I'm no help - I had a pair that lasted over 6 months along with a pair of
skunk cleaners. They mysteriously disappeared within 3 days of one another
along with one of the skunks. about 3 weeks later we moved and the bodies
were found pulled into a hole in the live rock - predator likely but not
found. We moved, setup the new and put in a pair of fire shrim and a pair
of skunks -- the 2 fire shrimp died within a couple days in spite of very
carful acclimation, a one of the skunks died a day or two later --- but the
other skunk cleaner is happy and healthy and has been in the tank 10 weeks
now.... which led me to believe the shrimp were stressed from the LFS




"Don Geddis" wrote in message
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"Slim Shaggy" writes:
Hey all, does anyone have any tips for keeping these little critters
alive?
I work in a LFS and so far we've lost 4 for 4 :/ Any ideas?

Hmm. I've had one for about 10 months. It's probably tripled in size.
Molts about once a month.

Might need iodine supplements to allow it to molt, but that's a more long
term
thing. They also need to eat, and can be hand-fed. However, I've got
lots of
live rock & sand, and I suspect that mine hunts various pods for food
(because
I rarely target feed it).

How quickly did you lose yours? What kind of tank did you keep it in?

-- Don

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Don Geddis
http://reef.geddis.org/
Just because swans mate for life, I don't think it's that big of a deal.
First
of all, if you're a swan, you're probably not going to find a swan that
looks
that much better than the one you've got, so why not mate for life?
-- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey