missing peppermint shrimp?

[fishnet]

I haven't seen my peppermint shrimp for about a week or so. And, yes, I have looked with a flashlight at night. Granted, he likes to hide, but at what point do I start digging around in my tank to verify that he's alive? What do you do for your little fellas that are MIA?

 

[littleliza]

I have had a few fish go MIA and never recovered a body. I think my other occupants most likely eat them, and I've never gotten much of a chemical spike from them disappearing. I worry that if I dug around in my sand bed I might do more harm than good (I've got probably around 7 inches of sand for my engineer goby). I KNOW I watched my pistol shrimp drag down my scooter blenny into his hole and eat him.

How big is your tank? A decaying shrimp in a 12 gallon will have different consequences than the same in a 150 gallon tank.

 

[fishnet]

I've got a 55 g. I think I'm also experiencing a bit of a breakout of what I think is cyanobacteria (velvet-y soft maroon stuff). If the little fella didn't survive, it wouldn't surprise me that this could be an effect of his decay in some hidden crevice.

 

[salty cheese]

Originally Posted by fishnet
I haven't seen my peppermint shrimp for about a week or so.
Normal behavior, the only time I see mine is after lights out.