Coral Banded Shrimp

ejhurte · 04/06/2007, 05:26 PM

Has anyone ever known a banded shrimp to kill another fish? I arrived home from work today and my shrimp was munching on my dead royal gramma. I am not sure if my fish died of natural causes or was it attacked. From the looks of the gramma, the shrimp had been snacking on it for a while.

smacdone · 04/06/2007, 05:37 PM

i would guess it is taking an after death snack. Although i learned its probably not best to add a 2nd one to a tank as mine was dead by the next morning

brccoins · 04/06/2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally posted by ejhurte
Has anyone ever known a banded shrimp to kill another fish? I arrived home from work today and my shrimp was munching on my dead royal gramma. I am not sure if my fish died of natural causes or was it attacked. From the looks of the gramma, the shrimp had been snacking on it for a while.

That's comforting considering I just got a banded shrimp and a royal gramma in the mail today!

KAKLANGLEY · 04/06/2007, 09:49 PM

Most shrimp are oppurtunitic feeders. It was probally already dead or dying.

Manuel Martinez · 04/06/2007, 10:01 PM

The Royal Gramma, is too much fast fish, I think he was already dead.

04/06/2007, 05:26 PM	#1
ejhurte Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 10	Coral Banded Shrimp Has anyone ever known a banded shrimp to kill another fish? I arrived home from work today and my shrimp was munching on my dead royal gramma. I am not sure if my fish died of natural causes or was it attacked. From the looks of the gramma, the shrimp had been snacking on it for a while.

04/06/2007, 09:49 PM	#4
KAKLANGLEY Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nashville, NC Posts: 165	Most shrimp are oppurtunitic feeders. It was probally already dead or dying. __________________ 92RR Corner, 2- Hydra 26HD, Ruby 30, 2- MP40, BM Crv5 Neptune Apex HIT EM WITH THE HEIN

04/06/2007, 05:37 PM	#2
smacdone Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 129	i would guess it is taking an after death snack. Although i learned its probably not best to add a 2nd one to a tank as mine was dead by the next morning

04/06/2007, 10:01 PM	#5
Manuel Martinez Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 214	The Royal Gramma, is too much fast fish, I think he was already dead.