Peppermint shrimp still alive?

I got this peppermint shrimp on thursday, and it was hanging out behind a rock for about 6 hours, then when i woke up the next morning he was gone...and i was up till about 2am last night and he never came out to kill aipstasia, is this normal for them not to come out like this?

I acclimated him by floating him for about an hour n a half, and after he was done floating i opened the bag and while he was still floating, i poured half a cup of my water into the bag every 5-10 mins. for about 30 mins...then i let him lose.

 

Maybe just molting, IME the tend to do so shortly after introduction to a new system.

 

how big is the tank? usually they just hide to get used to everything may be up to a couple of days. those shrimps do better in pairs of 2 or 3 though maybe that might help him come out? he could also be molting

 

its a 29g with about 45 pounds of LR in there, lots of holes and crackes in the rock in there for him to hide...He is a farely good sized one...But do they molt when they are stressed or something?

 

+1 on it being in hiding until it knows its not on the menu in its new enviroment


Steve

 

Yup,i had one go missing for a couple weeks,swore he was dead and i forgot about him,till he showed back up.Very normal.

 

Okay...well maybei have two in there...a week ago i got 2, one got eatin my my 6 line though...im hoping the other one is still alive!