Assassins WILL Eat Shrimp!!! I Saw It!!!

jpappy789 said:
I really doubt a brig would attack and eat a healthy, live shrimp...they're almost 100% vegetarians by nature.
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Yes, it's likely but rarely happens. It could have been beyond starvation for it to turn its mouth on the shrimp. It's usually the canaliculata complex that have a history for violent behavior towards other snails and even predatory instincts towards anything, not just the snails themselves.
 
My daughter has witnessed her ghost shrimp actually eating a few snails in her tank (pond snails). Matter of fact, the tank I have my ghost shrimp in, doesn't have as much of a overgrowth of snails as the tanks without and I do see ramshorn snail shells laying around. So is it possible that this shrimp was checking out the snail and the snail reacted as nature intended and it was a defensive move, turned to opportunistic meal.

Does anyone know of some one in the Southern Missouri / Northern Arkansas area with Assassins for sale? Thanks!!
 
that is quite the discovery rich_one. Congratulations on that. I was just thinking about someone trying to document this incidence. Wouldn't it need to be caught on video to prove the shrimp wasn't already dead? As rare as a live shrimp takedown is, I can only imagine how long it would take for something like this to be caught on video.
 
pik01 - I think there are enough reports to say it can happen but it is a very rare instance that it does. I will still stand and say Assassins are the best shrimp safe form of snail control.

It may never be documented unless that to is a freak happening because of how rare it is.
 
I agree with sounguru. the only thing I regret is not having my camera. it is a crappy camera, as far as underwater images go... but I would have given it a shot. I think what would have helped prove the shrimp was not dead, was that this was happening on the glass, near the top of the tank. so unless someone knows that dead shrimp can fix themselves to the glass, then that would have established it was alive.

nonetheless, it was alive, as in my account, the shrimp walked right into the situation. it was not dead, nor dying.

either way, sounguru is correct, imo. I think this is rare, and I am still rather shocked I actually saw this... I honestly never expected to, and I do not expect to again, to be truthful. it is just so ironic that this would happen to me, when my snail to shrimp ratio is WAY smaller than a lot of people here, including sounguru's. frankly, I would have expected someone with a setup like his to see that happen, if it could happen... not me.

but hey... just goes to show... nature happens on its schedule and plan... not ours. LOL...
 
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No, Im kidding, thanks for sharing, thats very interesting. If I were a carnivorous snail, I would so totally try to eat a shrimp, I dont think I would be able to witness the death, since green shrimp are like 4 bucks a piece, thats a great story, thanks
 
rich_one said:
I agree with sounguru. the only thing I regret is not having my camera. it is a crappy camera, as far as underwater images go... but I would have given it a shot. I think what would have helped prove the shrimp was not dead, was that this was happening on the glass, near the top of the tank. so unless someone knows that dead shrimp can fix themselves to the glass, then that would have established it was alive.

nonetheless, it was alive, as in my account, the shrimp walked right into the situation. it was not dead, nor dying.

either way, sounguru is correct, imo. I think this is rare, and I am still rather shocked I actually saw this... I honestly never expected to, and I do not expect to again, to be truthful. it is just so ironic that this would happen to me, when my snail to shrimp ratio is WAY smaller than a lot of people here, including sounguru's. frankly, I would have expected someone with a setup like his to see that happen, if it could happen... not me.

but hey... just goes to show... nature happens on its schedule and plan... not ours. LOL...
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Maybe Assassins just like the lime flavored shrimp not the cherry flavored one....
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