Shrimp lifespan?

Really don't recall how long I have kept any single shrimp...but seems I have had to replace my skunk cleaner every couple of years or so.

Not ever sure of coming to natural end or not. (eaten, under/over fed, suicide, etc...)

What is longest time you have kept one in your tank?


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I had my skunk cleaner for close to 4 months in my nano 12.. I had to trade him in for a smaller version.. LOL!!!!!

 

I think a year or two is about what mine last to. lfs said thats normal

 

I had banded shrimp before and like Omar said, they only last 2 years tops
I really never knew where mine went. no left overs or nothing, vanish

 

aw i hope they can live longer.mines in its 2nd tank now,its about 2 yrs old and seems healthy.i hope it lives forever,its a great addition to the tank and has cleaned the fish and corals of parasites and unwanted things.

 

Skunk Cleaner #4 in 6+ year old tank.



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mine lasted alittle over a month, but i think he as at the store for a long time he a big boy

 

One of my two peppermints died after releasing eggs, but the other is going strong- and I have little shrimp hiding from the damsel up in the polyps. (It's the Circle of Life!)

1) Less than 3 months
2) We'll see!

 

I have a coral banded shrimp that has been in the tank for over 2 years and skunk cleaner for about a year, year and a half. They're big and healthy -- about the only thing I've never had problems with