Missing Cleaner Shrimp....

RTKBA308

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Do cleaner shrimp eat each other?

I ask because one of the two I have has disappeared. The first one I got about two weeks ago, with a Clownfish. The second shrimp I got three days ago. Once he was in the tank, I only saw him for about an hour. I have not seen him since:confused: .

The other shrimp I see everyday. I don't have any crabs, that's all the live stock I have, besides snails.
 
I had bought one about a month ago and I drip acclimated it for about 2 hours, then added it to the tank. Later that night, I went to search for it. I lifted up the rock and it was dead and more than half of It was gone. All of my snails were swarming around it. Since it lived less than 2 hours, the pet store refunded my money the next day and I got a new one that has been living ever since. How many snails do you have in your tank? Only about 10 nassarius were finishing off the shrimp in my tank.
 
LOL, I forgot I posted this. I ended up finding him. He likes to stay in a hole in a rock that faces the rear of the tank. Its very difficult to see him. I spotted him when he came out for a few hours. I guess he is just trying to get use to the new environment. My other cleaner is out all the time.

That's cool your LFS gave you another.

As far as snails;

7 Mexican Turbos(Had 9, but two died.)
10 Chochus(SP)
15 Ceriths
 
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