Did my fire shrimp eat my wrasse?

[jpines]

I came home yesterday to find my 6-line wrasse to be missing. Checked the overflow, the sump, and the floor, but there was no wrasse to be found. I'm trying to figure out the culprit. As of right now I'm thinking it's my fire shrimp. He's been noticeably aggressive to the cleaner shrimp, snails, and hermits. I'm pretty sure he's killed several members of the CUC. Is it possible he ate my wrasse? The wrasse was tiny maybe a 1-1.5 inches, and the fire shrimp is full grown. The only other fish I have are 2 clowns and a tang.

 

[Tahoe61]

I have had Fire Shrimp, in fact they are my favorite shrimp. Never had an issue with them as far as trying to capture fish. A healthy fish should be able to get away from a shrimp. If you have hermit crabs I am more inclined to think they are responsible for your snail deaths than the shrimp. Check for predatory crabs.

 

[jpines]

All my rock was added as dry rock. I'm not sure where I would have picked up a crab from. I noticed my wrasse liked to sleep on the sand bed in some rock rubble I have behind my main aquascape. Just wondering if the shrimp didn't sneak up on him..I may be overthinking it but just seems fishy (no pun intended)

 

[NanaReefer]

Same thing happened to me. Added 6 line and never saw it again. Nothing in the tank to eat it, just disappeared :-/

 

[jpines]

Same thing happened to me. Added 6 line and never saw it again. Nothing in the tank to eat it, just disappeared :-/

Weird...he was in the tank almost 2 weeks and was eating great. Who knows...

 

[eatbreakfast]

With a fish that small their body gets consumed/broken down very quickly by water chemistry and micro fauna.

 

[Naiad]

I don't think he would have killed it. If it died then they will scavenge. Cleaner shrimp are notoriously territorial toward other cleaners but that is about it.

 

[ShawnSaucier]

All my rock was added as dry rock. I'm not sure where I would have picked up a crab from. I noticed my wrasse liked to sleep on the sand bed in some rock rubble I have behind my main aquascape. Just wondering if the shrimp didn't sneak up on him..I may be overthinking it but just seems fishy (no pun intended)

Unwanted crabs can come in on frags and such. I started my tank with all dry, some how a gorilla crab got in there. For a while it was a mystery with frags and fish disappearing. Found a half dollar sized gorilla inside one of the rocks....

 

[jpines]

I'll definitely keep an eye out...maybe there's a mystery crab hiding somewhere