Disappearing shrimp

[dyazdani]

I have a 10G nano reef and just purchased 2 peppermint shrimp a little over a week ago. They hung around for 4-5 days, but all of a sudden, BOTH of them are missing.

I've overturned rocks and checked my HO refugium and they are nowhere to be found.

Has anyone encoutered this situation before?

[capncapo]

Do they have tank mates and, if so, what are they?

[dyazdani]

The only tank mates are a few snails, blue legged hermits, and one percula clown about 1.5" long. The rest are various coral species - polyps, one brain, one bubble, mushrooms, candy canes, etc.

Thanks!

[capncapo]

They may be living inside holes in your rock.

They can disappear when going through a molt and are fairly succeptible to predation at that time. If it were me, I would wait for a week and see if they pop out from somewhere.

[dyazdani]

They must have squeezed in tight, I looked around pretty thoroughly. One of them molted the first day I had him so I thought he'd be good for a bit.

It's funny because they each had a "spot" picked out where they always stayed, but now I can't find them anywhere. I'll just keep waiting and looking.

Thanks!

[The steven liu]

Do you cover your tank? Are you sure they didn't jump out?

[dyazdani]

No, i don't keep it covered. I've looked all around my office and I don't see any shriveled up shrimp carcasses.

[spoon25]

I AM HAVIN THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY TANK...2 PEPERMINTS JUST VANISHED...THEY MUST BE HIDING...ITS BEEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS NOW, SINCE I HAVE LAST SEEN MINE....LOL...