Originally Posted by
95Harley
Maybe his mouth is just big enough to grab hold of them and hurt them real good and then the crab does his job of cleaning house and picks at them and finishes them off overnight.
A cat shark gets 3'...to think it would live long term with Damsels is not realistic. He will eat them or try to sooner or later. Sharks hunt at night, so this is my theory.
It could always be the snowflake grabbing a hold of them in the rocks as I have heard of this but I have not personally experienced an aggressive SFE.
But either way I can't picture a Damsel swimming under a Horseshoe crab nor can I picture a HS crab catching a Damsel. Since most of us can't catch them with a net.
I completely agree here
I doubt it was the crab. You have two predatory fish in there that may not be large enough to eat them but can certainly cause damage.