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JSmith
10-02-2008, 8:27 PM
Today i found one of my peppermint shrimp dead in the back of my tank. Ive had him for about 2 months and he was rather large when i got him and was the most livly out of the the trio. I checked all my water params and they were all good, ph was at 8.0 so a little low. My other 2 seem to be doing fine as well as all other life in the tank.

Was wondering if i just obtained a shrimp near the end or if their might be some other cause.

btw- it wasent just a molt, thats what i thought at first but u could still see its insides and his color was bleached out.

skippy2
10-04-2008, 7:35 PM
average life span of pepp. shrimp should be app. 2 yrs.

Amphiprion
10-04-2008, 8:40 PM
2-3 years is fairly normal for peppermints. Larger hippolytids, like cleaner shrimp, can live much longer.