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shrimp101

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My clownfish died today im sad :cry: . But that isnt the issue. Ok, I read on the internet somewhere that someones yellow-tailed blue damsel ate their peppermint shrimp! 8O I havetwo yellow-tailed blue damsels but they were just to expiramint with the tank caus originally we were gonna get two peppermint shrimp! One of my damsels is pretty aggresive so should I get rid of him then getmy shrimp, orkeep them andget my shrimp?
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jdeets

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I have a yellow tail damsel and it has never bothered my shrimp. I have cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp and a pistol shrimp. YMMV
 

Len

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I think James is someone :P I posted in your other thread as well (same response).

Sorry to hear about your clownfish. Have you found the cause of the death?
 

shrimp101

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No! I havent. I think it was because we waited at the pet storecausthey were just shipping them in and go one right away and so the plane ride and being in his bag must have caused it! Hedied just today and we got him on Wednesday!
 

Len

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shrimp, you need to be more patient please. This is a bulletin board and responses may come within a minute or several days. It's the nature of this medium.

Most shrimps get along with each other okay. Coral Banded Shrimps can be aggressive though, but Peppermints, Cleaners, Fire, etc. generally are not.
 
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Damsels do not typically attack healthy Cleaner Shrimp. If the Shrimp are dead or dying then all bets are off though.
 

shrimp101

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I was wondering something!My damsels I have had for like a week and they havent died! But I got a clownfish and he died two days later? How can that be?
 

Len

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shrimp, this isn't a chatroom or instant messaging. Please consolidate your ideas into a few posts and people will respond to them throughout the day. Check back with the threads you have posted for updates.

You haven't given us enough information to diagnose what went wrong with your clownfish, though it's admittedly hard to solve these mysteries online unless there is some obvious symptoms.
 

jdeets

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shrimp101--patience, patience, give us time to respond...

One thing you will learn in this hobby is that all you can do as an aquarist is provide an optimum environment for whatever livestock you decide to keep. You can give them care. But you cannot always keep them alive in spite of it.

I have been in this hobby for over 5 years, and even this year, I've lost some livestock. One of my fishes--pruple tilefish--jumped out of the tank and I found him curled up on the floor. A powder blue tang I bought died after 2 days--he wouldn't eat, and was really scared by the other fish--I found him floating two days later. A fairy wrasse I added just disappeared, and I have no idea what happened--I never even found his carcass--it was probably eaten by my cleanup crew. I added a small red reef star and he just disappeared.

Your clownfish died, and who knows why. If your aquarium is a good environment--low nitrates, fully cycled, etc.--and you didn't starve him--well, who knows why he died. He may have been sick when you bought him, overstressed from shipment, starved before you bought him, there are dozens of reasons why he might have died.

The fact is that any time you add livestock to your tank, there are no guarantees, no matter how long you've been in this hobby or how good your tank is. All you can do is provide the best care and environment possible. The rest is up to nature. It doesn't always work out.

The only other thing I'd add is know what you are buying and make good livestock choices. In my case, I shouldn't have bought the tilefish--because everything I've read says they always jump within 6 weeks. For some reason I had the delusion that it wouldn't happen to me. But it did. That was a poor livestock choice. Powder blue tangs almost never survive in captivity. Once again--poor livestock choice.

So, make good livestock choices, provide the best environment and care that you can, and hope for the best.
 

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