Cleaner Shrimp Question

brianbeme80

brianbeme80

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Maybe this should be in the Nano section, if so I'm sorry!
I have a 15 high, with no life in it at all, other than the corals. It has been running since about July 08. So 2 weeks ago, I put a small cleaner shrimp in, and I only saw it the first day, then gone! I have not see it yet.
Any ideas of what could have happened to it? I mean, it's gotta be a gonner, but how? Like I said, there is nothing else in there except a small blue leg hermit. I have heard no clicking for me suspect a mantis. Im just curious I guess. I don't want to put anything else in there to just be possbly killed, ugg.
 
ryancw01

ryancw01

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Corals will eat small shrimp if they get a chance to. I witnessed it in my tank. Shrimp lasted about 3 hours and got stuck in a polyp. I tried to rescue it, but it was too late. Everything in the tank is a killer if presented with the right opportunity. Could have just died though and the crap took care of the rest.
 
brianbeme80

brianbeme80

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I followed the directions from this site / drip. Bad luck I guess. I am nervouse to put anything else in there. I put a little clown in there a couple months ago that did not survive either. All the coral is doing well though.
 
woody189

woody189

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I had a small cleaner that I dripped for about an hour.
I put it into my tank and went to pathmark. by the time I got home, it was sucked into a powerhead. Maybe it was weak and the same thing happened.
 
brianbeme80

brianbeme80

Member
My water tests out fine, and I do weekly 2-3 gallon water changes with ocean water from the LFS. Oh well, thank you everybody for the advice!
 
fishstick4sale

fishstick4sale

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ocean water, isnt your nitrates uP? just curious to what your nitrates r.. heck yea an coral will eat up your fishes,crabs,shrimps etc.... my plate coral some how grabbed a hermit crab out his shell and ate him then pushed the empty shell over i was amazed. and i seen it eat my yellow-clown-goby
it was terrible he was tiny
 
brianbeme80

brianbeme80

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Nah, I have been fine with the nitrates, not positive of the number, but they are fairly low. Thank you for the additional info!
 
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