Peppershrimp murder mystery???

Good evening,

Except not for my Banggai. Bought 2 cardinals from Aquarium Adventure 2 weeks ago. Sadly one met his/her maker a week ago, due to unknown causes. Banggai #2 has been hiding in a corner and not eating for a week and this morning my wife said the poor little guy was lying on the sand, sucking wind. When I was in the store over the weekend, one of their employees told me that the Banggais were not doing so well, as another employee bagged up the last 3 they had for someone else, but I digress. Then my cardinal just disappeared.

Unless he can phase, there is no way that he made it into the overflow, he did not launch himself from the tank either. Is it possible that one of my greedy little peppermint shrimp grabbed him and dragged him back to their secret lair? Has anyone ever had a peppermint snatch an unsuspecting fish?

Thanks,

Jim

 

They only attack dead or maybe weakened fish.

 

i think his fish was dead and or dying. so yes, your peppermint shrimp did his job and cleaned up the mess for you. arent they nice?

 

What else do you have in your tank?

 

bangaii cardinals do not do well during acclimation period. They are kind of like the chromis, you have to purchase 12 of them to have maybe 3 survivors. If you can get past the first couple weeks, they are hardy fish, it is just trying to get to that point

 

peppermint shrimp tried to murder my frogspawn. Yeah they'll eat a dead fish pretty quick!

 

Shrimp will eat nearly anything that's dead.

 

Thanks to you all for your replies. I hope those peppermint shrimpies enjoyed their gourmet meal. R.I.P. Banggai #2.

 

Fisherman,

4 peppermint shrimp, 5 small green chromis, 2 small percula clowns, 3 firefish, 7 turbo snails, medium plate coral, 5 head blastomussa, 3 head acro, ricordea polyp, chalice frag, favia frag, nice multi-mushroom rock.

 

i love shrooms. got a pic of them?