Ack!!!! It happenned before my eyes

[darth tang]

I had a tank wipeout a couple months back and lost everything except three fish and my inverts. Then after about a week my peppermint shrimp disappeared. I never did find it, ever. I assummed it was dead and the clean up crew did their job.
Fast forweard about two months. I bought a Panther Grouper as I am going aggressive this time with only a couple fish. I placed the Panther in his new home and sat ands watched for a while. Then I stopped and my girlfriend was looking in the tank. She calls me over saying "Hey look what I found." I go over there and the peppermint shrimp I haven't seen for months poked his head out of a rock and started to climb out. Just as soon as I said "Uh Oh." The Grouper swooped down and "Gulp!". My girlfriend was so depressed.

 

[exile415]

Ouch. When he disappeared did you clear all the rocks and make sure he want hiding in any holes ?
panther had an expensive meal ..

 

[exile415]

Oh and how did your tank wipe out ?

 

[darth tang]

I was treating for ick in Hypo And the PH dropped on me while I was at work and I didn't get home in time to catch it, lost about 9 fish......Ammonia was a little high also when I checked after the deaths.....
Oh, and I moved around the rocks and shook them a bit......never saw the guy once in the roughly two month period....

 

[itchy]

shrimp are funny creatures. I had one that I didn't see for months until I moved my tank and I found him hiding under a rock. It kinda freaked me out at first because I wasn't expecting anything to be left in the tank and when I picked up the rock I felt it move. I squealed like my 10 yr old and then realized it was my shrimp.