kactusficus
More is not enough
Hello!
Today I witnessed a quite interesting scene.
Unfortunately, it begins sadly: I received two lysmata wurdemanni, and one of them was found dead half an hour after the introduction in the tank. I don't know who's the killer, but she had a bad hole on her head... I always suspected the Hawkfish to be a potential killer, so I try to be as careful as possible to introduce only adult specimen, when I add shrimps. But this time, the seller sent me small ones.
So I guessed it was the Typus, though maybe my older and very bigger debelius shrimps or the dwarf angel, or the six lines wrasse, could be on the suspect list.
Well, with my shrimp dead, I had nothing to do, but try an experience, because I had to know for sure if my fears concerning the danger of the hawkfish could be confirmed. So I dropped the dead shrimp in front of the Typus, to see if he was able to catch her in his mouth. He didn't even consider it, gave it a two seconds look, and then went away, not interested. Well so I was wondering who could be the killer, then, when suddenly...
... Driven by the good smell of a nice fresh meal, my Oliva Sayana came out from the sand, swallowed the shrimp in less than 1.30 minute, and dive back in the depth of the tank... So long for the poor dead shrimp, and good-bye to my odd creature, as I know she won't be seenable for at least one month or more (she comes for a meal about once every one or two monthes, depending on the size of the fish/squid shred I give her...)
I just had few seconds to take the camera, so the pictures are not very beautiful, but quite spectacular, I think.
Comments and experiences are welcome!
Today I witnessed a quite interesting scene.
Unfortunately, it begins sadly: I received two lysmata wurdemanni, and one of them was found dead half an hour after the introduction in the tank. I don't know who's the killer, but she had a bad hole on her head... I always suspected the Hawkfish to be a potential killer, so I try to be as careful as possible to introduce only adult specimen, when I add shrimps. But this time, the seller sent me small ones.
So I guessed it was the Typus, though maybe my older and very bigger debelius shrimps or the dwarf angel, or the six lines wrasse, could be on the suspect list.
Well, with my shrimp dead, I had nothing to do, but try an experience, because I had to know for sure if my fears concerning the danger of the hawkfish could be confirmed. So I dropped the dead shrimp in front of the Typus, to see if he was able to catch her in his mouth. He didn't even consider it, gave it a two seconds look, and then went away, not interested. Well so I was wondering who could be the killer, then, when suddenly...
... Driven by the good smell of a nice fresh meal, my Oliva Sayana came out from the sand, swallowed the shrimp in less than 1.30 minute, and dive back in the depth of the tank... So long for the poor dead shrimp, and good-bye to my odd creature, as I know she won't be seenable for at least one month or more (she comes for a meal about once every one or two monthes, depending on the size of the fish/squid shred I give her...)
I just had few seconds to take the camera, so the pictures are not very beautiful, but quite spectacular, I think.
Comments and experiences are welcome!
