Ok so I bought a cleaner shrimp about 3 days ago. Yesterday I found his molt and he was looking healthy afterwards, hanging upside down under a rock cleaning himself. I just looked at the tank and I see my nassarius snail on the underside of the shrimp's tail devouring him. The shrimp was/is still alive, somewhat. His front claws are still moving around and his antennae are moving. I picked up the snail to see if it would release the shrimp but nope.. still holding on tight. I will probably end up injuring/killing the shrimp anyways if i try to get the snail to release it.
It sucks because I JUST bought this guy 3 days ago. lol. SIGH.
Expensive meal for a freaking snail.
Any ideas what may have prompted this? I'm pretty sure nass snails wouldnt start chowing down on a perfectly healthy living animal. I acclimated the shrimp for a long time before introducing him into the tank.
PH is 8-8.2 and salinity is at 1.025. My temps stay anywhere beween 80-81.5 degrees.
He was fine up until now, unless there was something already killing him that I couldnt see. Everything else in my tank is doing fine.
Rawr.
It sucks because I JUST bought this guy 3 days ago. lol. SIGH.
Expensive meal for a freaking snail.
Any ideas what may have prompted this? I'm pretty sure nass snails wouldnt start chowing down on a perfectly healthy living animal. I acclimated the shrimp for a long time before introducing him into the tank.
PH is 8-8.2 and salinity is at 1.025. My temps stay anywhere beween 80-81.5 degrees.
He was fine up until now, unless there was something already killing him that I couldnt see. Everything else in my tank is doing fine.
Rawr.
