Mystery Disappearence

My cleaner shrimp disappeared, had not seen him for over a week, normally i see him cleaning the fish every day, so i know i had a few good sized crabs in there and a mantis shrimp(hitchikers), so i put in the time to remove all these critters thinking maybe one of these could of been the culprit and ate him, after doing so i then bought a new cleaner shrimp, and 2 days later,,,,, yes he went missing also, have not seen him for a week either, so all that remains is could this be down to my coral banded shrimp, which may i add has grown huge over the past year, the water params are good, and all corals and fish are doing excellent along with all the other inverts, i do see the cbs creeping up to the clown fish every now and again trying to catch himself a meal after lights go out?

 

I reckon your spot on with your indication of it being the CBS

Steve

 

I second with your CBS... I have seen my CBS snacking on my cleaner shrimp... needless to say the CBS went back to market....

 

Ok thanks, looks like i will trade him in for credit, just got to catch the little bugger hmmmmmm.

 

It could also be the mantis. Most people that keep them in a tank by them self.. I'm not saying it's not the cbs but you can't rule out the mantis either.

 

As stated my mantis shrimp has been removed....thats why i fear my cbs