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Reef lobster and skunk cleaner shrimp=dead shrimp...?

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saltwater4life

Well yesterday i bought a reef lobster for the new tank and also i put my skunk cleaner shrimp in. I woke up to a day cleaner shrimp (My favorite thing in the tank) I'm not sure if the lobster got him or maybe stress? The tail has a chunk missing out of it but i don't know if that was a before or after it was killed. Anyone have a reef lobster and shrimps?

Thank you,
Nick
RIP Mr. Shrimp :'(
 
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harryk

Without actually witnessing the lobster attacking the shrimp it is hard to tell, but from what i have read and understand, Reef lobsters are reef safe to a point but they are opportunistic and can and will sometimes attack something smaller then them.

Harry
 
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saltwater4life

That's what came to my mind. I noticed the shrimp didn't seem to be acting normal after introducing it to the new tank but i figured that it was probably scared. The only thing i noticed wrong with the shrimp was the end of the thorax where it flares out was gone... I just can't see the lobster killing something in the first 12 hours of it being in the tank.
 
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