Peppermint Missing

[KLehman72]

Ok guys,

Here's my dilemma, on two separate occasions I have purchased a handful of peppermint shrimp. I have drip acclimated them and introduced them into my reef. They are fine and active, but by the next day they are all gone! I don't know what is happening to them. Nobody is picking on them when I introduce them but clearly, someones eating peppermint shrimp! Any ideas?

I have:
1 Yellow Tang
1 Pacific Regal Tang
2 Blue Green Reef Chromis
1 Yellow Tailed Blue Damsel
2 Lyretail Dartfish
1 Percula Clown
2 Six Line Wrasse
A handful of hermits
A bunch of asst snails
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
And of course, assorted corals


HELP!

 

[Reeffanman]

I'm no pro on this but out of that list I would have to say the wrasse would be my first suspect.

http://www.azfishkeeping.com/content.php?c_id=66
Apparently This guy can get pretty nasty also

 

[KLehman72]

Anyone else? The wrasse are pretty small, can't imagine them eating a dozen peppermints in one night

 

[all4wheels2]

Coral banded shrimp maybe.

 

[carey]

I had a similar issue with cleaner shrimp in my 125g, the tangs are suspect as well as my watchman goby.. I've read tangs can pick at them, but I havent seen any examples of it...

 

[Notafan21]

Sometimes my peppermint shrimp go into my overflow box... have you checked in there?

 

[joy13]

I was going to put a couple of peppermint shrimp in with a coral banded shrimp until I did enough research and decided it wouldn't be a good idea.

 

[crister13]

Could be any of those suggested. The damsel is also a possibility. I got 2 in my 150g forgeting about my grouper. Gone in a half hour.

 

[Ricksreef]

My bet would be on the Coral Banded also.

 

[crister13]

Ya. Hes the most probable, but pretty much anything couldve done that. I wouldnt get anymore if I were you.

 

[KLehman72]

Yeah...I'm done. I lost a $20 Cleaner Shrimp and $70 in Peppermints. My wife is jealous...I spent more on a dinner for the Coral Banded Shrimp than I did for her! Lol

 

[carey]

Don't feel bad, I lost five cleaner shrimp and a couple peppermints in my 125g, since I don't know who the culprit is i can't add anymore, it would just be silly and mean to the shrimp. :-(

 

[nuwave59]

Same thing happens to my peppermint shrimp here. I suspect my cleaner shrimp.