Mad phat fish killer? Coral Banded Shrimp

[quaddity]

I put a Coral Banded Shrimp in my tank last week and one of my juve clowns was gone the next day. I'm blaming the shrimp but I can't really be positive. Anyone have one that's eaten your fish?

 

[Katie217]

ive had my coral banded for over a year, and the most he ever did to any fish i had was nip at their fins. but ive heard that they can be fish killers

 

[Lorna]

hmmm never heard of that.

 

[quaddity]

hmmm never heard of that.

Searching on the web I've read some reports of them killing other inverts but not much on fish. My other clown is fine so it might have been a coincidence. I didn't see a body anywhere in the tank either so it was a thorough clean up.

 

[Fishmonger70]

Do you have any type of cover on your tank? Maybe he had a fit of depression and decided to jump. Kind of hard to believe that a Coral banded shrimp would do such a thing, and if so, that the skeleton would be gone that quick. I was doing some tank maintenance a couple months back and I had a clown jump out on me. He jumped so quick that I almost didn't see him do it.

 

[Lorna]

it could also be that he succumbed to something else and the coral banded was scavenging as they are supposed to..... cleaning up.

 

[<>< Sesheru ><>]

well i had a banded coral shrimp and he tryed to claw at my clown fish

 

[quaddity]

Do you have any type of cover on your tank? Maybe he had a fit of depression and decided to jump. Kind of hard to believe that a Coral banded shrimp would do such a thing, and if so, that the skeleton would be gone that quick. I was doing some tank maintenance a couple months back and I had a clown jump out on me. He jumped so quick that I almost didn't see him do it.

Yeah it's a 12 gallon Aquapod so it's sealed I went through all the filtration area in the back today just in case I missed it but nope. So it's a mystery, if it died on it's own the clean up crew sure did an efficient job over a few hours of leaving no trace. I'm perplexed to say the least. Since then I never see the shrimp he hangs out upside down under a rock during the day. The other clown is fine so I'm not thinking it's the shrimp now.

 

[Lorna]

a cleanup crew can dismantle and chow down a dead fish in a matter of hours and you won't find a trace of it anywhere.