Shrimp ate my clove polyps

[Glass Algae]

I wouldn't of believe dit if I hadn't caught her doing it. Has this happened before? Hasn't messed with anything else. Could the cloves have been dying/dead so it ripped them off the rock?

Got them 3 days ago they were a freebie with the order, they didn't look great when they came in but I was starting to see some of the flowery heads start to peak out on the really brown parts.

Im not even mad I was cracking up. I turned in the living room light to the shrimp flash jumping off the cloves bringing a tangle with it, it looked so guilty haha.

 

[j.falk]

She was hungry!

 

[Glass Algae]

BAHAHAHA I don't see how! She always swims to the surface and steals all the fish's food!

 

[reef lover]

That's what shrimp do.....

 

[Glass Algae]

That's what shrimp do.....

Is it? I thiught cleaner shrimps cleaned not ate clove fresh off the rock lolol. I wish I had videoed it. The shrimp even avoided me when I turned the light on to see what it had like it knew and was guilty I was cracking up

 

[reef lover]

Is it? I thiught cleaner shrimps cleaned not ate clove fresh off the rock lolol. I wish I had videoed it. The shrimp even avoided me when I turned the light on to see what it had like it knew and was guilty I was cracking up

They are opportunistic...will tear apart nems and lps to steal thier food as well .

 

[X-37B]

Yep. Mine ate all my nasty blue clove polyps as they were becoming a problem, as in spreading fast.
It was pepermint shrimps that ate mine and you cant find one in my tank, lol.

 

[Glass Algae]

the shrimp was my second inhabitant after my clown, i dont have any other live stock besides coral, never had a problem with the irritation before. I feed it and the clown 2 times daily , will just keep an eye on my scoly, dendro, and acans!