My tetra's are eating my shrimp

[Occult]

I buy a few black tetra's the other day. I look in the tank today and I notice one of my shrimp sticking out of the mouth of a tetra. I thought they didn't eat shrimp? How come I'm always finding these things out the hard way.:confused:

[blade929]

dont know if this is any help but all tetra have teeth albeit very small, apart from one of the larger tetra, PIRHANA which has very large teeth.

[tnlguinn]

exodons are tetras also, they are small with BIG teeth. theyare sometimes called bucktooth terta.

[Tim Bo]

There was a recent thread about tetras eating other smaller fish. Liike you all say, these guys have more teeth than one would think and I've been told that a large school of them can kill larger fish if they get hungry enough.

[Occult]

So in other words, it's good motivation to keep my fish fed. :p

[Tim Bo]

Yes! I guess you could say that. Though the article I read talked about tetras in the wild. Family of the Piranha they are! Munch munch.