Mystery wrasse killed my shrimp

[Paolissimo]

Are mistery wrasse known to kill shrimps? This little ******* has killed two, a fire shrimp and a cleaner shrimp.

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

That sucks

 

[eatbreakfast]

Are mistery wrasse known to kill shrimps? This little ******* has killed two, a fire shrimp and a cleaner shrimp.

Yep. There may be some examples of success with mixing mystery wrasses with shrimp, but for the most part mystery wrasses are not to be trusted with motile inverts.

 

[Paolissimo]

Damn I wish I would have done better homework, I did research his behavior before, but honestly I don't remember reading about the specie attack Shrimps.
Lesson learned.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Yeah I had one that was very nice and passive but he died when I did my upgrade , my second one destroyed my entire cleanup crew and hunted down my shrimp and ate them , gorgeous fish but not for everyone

 

[FMF0331]

my wrasse ate 2 cleaners and 2 fire shrimps.

 

[Paolissimo]

I didn't realize that he killed the fire shrimp, I thought the shrimp might have gotten caught in a pump, but when I introduced the cleaner shrimp, I noticed that the wrasse was chasing it. but then it stopped. The following morning the cleaner shrimp was split in two. i did noticed that the shrimps had just molted though, which is the same thing that happened to the fire shrimp. So maybe because they are vulnerable at that time, the wrasse took advantage of that.

 

[crox99]

I have two fire shrimp with my mystery and he never touch them however he goes after my hermit crabs.

 

[rookie07]

I think if you add the mystery after adding the shrimp they will leave them alone, but shrimp added after the wrasse are in trouble.

 

[ohana888]

I think if you add the mystery after adding the shrimp they will leave them alone, but shrimp added after the wrasse are in trouble.

+1 sorry to hear - mine has a cleaner & fire as tank mates, too. it was too busy eating ALL my flat & bristle worms over the course of one week. literally the fattest fish i had. it has since settled for mysis & pellets & flakes. :thrash:

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I think if you add the mystery after adding the shrimp they will leave them alone, but shrimp added after the wrasse are in trouble.

Perhaps this simulates intentional feeding !
Good point rookie

 

[Paolissimo]

The fire shrimp was there before I added the mystery wrasse.

 

[Sharkbait420]

Very common newb mistake mixing fish which aren't compatible with shrimp. Shrimp are the invert most likely to get eaten by a fish.

 

[Moneymaks24]

I wonder why stores don't warn you about this!! $$$$$.

 

[drperetz]

Mystery wrasse is a very docile shrimp eater. From what I remember it can eat invertebrates like popcorn.

 

[BAD FISH]

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