Cleaner Shrimp dead: New Fish or Water Problems? (please read description)

[Nasabeau]

Yeah shrimps hide after they molt. Think about it in the eyes of an emperor angelfish, there are two shrimps in front of you, one is freshly molted and soft skinned and tender, just the way he and all emperor angelfish prefer it, and the other one is tasty but hard and crunchy. Which one are you gonna choose? The tender one of course! So thats why they hide. Don't sweat about it, those things are like the cockroaches of the coral reef.

He still has not shown back up. Should I be worrying at this point? he's been missing like 4 days now.

 

[Nasabeau]

Ya I'm going Molt on this one. Give it a couple of days, I bet the shrimp reappears. Unless of course you really looked for it. Fwiw imo when something is hiding or stressed the last thing you want to do is start moving rocks around causing more stress. I believe this should be a very hands off hobby

He still has not shown up, should I have seen him by now? this is day four of not showing up for feedings

 

[Nasabeau]

okay, I'm going to go ahead and call it, he's still not showing up, I am guessing a fish killed him. don't know which but I will not be putting another shrimp in there D: