RCS missing

[phin]

I put a young RCS in my tank a couple weeks ago. It was probably just
under an inch long. I only saw it once, 2 days after, I put it in.
It is either really good at hiding in my plants or it was eaten. I
only have one krib, some black neon tetra and small rasboras and a
golden zebra loach. None of these fish I suspect as killing and
eating the RCS. I do have a small population (7-10) ghost shrimp
though. How likely is it the ghost shrimp attacked and ate my RCS?

 

[misterking]

I've seen vids of ghost shrimp attempting to pin down a black neon tetra, so I'd call it quite likely.

Of course if the shrimp died from stress the other shrimp would have it gone fairly quickly.

 

[phin]

maybe I should put in a full grown rcs next time?

 

[Fishman1995]

Yes id do a full grown one next time so theres no chance he will get attacked by the GS's

 

[phin]

How much bigger to ghost shrimp get? only about 1.5 inches, right? do they get up to 2 inches or more?

 

[Fishman1995]

i think 2 inchs is the ma but idk