Cleaner Shrimp, Killer?

pjbrunelle

New Member
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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pjbrunelle

New Member
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

Member
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.
 

nycbob

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