Pistol shrimp are clown fish
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StlSalt
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Looks like all is good there then.
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Uncle99
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Nice tank, thanks for the pics.
So, we can rule water chemistry. Environment seems fine.
If you went without any fish for 4 months, not parasites.
It leaves fish from the LFS as suspect, more so because you have already had one die previously.
If I would venture a guess, I’d watch that pistol shrimp.
He certainly can kill fish.
So, we can rule water chemistry. Environment seems fine.
If you went without any fish for 4 months, not parasites.
It leaves fish from the LFS as suspect, more so because you have already had one die previously.
If I would venture a guess, I’d watch that pistol shrimp.
He certainly can kill fish.
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I have a tiger pistol shrimp.
Uncle99
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Based on your reporting and the fact that pistol shrimp kill fish, I put my money on Jack the Ripper shrimp.
ThePurple12
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Just to be certain...can you post a picture of your pistol shrimp? It could be a mantis shrimp instead. I really doubt an Alpheus pistol shrimp would kill a clownfish on 2 occasions.
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These photos were from 2 months ago so he has grown a lot since. But these are the most recent photos I have he only comes out during feeding Or at night.
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Uncle99
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Yup, Tiger Pistol, one would not expect that shrimp to out right kill, just scavenger.
I can only suspect maybe the clown was not clear of health when purchased.
With just a fish dead, not possible to decipher.
Sick fish usually come with some other change in behavior.
I’d just watch carefully for a few weeks, see if something else occurs.
I can only suspect maybe the clown was not clear of health when purchased.
With just a fish dead, not possible to decipher.
Sick fish usually come with some other change in behavior.
I’d just watch carefully for a few weeks, see if something else occurs.
Tired
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That's a tiger pistol shrimp. They don't kill clownfish. It pulled the dead fish into its burrow to eat.
The clownfish probably looked healthy, but was not in fact healthy.
Unrelated, but you should get your nitrates up, and make sure your phosphates aren't zero. Corals need nitrates and phosphates, or they'll starve.
The clownfish probably looked healthy, but was not in fact healthy.
Unrelated, but you should get your nitrates up, and make sure your phosphates aren't zero. Corals need nitrates and phosphates, or they'll starve.
FreeEnergyReefer
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What species pistol shrimp is it? If it's big enough it could kill clownfish easily and now he has a taste for them. I have a candycane pistol for 6months now he hasn't killed my clowns but lil pistol Pete sure pops off at anything that comes near his den That being said go with your gut, if u think hes killing them move em or get a ywg so the shrimp is more comfortable the poor things r blind as a bat. Hell I'm down to one crab,fired em thousand miles an hour out the front door see if they can find any hundred dollar corals out there. Just sayin
Tired
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I can't tell if you're saying the pistol shrimp threw crabs out its front door, or if you threw crabs out your front door. If it's the latter, don't do that. It's cruel. Either rehome them or kill them quickly, don't leave them to slowly dry out and die.
ThePurple12
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Wait seriously? You made your choice by buying them, so they’re your responsibility. Crabs do what they’re programmed to do, and if that means eating a coral, you can’t blame them.
How would you like being trapped underwater until you drown? Except it takes much longer for aquatic animals to die out of water.
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