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LRforbrains
04-19-2005, 09:00 PM
Could it be that my pair of seemingly gentle cleaner shimp killed my brand new sea hare (or slug i think is what they're called too :wink: )??! I noticed last nite that the shrimp were pestering the poor little guy's...well...bum, and i shooed them away, but today i sadly find that the slug is, well, very much dead. And of course the shrimps are having a feast picking off the carcass :( Now I'm beginning to worry that all my snail deaths that have happened in the past might now have been victims of this killing duo (instead of the originally accused hermits :razz: ) ...does anyone know if cleaner shimp kill??!! Thx for any help!!

Doctor_Reef
04-20-2005, 12:17 AM
Well, yes they can.... But usually it is something that is already having problems! Or dieing.... I have had them kill clams!!! A $20.00 skunk shrimp killing a $65.00 clam...You do the math!!! So I replaced the skunk with a different skunk that seems to leave the clams alone!!!!