Pistol shrimp vs Nassarius who wins?

[skinnyjoe1976]

just noticed this in the tank in the garage. it houses stuff from collection. check the pics out.

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what do you guys tink. there are actually 2 snails trying to swallow him whole. the shrimp was alive this morning

 

[sytanek]

I think he died first.

 

[dugg]

I've never seen a nassarious snail try to harm anything alive. The shrimp had to be dead or real close to it before they moved in. I had a clam die one time, and they were waiting at the edge of the shell for the very second he died, but they never touched it until it was gone. I'm not real good at telling the difference, but are you sure those aren't the Welks or whatever the bad ones are instead of normal nassarious?

 

[mrcrab]

I'm no expert either, but they do look like welks.

 

[cschweitzer]

Those are not N. vibex or N. obsoleta ... really only two types af nass readily available in the aquarium trade.

 

[Largo50]

I don't think these are welks as the aperture is too short, it looks like a florida rock snail (did you collect it locally?). If so its predatory but I doubt it caught a shrimp.

 

[pdkinsel]

I just saw my pistol shrimp grab a small hermit and pull it in its burrow. Pretty wild.

 

[skinnyjoe1976]

yea there are local. it's just weird to see the snail ingest him like that. the only thing that is in there know is a manthis. i haven't been able to id. there are so many to choose from that's why there are out there. they are cool to watch. they burrow in the sand and when i put food in the swarm the area. just very active guys. just thought you guys would think it's interesting

 

[chrisstie]

My guess is then that the mantis knocked the pistol for a loop and the snails took advantage

 

[Mr Neutron]

Just more reason to leave wild native flora and fauna out of your tanks. You can't ID it, don't put it in!