Cleaner Shrimp getting picked on

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I recently purchased a cleaner Shrimp to replace my last cleaner Shrimp of 1 year. Within a week the same thing happened to the new Shrimp as the previous Shrimp. He is missing his antennas. Like they have been cut/bit off. The only thing I can come up with is the arrow Crab I entered into the tank about 2-3 months ago. Any ideas would be awesome. Thanks. Tried to upload pic but wouldn’t upload.
 
It's almost certainly the arrow crab. They are almost completely intolerant of other motile inverts in the same setup, so much so that I've seen them reach into the shell of a hermit crab and rip it out and to pieces. If you're able to get the arrow crab out sooner would be better than later. Did you get it as a utility animal or just for show?
 
Just for show. I’ll get him out ASAP
 
No problem. They're really cool animals but they're just so darn territorial.
 

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