Ate My Skunk Shrimp!?

Bear · 12-09-2006, 02:03 PM

...I've never heard of this, but my Nassarius snails are eating my skunk shrimp alive...wth? After seeing this I might know where my 6-line disappeared to.

i have crabs · 12-09-2006, 03:18 PM

how long have you had the shrimp? thier is no way a snail is going to attack or eat a healthy shrimp of anykind. the shrimp must be having some problem and the snails are simply cleaning up.

Bear · 12-09-2006, 04:25 PM

i had the shrimp for a couple months and there was nothing wrong with him. He had just molted for the second time last week, along with everything else in the tank (my anemone crab and my other cleaner shrimp did so a couple days after the skunk shrimp)

harif87 · 12-09-2006, 05:03 PM

What makes you think theyre eating it?

Bear · 12-09-2006, 07:58 PM

because I watched them tear it in two and then eat the insides out, now his exoskeleton is in pieces at the bottom of my tank and the clowns are playing with the remainder of the tail.

harif87 · 12-10-2006, 01:39 AM

Theyre eating the molt or the actual shrimp?

Bear · 12-10-2006, 02:03 AM

they ate the actual shrimp

TheReefAddict · 12-10-2006, 02:44 PM

wow those killer snails sound like they belong in my tank..lol

**Fishfirst** · 12-11-2006, 02:19 PM

Never heard of a healthy shrimp being attacked and eaten alive by a bunch of slow moving piles of goo lol. He either had a bad molt and was very weak or possibly osmoregulatory shock.

12-09-2006, 02:03 PM	#1
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	Ate My Skunk Shrimp!? ...I've never heard of this, but my Nassarius snails are eating my skunk shrimp alive...wth? After seeing this I might know where my 6-line disappeared to. __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

12-09-2006, 04:25 PM	#3
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	i had the shrimp for a couple months and there was nothing wrong with him. He had just molted for the second time last week, along with everything else in the tank (my anemone crab and my other cleaner shrimp did so a couple days after the skunk shrimp) __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

12-09-2006, 05:03 PM	#4
harif87 Minor Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 995	What makes you think theyre eating it? __________________ sorry for beating you senseless "The human torch was denied a bank loan"

12-09-2006, 07:58 PM	#5
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	because I watched them tear it in two and then eat the insides out, now his exoskeleton is in pieces at the bottom of my tank and the clowns are playing with the remainder of the tail. __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

12-10-2006, 01:39 AM	#6
harif87 Minor Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 995	Theyre eating the molt or the actual shrimp? __________________ sorry for beating you senseless "The human torch was denied a bank loan"

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12-09-2006, 03:18 PM	#2
i have crabs Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 94	how long have you had the shrimp? thier is no way a snail is going to attack or eat a healthy shrimp of anykind. the shrimp must be having some problem and the snails are simply cleaning up.

12-10-2006, 02:03 AM	#7
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	they ate the actual shrimp __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

12-10-2006, 02:44 PM	#8
TheReefAddict Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37	wow those killer snails sound like they belong in my tank..lol __________________ 72 gal reef 2 mushroom coral (red and green) 2 condy anenomes (orange foot and purple) 1 bubble anenome 1 percula clown 1 yellow tang 1 blue tang 1 dragon goby 1 foxface 1 electric blue damsel 1 snow flake eel 1 longnose hawkfish 1 orange knob starfish 1 bristle starfish 6 orange turbo snails 3 mexican snails

12-11-2006, 02:19 PM	#9
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 5	Never heard of a healthy shrimp being attacked and eaten alive by a bunch of slow moving piles of goo lol. He either had a bad molt and was very weak or possibly osmoregulatory shock. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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