Disappearing Peppermint shrimp?

[chrisnif]

Okay, so I know they hide when the molt, but mine has molted about 6 times in the last 8 weeks or so and I can always find him. As of now I've moved/removed every piece of live rock (lucky me its a tiny tank) and the shrimp is GONE, and no molt (I always find it in 1 piece mostly stuck to the filter intake, but sometimes perched on a piece of rock like a statue).
Do these guys jump out of tanks often? There is nothing in the tank but a yellow tail blue damsel, snails of many varieties, 2 hermits, and some soft corals, so I doubt something attacked it (the CUC may have eaten the remains, maybe i guess).
Anyone have this happen to them?

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Chrisnif
http:///forum/post/3185004
Okay, so I know they hide when the molt, but mine has molted about 6 times in the last 8 weeks or so and I can always find him. As of now I've moved/removed every piece of live rock (lucky me its a tiny tank) and the shrimp is GONE, and no molt (I always find it in 1 piece mostly stuck to the filter intake, but sometimes perched on a piece of rock like a statue).
Do these guys jump out of tanks often? There is nothing in the tank but a yellow tail blue damsel, snails of many varieties, 2 hermits, and some soft corals, so I doubt something attacked it (the CUC may have eaten the remains, maybe i guess).
Anyone have this happen to them?

The CUC (hermits and snails even the fish will eat a body)) got the body. Peppermint shrimp are cold water shrimp and don't live long in reef tank temps.

 

[chrisnif]

Lovely how they sell us stuff from cold water when they know its for a reef...
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3185036

The CUC (hermits and snails even the fish will eat a body)) got the body. Peppermint shrimp are cold water shrimp and don't live long in reef tank temps.

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Chrisnif
http:///forum/post/3185256
Lovely how they sell us stuff from cold water when they know its for a reef...

They know they will feed on aiptasia so they sell them for that reason, and not so much as a pet to keep. There a few critters that are sold for the benefit they offer knowing its live span is cut short.

 

[peasofme]

yellow tail blue damsel and 2 hermits will attack anything. there are 3 common peppermint shrimp imposters. one looking exactly like the real one but being a cold water species. only the ones from the carribean and florida are the real ones.

 

[kraylen]

Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3185036

The CUC (hermits and snails even the fish will eat a body)) got the body. Peppermint shrimp are cold water shrimp and don't live long in reef tank temps.

Sorry, but I have to step in and correct this misinformation.
Peppermint shrimp are NOT cold water shrimp, they are from the Caribbean and are a nocturnal species.
The reason you are not seeing your wurdemanni when you are moving rocks around is they are a timid species and will hide. If you are moving rocks around I'm 100% sure hes in a nook somewhere holding on for dear life.
If you doubt the well being even further, wait until your tank is off for an hour or so... come in with a flash light and some food. Kill the flow and throw a piece of food on the sandbed... being nocturnal for the most part the wurdemanni should go right for the food.

 

[kraylen]

Originally Posted by peasofme
http:///forum/post/3187379
yellow tail blue damsel and 2 hermits will attack anything. there are 3 common peppermint shrimp imposters. one looking exactly like the real one but being a cold water species. only the ones from the carribean and florida are the real ones.

Yellow tail damsel is not a known shrimp predator. More so in the common smaller sizes we come across. I would be AMAZED if I saw a damsel just destroy a shrimp-mate.
The hermit crabs are not going to eat the shrimp unless it was dying or already dead. It would be highly improbable that a fast, free swimming shrimp would become victim to a slow substrate dweller like a hermit crab. Don't get me wrong, hermits will eat just about anything... but they very seldom kill mobile inverts.

 

[garick]

if things are disappearing, does he hear any clicking noises in the tank? those clicking sounds in a tank if any are always something that makes me go "uhoh..."
Is it weird of me to think I'd love a tank with a mantis shrimp in it? I saw a guy hand feeding his mantis like feeding a baby holding and sticking it in its Lil grabbers lol.

 

[kraylen]

Mantis or a Pistol shrimp?.... Unlikely.
He would he a lot more than not seeing his pets. Either species would create a home and leave some sort of other evidence.
It could be many reasons.... might have even acclimated incorrectly.