Cleaner shrimp - Life span

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[I lost my cleaner shrimp last night. I had it two years to the day got it 2/15/03. Do you think it was old age? How long are do they live? The rest of the tank looks fine.]
 
[Ron, I had one for a year or so also and your question made me curious. In an article written by Nathan Cope in August 1997, titled, "Shrimp for the Tropical Marine Aquarium". He states that in the species Lysmata amboinensis and L. grabhami (Scarlet Cleaner or Redline shrimp), of which the skunk cleaner is another common name, "Lifespans of 6 or more years are not unheard of!".
I was actually very surprised by that, I thought two years would have been a long time.]
 
[I think he might have poisened himself. I have some xenia melting on the overflow. They do this from time to time. Any how, I did see him picking at some of the dead xenia flesh the other day.]
 
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