put them in the tank.

I had a Brittle starfish munch two Carpenters Wrasses as they weere sleeping in the sand. Very expensive combination!

 

Well, OK but, the shrimp was nearly the same size as the pseudo plus it was a cleaner shrimp....is that condidered an ornamental shrimp?  Poo.
I was thinking the brittle star but.....anyone want a fish?  I really kind of like this fish tho....


0 Nitrites
0 Nitrates

 

Reiple,

what other stuff do you have in your tank? with the missing shrimp?

 

Peppermint, Cleaner, Pistol, and Coral Banded are all ornamental shrimp. Some fish just love 'em to death.