I have, or had two Spotted Anemone shrimp established in a couple flower anemones, and a Pederson's Anemone Shrimp in a green ricordia. Well established, eating and molting. After seven months all three were gone in one weekend. Any ideas on the culprit? I really liked these guys and would like to replace them, but not as food . . .
I feed frozen food three times per week, dry pellets twice daily.
200 gal tank w/ 10% water change weekly, parameters are 81 F, 1.021 SG, 400 CA, 3.72 Alkalinity, 0 Ammonia-Nitrite-Nitrate, Dose Iodine weekly. Lighting 12 hrs daily by 2x140 w actinics, 3x250 W MH, circulation/filtration 3000 gph skimmer & return pumps, 27 gal sump, 2x1200 gph powerheads.
Inhabited by:
CORALS- Green Hammer, Yellow Porites, Yellow Palythoa, Blue w/green Cup Montipora, Pineapple, Met. Green Star Polyps, Thin Bar-PomPom-Tree Xenia, Silver/Green Alveapora, Candycane, Met. Green Galaxia.
CRUSTACEANS- Red Leg-Blue Leg-Scarlet-Blue Knuckle Hermit Crabs, Astrea-Nerite-Nassarius-Bumble Bee Snails, Banded Coral-Scarlet Cleaner-Peppermint Shrimps, Emerald-Decorator-Anemone-Acro Crabs, Flame Scallop.
OTHER INVERTS- Yellow Cucumber, Sand Sifting-Harlequin Serpent-Red Serpent-Orange Fromia Stars, Encrusting Gorgonian, Purple Sea Blade, Knobby Sea Rod, Feather Duster-Coco-Cluster Duster Worms, Flower-Bubble Tip-Ritteri Anemones, Pink/Orange-Green Riccordia, Purple Fuzzy-Lavender Frilly-Giant brown-Green Stripe-Red-Orange/Red pimpled-Umbrella-Bullseye mushrooms, Yellow-Pink-Brown-Green-Orange Zoanthids.
FISH- Lawnmower Blenny, Pigmy-Coral Beauty Angel, Green Chromis, Bangaii Cardinal, Four line Wrasse, Purple Pseudochromis, Mandarin-Red Scooter Dragonets, Pearly Jawfish, Bicolor Anthias, Black Ray- Dragon Goby, Yellow Tang.
MACRO ALGAE- Halimeda, Pine Cone.