Ever wondered why livestock goes M.I.A?

[FuEl]

In a tank without liverock and predators, one of my peppermint shrimp went missing today. Spent 10 min looking through my tank, could'nt find any dead body. Spent 2 hrs torchlighting my sump and checking my overflow box. Did'nt find anything. The weird thing was I fed it at night when the lights were on and it was behaving normally. It went missing overnight during lights out.

As such, the predator should be a nocturnal creature. The only nocturnal livestock I have in my tank are probably only tigertail sea cucumbers and various amphipods. Finally came to a logical conclusion. Prepare yourselves, especially for nano tank keepers.

Cover your tanks now, especially if your livestock always loiter near the surface of the water. Afterall, a small shrimp really resembles a bug. Geckos are smarter than you think.

[gothia]

you witness it?

amazing.. !!

[FuEl]

Not witness, but perhaps the most logical explaination. Happened to a couple of my friends as well. The shrimp disappears without a trace even though their tanks have nothing that is capable of eating them. And all their tanks happen to be uncovered, with weak water flow.

[BFG]

I have experience it too with my freshwater shrimp tank. There is a fat lizard as proof of my dwindling number of shrimp. Even saw it near the surface skimmer, waiting for some shrimp to feed on the algae there. My mom was the 1st to witness it.

[KTLK]

goodness...lizards getting sick of their usual food now craving for seafood

Amazing...

[Dazza]

yes i had the same experience yrs ago when i was staying at cck. Lost quite a number of shrimps . I then kept a solid beautiful mantis... found alot of dismembered geckos in the tank next morng... no jike... true story... very gross

[jeromey]

wahahah thats funny.....sweet revenge.

hee hee just kiddin

but i would think that geckos would not like the tast of e saltwater??i mean,it really is quite salty..............

[FuEl]

Too bad the geckos at my place are gargantuan in comparison to normal sized geckos. Thanks to the free treat of mealworms they have been stealing from me over the years. Even eat rice or other table scraps that fall onto the floor. Now come and eat my peppermint shrimp..$18 gone to them! Ungrateful buggers!

Maybe time to keep a free roaming troop of oriental whipsnakes. All the lizards will be gone.

[FuEl]

Come to think of it thank goodness my house has no rats. Used to work in an aquarium with goldfish missing everyday. One fine day came across a foul stench. Went to investigate and came across a pile of disemboweled goldfish.

[PerculaClownfish]

yuck.. gross

[Panzz]

maybe you could try the snakes if really get the snakes must show me the pics! haha cos also interested in snakes.

[jOO]

No wonder my shrimps always disappear!

[ervine]

OMG?? SERIOUS?? but how is that possible?

[FuEl]

Never underestimate the intelligence of geckos. Now I kind of worry I put my peppermint shrimp back into the tank, maybe I should isolate it in a betta box for safe measures.

I have heard of snakes using their tails as bait to entice prey to come to them. Who knows..maybe geckos learnt to do the same?

[Panzz]

Never underestimate the intelligence of geckos. Now I kind of worry I put my peppermint shrimp back into the tank, maybe I should isolate it in a betta box for safe measures.

I have heard of snakes using their tails as bait to entice prey to come to them. Who knows..maybe geckos learnt to do the same?

quite possible gekos really are smart though having such a small size.

[AREA51]

yes i had the same experience yrs ago when i was staying at cck. Lost quite a number of shrimps . I then kept a solid beautiful mantis... found alot of dismembered geckos in the tank next morng... no jike... true story... very gross

LOL

that gecko has picked on the wrong shrimp

[FuEl]

It has struck again on my last peppermint shrimp. Only left the tail as evidence.

[dreamzcape]

haha switch to mantis tank condolences man

[Panzz]

or lobster so they can even think bout eating them.

[jasonpoh]

when i was in pri sch..many many years back...house lizards ate my fighting fishes

[spleep]

Just want to say-You look cute!

[peacemaker]

Just want to say-You look cute!

LOL...