hoevens wrasse killed cleaner shrimp

[browning_boy20]

I am pretty sure my hoevens wrasse killed my cleaner shrimp. The shrimp has been in the tank with the wrasse and 2 o clowns for or over a year and a half and I never had a problem. Today I come home to a tail to the shrimp torn in half and the rest of him gone. This isn't a molt, it was a killing. Has this happened to anyone else?

[ca1ore]

Yep! Hermits too.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Wrasses are incompatible with ornamental shrimp. It was only a matter of time.

[browning_boy20]

Wow!!! That's good to know; I noticed he was really fat after the meal.

[ca1ore]

I have a large Dusky Wrasse in my tank that has left my CB shrimp alone, so far. Murder on the hermit crabs though.

[hogfanreefer]

Been lucky so far. My Vrolik's hasn't touched any of my shrimp (2 cleaners, 2 blood shrimp and a pistol). Doesn't mean he won't any time. Such a cool fish though. If he goes rouge and takes out all my shrimp I'll just get a Hawkfish I kind of wanted any way. :-)

[rerr001]

Weird!! The exact thing just happened to me two days ago. Came home from work and all was well, after a shower, bit and pieces of my cleaner shrimp are floating in the tank. It was my daughter's favorite, so I have too replace it before she knows it.

[HumbleFish]

Yep! Hermits too.

And snails too!

[GT350pwns]

Would this happen with a flasher wrasse?

[snorvich]

Wrasses are incompatible with ornamental shrimp. It was only a matter of time.

This. A known down side to this type of wrasse. Flasher and fairy wrasses are shrimp safe, however.

[snorvich]

Weird!! The exact thing just happened to me two days ago. Came home from work and all was well, after a shower, bit and pieces of my cleaner shrimp are floating in the tank. It was my daughter's favorite, so I have too replace it before she knows it.

If you replace it, it will happen again.