Koralia killed my shrimp?

ptychoptera · 11/13/2007, 01:02 PM

I added a Koralia nano to my 10g tank a couple weeks ago and soon after noticed that my Palaemon pacificus seemed to spend most of the day clinging to the grating around it. The suction clearly was pulling them tightly against it but not so strongly that they couldn't escape with some effort.

Over the course of the last week I've lost both my shrimp, finding what was left of their bodies pressed against the Koralia. Fortunately these were collected free of charge here in Hawaii, I'd hate to have this happen to $30 Lysmata spp. Also worth mention is that my Stenopus are quite fine with the Koralia as they don't venture off the rocks any.

I thought I'd present this case as a possible warning to shrimp owners. RIP little shrimpies.

iwishtofish · 11/14/2007, 12:39 AM

Every now and then I will find a molt from one of my paired coral banded shrimp stuck to my #2 Koralias.

11/13/2007, 01:02 PM	#1
ptychoptera Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 72	Koralia killed my shrimp? I added a Koralia nano to my 10g tank a couple weeks ago and soon after noticed that my Palaemon pacificus seemed to spend most of the day clinging to the grating around it. The suction clearly was pulling them tightly against it but not so strongly that they couldn't escape with some effort. Over the course of the last week I've lost both my shrimp, finding what was left of their bodies pressed against the Koralia. Fortunately these were collected free of charge here in Hawaii, I'd hate to have this happen to $30 Lysmata spp. Also worth mention is that my Stenopus are quite fine with the Koralia as they don't venture off the rocks any. I thought I'd present this case as a possible warning to shrimp owners. RIP little shrimpies.

11/14/2007, 12:39 AM	#2
iwishtofish Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 4,949	Every now and then I will find a molt from one of my paired coral banded shrimp stuck to my #2 Koralias.