Cleaner Shrimp, Killer?

[pjbrunelle]

I had an ****** outbreak, so all my fish are in QT, but in my DT is a Cleaner shrimp and my clean up crew (blue/red crabs, Nass snails, turbo snails)
I go to check on my tank this morning and all my crabs are dead and dragged out of their shells! I saw the cleaner shrimp attack one of them the other day, could he have killed them all? And once they get a taste for this, do they always do this? I was feeding him once a day.
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[jackri]

How many is all?
I doubt it but who knows.

 

[pjbrunelle]

It was about 20 crab. I dont know who or what did it, but something killed them, and they are all dragged out of their shells.

 

[cedarreef]

I highly doubt the cleaner shrimp would kill crabs... The crabs might have died from something else and the shrimp just scavenged amongst the dead bodies.

 

[tonysi]

Originally Posted by CedarReef
http:///forum/post/2987242
I highly doubt the cleaner shrimp would kill crabs... The crabs might have died from something else and the shrimp just scavenged amongst the dead bodies.
+1 on that

 

[nycbob]

its very possible ur cleaner shrimp will kill ur hermits. the only thing that puzzles me is all of them at once?

 

[fishstick4sale]

you might have an unwanted visitor amongst ur rock work hiding an hunts at night

 

[indy2009]

I've seen one of my blue legs go after one of my jades trying to get it out of the shell.