Fire Shrimp Eating Rainbow BTA?

[acroholic]

Saw this yesterday afternoon and thought the worst. Ran and got the camera and decided that maybe the Fire Shrimp had molted and this was his old carapace. Thankfully, I saw the Fire Shrimp later on. Never saw a BTA eat a shrimp molt before.
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[dvara78]

Mine does it all the time when a shrimp molts....assuming the molting is taking place close to the RBTA

 

[acroholic]

I had never seen this before. Good source of protein I guess?

 

[jdabs]

Mine does this too! I always do a double-take just to make sure it's the moult and not the body!

 

[hud3339]

Fire Shrimp Eating Rainbow BTA?

Dont you mean rainbow BTA eating fire shrimp???

 

[acroholic]

hud3339;693050 wrote: Fire Shrimp Eating Rainbow BTA?

Dont you mean rainbow BTA eating fire shrimp???

Man eating shark or shark eating man?

 

[hud3339]

Acroholic;693055 wrote: Man eating shark or shark eating man?

Makes since:doh:

 

[lifestudent]

hud3339;693050 wrote: Fire Shrimp Eating Rainbow BTA?

Dont you mean rainbow BTA eating fire shrimp???

Yep! I thought the same thing when I read the title!!!

I thought: "Oh no! A new predator to anemones!!!" :confused2:

Turns out all is well afterall.

 

[Jaycen B.]

I have an elegance that does the same.

 

[smallblock]

I think the shell just floats around and the bta is sticky enough to catch it and then eats it. Dunno though, I've seen pieces on mine but not the whole thing. Guess my btas are to small.

 

[mph84]

my wellso does that too. freaks me out at first everytime...

 

[rbredding]

... just wait till it poops..

 

[hammcd]

maybe it shouldve been fire shrimp-eating bta..i thought the same thing lol...was like **** thats a brave shrimp

man-eating shark
shark-eating man etc etc