Cleaner shrimp missing

[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

 

[rustybucket145]

how long has the tank been setup?

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: Cleaner shrimp missing

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11606263#post11606263 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> 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]

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]

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]

They only come out at night?