Sexy shrimp: a tasty snack?

[jythong]

Just bought 3 Sexy Shrimps and prior to release into the tank, I fed my fish well. Unfortunately my maroon clownfish took a bite at the smallest one barely seconds after release into the water, and the injured body drifted down into the waiting tentacles of a plate coral below. The tiny body was engulfed within a minute. Quite unnerving.

Here are the remaining 2, surviving still.

[divinesloth]

Next time, don't let them float down the tank by themselves. Place them in a small container, bring them to a piece of secluded rock and release them there. Fish think anything that is thrown into the tank are food.

[LaW]

agreed, learnt that the hard way

[jythong]

Thanks for the advice.

[yikai]

Thanks for the advice.

Last time i throw in my clapping shrimp. Str8 away eaten by my triggerfish. Fishes will chiong to anything floating in the water. but when the inverts settle on the rock, they usually either too blind to see, or too lazy to find. Unless ur fish very pro-active, go find own food haha. Mine all lazy like...... Anyway haha, i usually keep inverts inside betta box, then release them at night when everything is sleeping. Hope this helps

[DCH]

I learnt my lessons with this small shrimps too. Extremely uncompatible with wrasses, grammas and the likes too as they will eat them at the soonest opportunity.