Banded shrimp ate my clown fish.

[spacehawk]

Anyone know about Coral Banded Shrimp? Wouldn't along with clown fish. It not a cleaner shrimp? it eats meal? is it?

 

[tnwillia]

Welcome to RS!

I have no doubt your red banded would have eated or helped eat your clown had it died. I've never seen one go after anything alive. They will threaten, but I've not seen one take a living fish. Others will jump in to help you, I've been wrong many times. Good luck!

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

+1 ^

to ReefSanctuary, a real Sanctuary of reef forums, with lots of very nice members

 

[Reefmack]

Welcome to Reef Sanctuary! No experience here with the CB Shrimp.

 

[yungreefer2410]

yeah i don't think any clownfish is enough of a pansy to let itself get eaten by a coral branded shrimp

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

I googled it... and the hits I got said.... Clownfish ate my Banded shrimp

 

[Val]

I've got a coral banded in my tank. It hasn't bothered anything. My clown fish, especially the female doesn't take anything from any fish or invert in the tank. She doesn't start anything but she does finish it.

 

[charity]

I would not think it would have killed it but I agree it prob helped eat it.

 

[DBrinson]

I was about to say "maybe it molted" ... then I realized who was eating who.

Are you sure he wasn't doing CPR?

 

[steved13]

Welcome to Reef Sanctuary!!!

 

[rhino31]

well I am in the minority here, as I just recently found one of my semi-picassos being munched on by my CB shrimp. Now I too thought the fish just died, and the cb was taking advantage of an easy meal, however, today I walk downstairs, and the cb has my other semi picasso clown in his pinchers, dragging him into his cave KICKING. I poked @ him with my net, he let my fish go, and the fish is up, and swimming. so in my experience, YES, the CB's can be little bastards

 

[shark32]

I have a rather large banded shrimp and the most he ever did was chase away a fish that went into his cave. Hi is a model citizen in my tank, but they do say every fish/invert has a different personality. Sorry about your loss.