Fisher2007
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Has anyone experienced predatory amano shrimp?
I've heard of people question their amano's but responses are generally that if an amano is seen with something (another type or shrimp, fish, etc) then what it has probably died before the amano got it but I'm really beginning to question my larger amano's
I've seen them a few times now with the remains of a cherry. Now I'm sure cherries die every now and again through natural causes but this seems a little more often than I'd expect. The cherry colony are also going strong, having breed a fair bit since starting my tank (a couple of months ago), so I'm confident that I'm not losing any through disease or similar
Today however it really got me thinking. I went to my local fish store and picked up half a dozen threadfin rainbows to add to the few I already had. A couple of minutes after adding them (which was before lights on) I noticed an amano had hold of one. I quickly grabbed my tongues and managed to get the amano to drop it and the threadfin swam off, seemingly happy and healthy
Might be coincides but it's got me thinking....
I've heard of people question their amano's but responses are generally that if an amano is seen with something (another type or shrimp, fish, etc) then what it has probably died before the amano got it but I'm really beginning to question my larger amano's
I've seen them a few times now with the remains of a cherry. Now I'm sure cherries die every now and again through natural causes but this seems a little more often than I'd expect. The cherry colony are also going strong, having breed a fair bit since starting my tank (a couple of months ago), so I'm confident that I'm not losing any through disease or similar
Today however it really got me thinking. I went to my local fish store and picked up half a dozen threadfin rainbows to add to the few I already had. A couple of minutes after adding them (which was before lights on) I noticed an amano had hold of one. I quickly grabbed my tongues and managed to get the amano to drop it and the threadfin swam off, seemingly happy and healthy
Might be coincides but it's got me thinking....