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I bought a cleaner warsse couple of days back. Two days ago, i found that it was missing. Today after i came back from my ops, it is still missing?? I understand that these fishes sleep in the sand bed or in holes in the LR rite??

Could could have eaten it?? The worms in my sandbed? The crabs in my LR??

Pls advise

JL

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IMO, could be dead when it did not appear for a couple of days.... my doctor fish will go and hide when the lights are off and will be around when it is feeding time.... during feeding it will also try to clean the parasites on the tang and clowns.... until now, i'm still cannot find its hiding place.... it's quite interesting if i can find out where it is hiding.... maybe videocam the tank just before and after lights off... :idea:

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Why dun buy it next time??

the one i bought is from ML and very healthly leh.. Been feeding and was cleaning my YT. Then sundenly its gone.. so sad. But the question is what could have caused its death??

Could crabs be the reason since it hides in rocks to sleep. Or those so called piston shrimps?? Sometimes can hear snapping sounds from my tank leh ... can confirm thought, never seen them b4?? anyone has a pic of a snapping shrimp

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even if its dead, but WHY ???? if u dont know why , the next time u buy a new fish it will get missing again. ;)

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the lifespan of a cleaner wrasse aka doctor fish does not last more than 2 to 3 mths. most lfs owners will tell u that if they r kind enuff. after they finish their jobs eating the parasites on ur fishes body, they will hv nothing more to eat. that's what i heard from most lfs owners.

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In other words, cleaner wrasses are very fussy eater - they only eat parasites off of living fishes and nothing else. Very rarely will they eat other types of food, so in captivity, they would willing starve to death if they are no parasites to eat or the other fishes refuse to let them inspect their bodies for parasites.

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