Cleaner Shrimp Killed by Anemone???

[Bob60070]

I got a cleaner shrimp Saturday. After acclamation he was a little nervous and was hiding in the live rock. By Sunday he had settled on a piece of rock that has a Pink Tip Haitian Anemone. He was there all of Sunday and Monday, I was getting nervous by how close it was and I even moved him twice and he went right back. I figured he knew what he was doing. He was laying on the sand next to the rock with the Nem dead. He was completely intact so the crabs or a fish did not attack him. He was my only cleaner but I have several peppermint shrimp and they are all doing good. I have a healthy tank. Is it likely that the nem got him?

 

[plateboy3293]

I have add peps that have killed new shrimp in the tank at night an frame another creature.:eek1:. Last time they killed my coral banded shrimp and left it near my snails an they ate it. How do I know I video tape the tank at night ocasionally for pests and stuff. Or you simply just saw the molt and hes hiding in the rocks.

 

[K9Nurse911]

Hey Plateboy...Your peppermint shrimp killed your coral banded shrimp?! Am I just naive? I thought peppermint shrimp were docile shrimp, and the coral banded was aggressive? Just wondering, as I have 3 peppermints (no other shrimp in my 55gal) and several hermit crabs...I've had the shrimp for a few weeks now, and am finding dead hermits out of their shells...could my peppermints be the culprits? I hope not, as I really like them...hand fed one some krill yesterday

 

[plateboy3293]

They could be the culprits or other hermits are looking for larger shells.
They are most of the time docie put sometimes notr so much but I am not talking about camel shrimp which look closly the same.