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Peppermint shrimp killed conch?


zondebok

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I know it sounds a bit crazy, but the conch seemed fairly active, was wandering the tank as usual, burying himself randomly, and then I heard him hitting the glass.  Looked in and found a peppermint shrimp going for a conch ride, stabbing into any opening he could find while the conch was jumping trying to get him off.  I chased him off and buried the conch a little, and the next morning the conch was rested vertically against the glass, with his underside showing.  I thought he was dead, but started moving once I tried to pick him up, so I buried him a little and tried to see if he would pull through.  Alas, no.

 

I don't think the shrimp was hungry, I feed them fairly well (and neither of them was that interested in eating the conch, once it was dead).  I also didn't see any reason to think the conch was dying, he had cleared most of my diatoms from my sand, but there were still plenty of areas with diatoms, at least.  Perhaps I should have been adding algae wafers or something to supplement him?

 

LFS said he has never heard of a pep killing a conch, and it seems reasonable to me also, as they are scavengers rather than predators, really.  I am hesitant to put another one in if the shrimp may decide to attack it again.  Hoping maybe some of you with more experience can put me at ease (or not, I suppose).

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