How long do skunk cleaner shrimp live?

[SCIronMike]

We've had one for the last year or so and today it was dead in the tank....... my wife is kinda upset cause it was her favorite.

 

[EmilyB]

I had some for three years and they were all taken out by a newly introduced rock aka hitchhiker crab (they get them while they are shedding), so I would take a look at possible predators. :wink:

 

[SCIronMike]

Only thing that has changed in my tank is that I used Joes Juice to kill aiptasia and some polyps.

 

[Anonymous]

WHEN DID YOU GET MARRIED?????

Whoa.. Joe's Juice?

 

[cdeakle]

That is kinda odd,

I recently used joicejuice and I lost 2 cleaner shrimp just after 8O

I thought my bigger cleaner cleaned house...hmmmm.... 8O

 

[SCIronMike]

WHEN DID YOU GET MARRIED?????

Whoa.. Joe's Juice?

Got married December 27th, 2003 So just a few weeks ago. Yes, Joe's Juice. I used it three days before my shrimp died.

 

[jandree22]

Note to self: Stay away from Joe and his juiciness

 

[SCIronMike]

Note to self: Stay away from Joe and his juiciness

I was using Stop Aiptasia with no success for months.... Joe's Juice killed my aiptasia in minutes. Very effective.

 

[jandree22]

I don't want my shrimpy to croak, though.... eek! 8O I successfully killed some larger aiptsia with the hot kalk method and I plan to add one or two Peppermint shrimp soon to keep them under control.

 

[cdeakle]

It was very effective!

But not worth the expense of livestock...hmmmm......

 

[Anonymous]

WHEN DID YOU GET MARRIED?????

Whoa.. Joe's Juice?

Got married December 27th, 2003 So just a few weeks ago. Yes, Joe's Juice. I used it three days before my shrimp died.

Dec 27th is a good day to get married. Mine was in 1997. I would suspect the juice thingy had somthing in it that also effected the shrimp.

 

[Anonymous]

thank goodness there isn't even one of those buggers in my tank. I QT rock and look it over a bunch of times to make sure there aren't any on it. Just lucky I guess.

 

[0db]

thank goodness there isn't even one of those buggers in my tank. I QT rock and look it over a bunch of times to make sure there aren't any on it. Just lucky I guess.

I was aptasia-free for THREE YEARS... had two on a rock I bought way back at the beginning, put in a few peppermints and they were gone, never to be seen again. Three years pass... about 2 months ago I notice an aptasia on one of my rocks, and now my tank is overrun. I didn't add any corals or rocks recently; apparently I had a sneaky one hide somewhere, or maybe a free-floating one was introduced with a new fish.

 

[Anonymous]

WHEN DID YOU GET MARRIED?????

Whoa.. Joe's Juice?

Got married December 27th, 2003 So just a few weeks ago. Yes, Joe's Juice. I used it three days before my shrimp died.

Well JEEZ! Congratulations, Mike! Wow.. that is wonderful, just wonderful!

My own folks were married during their college Christmas break, on the 22nd. (Happy anniversary, Wazz!)

I find it to be a bit beyond coincidence that more than one person has experienced loss of certain types of life when using 'The Juice'. I know these fish are problematic, but I chose a filefish last week for the Daily FAQ pic that BobF says is a FANTASTIC eater of Aiptasia (though I don't recollect mention of its propensity to eat other similar creatures). Should have bookmarked that one, but I thought for sure I'd remember and I only went by genus and species.

 

[Anonymous]

Found it!

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/filefish.htm

 

[SCIronMike]

WHEN DID YOU GET MARRIED?????

Whoa.. Joe's Juice?

Got married December 27th, 2003 So just a few weeks ago. Yes, Joe's Juice. I used it three days before my shrimp died.

Well JEEZ! Congratulations, Mike! Wow.. that is wonderful, just wonderful!

My own folks were married during their college Christmas break, on the 22nd. (Happy anniversary, Wazz!)

I find it to be a bit beyond coincidence that more than one person has experienced loss of certain types of life when using 'The Juice'. I know these fish are problematic, but I chose a filefish last week for the Daily FAQ pic that BobF says is a FANTASTIC eater of Aiptasia (though I don't recollect mention of its propensity to eat other similar creatures). Should have bookmarked that one, but I thought for sure I'd remember and I only went by genus and species.

Thanks As far as the shrimp situation, I think we need to find out if this is an occurrence in other users of this product before jumping to conclusiong....... although I agree that it sounds a tad "fishy".

 

[cdeakle]

We need to start a thread to see if others have had the same problem.....

 

[Anonymous]

I nominate YOU!

 

[cdeakle]

Anything for seamaiden 8)

 

[shr00m]

there is another post on the BB now about someone using JOEs juice and losing cleaners.... i say this stuff is probally what killed the shrimp... maybe if you are gonna use this junk (which i dont recomend) you should QT the cleaners until you run carbon or do a massive WC