Evil coral banded shrimp

[Themonsterisme]

I can't for the love of me keep any peppermint shrimp alive to take care of a growing aptasia issue I'm having...couldn't find the shrimp the next day so after doing some searching in the tank and finding zero in there I bought some more and pulled up a chair and watched for a while...turns out the coral banded shrimp in my tank tracks them down and latches on and sucks the guts out of them like a slurpie...I've noticed he chases the fish as well trying to grab them with his claws...I think it's time for some store credit somewhere lol

 

[asbauto]

Every coral banded shrimp I've had done the same thing, I've tried 3 with the same outcome. They are interesting little creatures but I found the risks were not worth it so I switched to a pair of cleaner shrimp and 5 peps and haven't had any issues since