cleaner shrimp died

rcranf

rcranf

Member
I woke up this morning to a dead cleaner shrimp. my params are as follows:
sal-1.025
ph-8.4-8.5
am-0
trites-0
trates 0
temp75-77
my tank has been up an running for a little over 2 months now
I hace 2 osc clowns
a torch corral
and some pulsing xenia
Im wondering if maybe he starved to death. Should there have been anything I should have been feeding him. I feed my tank 1/4 cube of frozen marine cuzine which has brine, krill, mysis once a day. I only had him for a week
any thoughts?????
 
ifirefight

ifirefight

Active Member
Are you sure he just didnt molt? I know..stupid question...but some people have seen a molt and thought their shrimp died. Shrimp will usually molt fairly soon after being added to a setup.
 
rcranf

rcranf

Member
Originally Posted by ifirefight
http:///forum/post/2791759
Are you sure he just didnt molt? I know..stupid question...but some people have seen a molt and thought their shrimp died. Shrimp will usually molt fairly soon after being added to a setup.
ok if it molted how long will it stay hidden until I see it again, I can not find it at all
 
swnewb562

swnewb562

Member
give it about a day or two, my pepperment just molted, my tank is about a week behind yours. i thought the same thing, but came out a day after during feeding time.
 
gradth

gradth

Member
Did you look at the shell, was it hollow? I think you could tell the difference between the two. The first time mine molted I freaked out but I soon realized what it was. I have 2 cleaners and they have never hidden after they molted.
 
valeram

valeram

Member
Originally Posted by Gradth
http:///forum/post/2791962
Did you look at the shell, was it hollow? I think you could tell the difference between the two. The first time mine molted I freaked out but I soon realized what it was. I have 2 cleaners and they have never hidden after they molted.
THe first cleaner shrimp I bought molted immediately after just an hour in my main tank. I thought that I got lucky that I got an extra cleaner until I realize what happened. Actually I was ignorant of the shrimp molting process. But it was sure funny the first time I saw it.
 
bang guy

bang guy

Moderator
Dead shrimp stink to high heaven
Molt's don't stink...
What species of Cleaner is it and how long have you had it? How did you acclimate it?
I can't see any reason why a shrimp would starve in a new tank. Typically there's plenty of food in new setups.
 
rcranf

rcranf

Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2792702
Dead shrimp stink to high heaven
Molt's don't stink...
What species of Cleaner is it and how long have you had it? How did you acclimate it?
I can't see any reason why a shrimp would starve in a new tank. Typically there's plenty of food in new setups.
ok I did not smell any foul oder I have had the shrimp for 1 week I dripped it for 2 hrs, and it is a lysmata amboinsnsis a pacific scarlet cleaner shrimp
 
bang guy

bang guy

Moderator
Originally Posted by rcranf
http:///forum/post/2792977
ok I did not smell any foul oder I have had the shrimp for 1 week I dripped it for 2 hrs, and it is a lysmata amboinsnsis a pacific scarlet cleaner shrimp

I'm hoping it shows up tomorrow looking pretty and hungry.
 
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