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Unread 03/18/2019, 09:05 AM   #1
mav.23
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Is he dead?

So yesterday I went out and purchased a coral banded shrimp. I drip acclimated him and all that, and put him in after lights out so he could find a place to hide. I redid my rock work so now there are tons of hiding places. This morning, I turned on the lights and saw that one of my fish had bullied him, and one of his red claws was on another rock. He wasn’t moving, but I thought shrimp could regenerate lost limbs. Is that not true? The rest of his body looks pretty intact. His other claw is attached to his body, and his long antennae are there too. It looks like the tips of his legs may have been nipped off too, but the long part is there. Do you think he died because of stress? Why wouldn’t he just stay hidden in the rockwork if a fish was harassing him? Do you think he is dead or what?


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Unread 03/18/2019, 09:17 AM   #2
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Sorry to hear that. I’m no expert in shrimps I only have cleaner shrimp. Do you have pictures of him?

One possible situation is that what you see is only a shell/skin of your shrimp. Sometimes they molt when under stress. They molt regularly too. After molting they hide for a while and will come out again.

Stenopus can be a little aggressive sometimes so the “being attacked situation” is not very likely unless you have a very aggressive fish such as eel... What else do you have in your tank? A picture would be very helpful in this case.

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Unread 03/18/2019, 11:08 AM   #3
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So yesterday I went out and purchased a coral banded shrimp. I drip acclimated him and all that, and put him in after lights out so he could find a place to hide. I redid my rock work so now there are tons of hiding places. This morning, I turned on the lights and saw that one of my fish had bullied him, and one of his red claws was on another rock. He wasn’t moving, but I thought shrimp could regenerate lost limbs. Is that not true? The rest of his body looks pretty intact. His other claw is attached to his body, and his long antennae are there too. It looks like the tips of his legs may have been nipped off too, but the long part is there. Do you think he died because of stress? Why wouldn’t he just stay hidden in the rockwork if a fish was harassing him? Do you think he is dead or what?
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Unread 03/18/2019, 01:08 PM   #4
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I have one and it dropped it's big claws soon after I put it in the tank. They do regrow...surpringly fast. I'd worry more if legs missing as well.

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Unread 03/19/2019, 08:59 AM   #5
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So yesterday I went out and purchased a coral banded shrimp. I drip acclimated him and all that, and put him in after lights out so he could find a place to hide. I redid my rock work so now there are tons of hiding places. This morning, I turned on the lights and saw that one of my fish had bullied him, and one of his red claws was on another rock. He wasn’t moving, but I thought shrimp could regenerate lost limbs. Is that not true? The rest of his body looks pretty intact. His other claw is attached to his body, and his long antennae are there too. It looks like the tips of his legs may have been nipped off too, but the long part is there. Do you think he died because of stress? Why wouldn’t he just stay hidden in the rockwork if a fish was harassing him? Do you think he is dead or what?
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So I haven’t been home since yesterday morning, but my family said he was 100% up and moving and alive. My mom witnessed a crab on top of him eating him. I know cuc members eat dead or dying fish and inverts, but she really believes that is what killed him. I originally thought my valentini puffer May have been the culprit, but he slept next to the shrimp and didn’t bother him at all. I have a wrasse, but I just rearranged my rockwork and she is hiding still. I have a pair of clowns, a damsel, and a convict blenny. The rest aren’t aggressive to any of my inverts. My puffer leaves hermits alone but does eat cerith snails, that is why I thought he may be the issue. But now I’m not so sure. I honestly don’t know what happened. Now they said there is no way he can be alive.


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So I haven’t been home since yesterday morning, but my family said he was 100% up and moving and alive. My mom witnessed a crab on top of him eating him. I know cuc members eat dead or dying fish and inverts, but she really believes that is what killed him. I originally thought my valentini puffer May have been the culprit, but he slept next to the shrimp and didn’t bother him at all. I have a wrasse, but I just rearranged my rockwork and she is hiding still. I have a pair of clowns, a damsel, and a convict blenny. The rest aren’t aggressive to any of my inverts. My puffer leaves hermits alone but does eat cerith snails, that is why I thought he may be the issue. But now I’m not so sure. I honestly don’t know what happened. Now they said there is no way he can be alive.
Hope everything is ok. Inverts especially shrimp imo can be extremely sensitive to change of any kind. Including temp an water. I dont want to give false hope. But I had bought a purple coral banded off of DD.he/she was probably no larger than 3/4 of an inch. I didnt see it for over 2 months. Then randomly one day he appeared.

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Unread 03/19/2019, 05:24 PM   #7
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Hope everything is ok. Inverts especially shrimp imo can be extremely sensitive to change of any kind. Including temp an water. I dont want to give false hope. But I had bought a purple coral banded off of DD.he/she was probably no larger than 3/4 of an inch. I didnt see it for over 2 months. Then randomly one day he appeared.

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Thank you and thank everyone for everything. When I got home, we found out that my emerald crab had been scavenging on him. I’ve never had a problem with an emerald before and I’ve kept many, but I knew one of them would eventually cause a problem. It’s a shame because he is so good at controlling my algae. I’m planning to get a refugium soon, so I may just have to poop him in there for a little bit.


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Unread 03/19/2019, 10:20 PM   #8
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Thank you and thank everyone for everything. When I got home, we found out that my emerald crab had been scavenging on him. I’ve never had a problem with an emerald before and I’ve kept many, but I knew one of them would eventually cause a problem. It’s a shame because he is so good at controlling my algae. I’m planning to get a refugium soon, so I may just have to poop him in there for a little bit.
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Unread 03/19/2019, 10:24 PM   #9
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Hope everything is ok. Inverts especially shrimp imo can be extremely sensitive to change of any kind. Including temp an water. I dont want to give false hope. But I had bought a purple coral banded off of DD.he/she was probably no larger than 3/4 of an inch. I didnt see it for over 2 months. Then randomly one day he appeared.

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Also, thank you, I am glad you found your CBS! It is possible my CBS had a molt, but I doubt it. I found his head laying in the sand today :/ I feel bad because I didn't think the emerald would cause any problems! I wouldn't have gotten the shrimp if it crossed my mind that the crab would eat it.


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It's unlikely that the emerald crab killed a coral banded shrimp. Emerald crabs eat algae and scavenge. They may even feed on coral if nothing else is there to eat. But I doubt that they are even capable of actively killing shrimp that are much faster than them.

Unless you saw that there was actually 'meat' in the shell I would for now assume it was just a molt.

These shrimp are rather night active so the best time to check if the shrimp is still around is at night.

Coral banded shrimp live in pairs in the wild. Single ones will generally be more shy and reclusive.

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