Wrasse ate my fire shrimp?

[ngn8dogg]

I just got a fairy wrasse a few weeks ago thats like and inch and a half and just today I noticed my fire shrimp is gone. Is it possible my fairy wrasse ate him? also I have an aptasia problem and want to get some peppemint shrimp but need to know everyones thoughts first.

 

[jayk198030]

kill it, may be.. but i would doubt it ate it all

my fairy wrasses has never messed with my purple lobster, peppermint shrimp, or sally light foot crab

 

[kvn1691]

I have fire shrimp and a big fairy wrasse it never bothers them.

 

[ngn8dogg]

Ok it must of died of natural causes then. I feel better about getting peppermint shrimp, I hope they kill my damn aptasia problem.

 

[BuddhaKiss]

Before my flasher wrasse jumped, it never gave the fire shrimp a second look

 

[Bambalam]

Are you sure your fire shrimp is dead? IME they are pretty shy and usually nocturnal.

 

[ngn8dogg]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15273013#post15273013 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bambalam
Are you sure your fire shrimp is dead? IME they are pretty shy and usually nocturnal.

Ya , everytime I feed my tank he would come out from the caves and grab food

 

[ngn8dogg]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15273013#post15273013 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bambalam
Are you sure your fire shrimp is dead? IME they are pretty shy and usually nocturnal.

Ya , everytime I feed my tank he would come out from the caves and grab food

 

[Shablin]

I agree with Bambalam; my experience with fire shrimp is that they are very shy and nocturnal; maybe the addition of the new fish spooked him. a fire shrimp would probably be a bit much for an inch&half wrasse; they also like slightly cooler water, has your temp changed any?

 

[ngn8dogg]

My tank runs at 78-80 and has never changed. I would see the fire shrimp everyday and like I said before he would come out each and everytime I fed my fish and grab food. Everyone is saying no to the wrasse killing it so I dont know why the hell it died. Just might be natural causes

 

[ngn8dogg]

I did have an issue last tuesday I took out palys with a tweezer because they were growing on my candy canes and the toxins from it bleached the middle of a huge colony of tubs birdsnest so Im thinking this might be the culprit?? who knows

 

[redfishsc]

I doubt the palys killed the shrimp, although I suppose it's possible.


I suspect that your shrimp has molted and is either hiding until it's new shell hardens, or it molted and was eaten by something in your tank while it was a softshell. I've had this happen to a small coral banded shrimp and two peppermints (a !#%T$%@@# royal gramma ate them, he was the only fish in the tank).

I now have a second tank with a coral banded shrimp in it, with ONLY a small goby and a ton of frags, and the cb shrimp is doing great.

 

[jjstecchino]

The fire shrimp may have molten and it will stay put untill the new shell is up to snuff. Think positive!

 

[jjstecchino]

Upss... did not read the previous post and said same thing! Shame on me!

 

[Shablin]

yeah if it molted, it will be in hiding about a week; dont freak if you find the shed shell!!