OK. I think I already know the answer but let me pick your brains. I have a 120 mixed reef and I have the following fish in it:
Mystery wrasse
yellow tang
Kole tang
Blue hippo tang
Blonde naso tang
fox face
firefish
2 chalk bass
2 clowns
3 chromis
algae blenny
I also have brittle stars, snails, 2 emerald crabs, conchs, 1 coral banded shrimp, 4 fire/blood shrimp, and had 5 cleaner shrimp.
Over the last 2 weeks my cleaner shrimp have been disappearing. I had five originally and was down to 2 today. Tonight I came home and found a blood shrimp and a starfish fighting over the carcass of a cleaner shrimp. The cleaner shrimp was alive a few hours ago because I saw him. It looked like he was torn in half. My mystery wrasse is looking like he has a full belly and a guilty face.
So may question is do you see anyone else from the above list that would be killing my cleaner shrimp other than the mystery wrasse? The blood shrimp seem fine and it seems to be happening to only the cleaner shrimp. I like the mystery wrasse and am not going to get rid of him. I know you can keep a successful reef without the shrimp but I like them. I am just making sure I am not missing something else.
Thanks,
Rob
Mystery wrasse
yellow tang
Kole tang
Blue hippo tang
Blonde naso tang
fox face
firefish
2 chalk bass
2 clowns
3 chromis
algae blenny
I also have brittle stars, snails, 2 emerald crabs, conchs, 1 coral banded shrimp, 4 fire/blood shrimp, and had 5 cleaner shrimp.
Over the last 2 weeks my cleaner shrimp have been disappearing. I had five originally and was down to 2 today. Tonight I came home and found a blood shrimp and a starfish fighting over the carcass of a cleaner shrimp. The cleaner shrimp was alive a few hours ago because I saw him. It looked like he was torn in half. My mystery wrasse is looking like he has a full belly and a guilty face.
So may question is do you see anyone else from the above list that would be killing my cleaner shrimp other than the mystery wrasse? The blood shrimp seem fine and it seems to be happening to only the cleaner shrimp. I like the mystery wrasse and am not going to get rid of him. I know you can keep a successful reef without the shrimp but I like them. I am just making sure I am not missing something else.
Thanks,
Rob